Publication
We, the undersigned Heads of United Nations organisations, are deeply concerned that violence against women and girls continues to be one of the most pervasive manifestati...
Publication
Every day in developing countries, 20,000 girls below age 18 give birth. Nine in 10 of these births occur within marriage or a union. This has consequences on the health, education...
Publication
Planning the number and timing of one’s children is today largely taken for granted by the millions of people who have the means and power to do so. Yet a large proportion ...
Technical Reports and Document
ndonesia’s family planning program has been recognized as one of the key international successes in national-level interventions on reproductive health. During the past 40...
Publication
The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Indonesia is higher than those of neighboring countries in ASEAN. It is estimated that 20,000 women die from complications of pregnancy or chi...
Technical Reports and Document
climate change is about people as well as climate. During the last 20 years climate scientists have confirmed that global warming over the last century is “unequivocal&rdqu...
Technical Reports and Document
Reproductive health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of reproductive disease or infirmity [7]. The implicatio...
Technical Reports and Document
Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the obligations of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Coven...
State of World Population Report
Nations like the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Finland, where fertility is lower and childbearing later than in most other parts of the world, are look-ing for ways to ...