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Can Family Planning Help the World?

calendar_today 24 January 2016

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Can Family Planning Help the World?

EYE ON PROGRESS. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, cut its fertility rate in half over a 30-year period. Now its program faces pushback from conservatives,…

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Meeting Our Commitments, Averting a Family Planning Crisis

calendar_today 23 January 2016

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Meeting Our Commitments, Averting a Family Planning Crisis

Nusa Dua, Indonesia - UNFPA will host a high-level side event to call for solutions to the funding shortfall that is threatening family planning on the sidelines of the fourth…

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Implementing the Unfinished ICPD Agenda

calendar_today 20 December 2015

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Implementing the Unfinished ICPD Agenda

Parliamentarians, senior government officials and representatives from civil society organizations and national non-governmental organizations recently came together in Jakarta to…

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Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always

calendar_today 10 December 2015

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Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always

Today, we mark the launch of a year-long campaign for the 50th anniversary of two landmark international treaties. Together, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and…

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SWOP Report Highlights Power of Indonesia’s Young People

calendar_today 10 December 2015

SWOP Report Highlights Power of Indonesia’s Young People

The State of World Population (SWOP) report is released globally by UNFPA headquarters every year, with a focus on different population issues that warrant global attention. This…

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Shelter From the Storm: The State of World Population 2015

calendar_today 07 December 2015

Shelter From the Storm: The State of World Population 2015

Yogyakarta, 7 December 2015. The health needs of women and adolescents are too often neglected in humanitarian responses to natural disasters and conflicts around the world, says…

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Protecting the Health Rights of Women and Girls in Emergencies

calendar_today 03 December 2015

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Protecting the Health Rights of Women and Girls in Emergencies

Lismiyatun was 35 weeks pregnant with her third child when Central Java’s Mount Merapi erupted in late October 2010.

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Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030

calendar_today 01 December 2015

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Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030

Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for World AIDS Day 1 December 2015 This year, World AIDS Day coincides with the African conference on…

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Benefits of Population Data in Disaster Management Policy

calendar_today 27 November 2015

Benefits of Population Data in Disaster Management Policy

Baseline data is crucial in all stages of disaster management. This type of data can be derived from population censuses and large scale surveys, such as the 2010 Population…

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