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UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION
Empowering women and girls is essential
in the global drive to eliminate poverty, achieve social justice and stabilize
the world’s population. Our Women & Population Team works together
with the UN and other partners to promote gender equality and empower women and
girls, with particular focus on reproductive and sexual health and rights.
Our women & population priorities include:
Strengthening UN Capacity
The United Nations is home to many
of the world's most important international institutions for women and girls.
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's voice for
reproductive health and family planning; UNIFEM, the UN Development Fund for
Women, helps stem violence and promote women's human rights; and UNICEF
provides critical services to girls and young women. We help strengthen the
UN's capacity to achieve key Millennium Development Goals critical to women and
girls, including goal 3 (promoting gender equality and empowering women) and
goal 5 (improving maternal health) and achieving universal access to
reproductive health.
Investing in Adolescent Girls
We believe that investing in
adolescent girls is critical to ending global poverty. Worldwide, there are
almost 600 million girls and young women aged 10-24. Addressing their needs and
ensuring their rights is critical to the future of local communities, nations
and the entire world. Through advocacy and investment, the UN Foundation helps
focus global attention on girls’ health, livelihoods and rights.
Promoting Reproductive Health
We are committed to achieving the
global goal of universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services
by 2015. We mobilize resources for initiatives that improve the quality and
quantity of sexual and reproductive health services around the world; support
efforts to expand availability of sexual and reproductive health commodities;
and promote sexual and reproductive health services as a cornerstone of
HIV/AIDS prevention efforts.
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