United Nations Population Fund

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. UNFPA Supports: Reproductive health care for women and youth in more than 150 countries – which are home to more than 80 percent of the world’s population; The health of pregnant women, especially the 1 million who face life-threatening complications each month; Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year; Training of thousands of health workers to help ensure at least 90 percent of all childbirths are supervised by skilled attendants; Prevention of gender-based violence, which affects 1 in 3 women Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually; Prevention of teen pregnancies, complications of which are the leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old; Efforts to end child marriage, which could affect an estimated 70 million girls over the next 5 years; Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits, and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster; Censuses, data collection, and analyses, which are essential for development planning