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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.

United Nations Population Fund
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
ENLISTING MEN IN HIV/AIDS PREVENTI

Enlisting Men in HIV/AIDS Prevention

Series:
Partners for Change
23 Feb 2001
In response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, efforts have intensified to involve men and boys in sexual and reproductive health programmes, and to engage men as partners in overcoming HIV/AIDS. The report states that because men have more sexual partners and more control over decisions regarding sex tha...
ETAT POPULATION MONDIALE 2000

État de la population mondiale 2000

Vivre ensemble, dans des mondes sépares - Hommes et Femmes à une époque de changements

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État de la population mondiale
13 Oct 2000
L'état de la population mondiale 2000 expose les raisons pour lesquelles il faut mettre en pleine lumière l'inégalité entre les sexes et la considérer comme un problème de haute urgence, qui retentit tant sur les droits de la personne que sur les priorités du développement. Le rapport examine les...
ESTADO POBLACION MUNDIAL 2000

Estado de la población mundial 2000

Vivir juntos en mundos separados - hombres y mujeres en tiempos de cambio

Series:
Estado de la Población Mundial
13 Oct 2000
La desigualdad entre mujeres y hombres limita el potencial de los individuos, las familias, las comunidades y los países; poner fin a la discriminación por motivos de género es una urgente prioridad para el desarrollo y los derechos humanos, según el informe Estado de la Población Mundial, del Fo...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2000

The State of World Population 2000

Lives Together, Worlds Apart - Men and Women in a Time of Change

Series:
State of World Population
13 Oct 2000
Despite the tremendous changes of the 20th century, discrimination and violence against women and girls remain firmly rooted in cultures around the world. This year's Report looks at the gender inequality - the restrictions placed on women's reproductive choices and how it affects their health, e...
POPULATION ISSUES BRFING KIT 2000

Population Issues Briefing Kit 2000

1 Dec 2000
This Briefing Kit presents a series of documented and illustrated papers that examine such key topics as: Reproductive Health and Rights; Empowering Women, Ending Violence; Environment, Population and Development; HIV/AIDS: Impact and Prevention; Population Numbers and Trends; Demographic Trends ...
WOMEN

Women's Empowerment and Reproductive Health

Links Throughout the Life Cycle

13 Oct 2000
After describing the international consensus reached in Beijing about empowering women and ending gender inequality, and defining key human rights concepts, the report examines key issues related to reproductive health and rights that affect women throughout their lives. Topics covered include: e...
WORKING TO EMPOWER WOMEN UNFPA

Working to Empower Women

UNFPA's Experience in Implementing the Beijing Platform for Action

9 Jun 2000
This publication highlights what UNFPA has done - and is doing - to support government and civil society in each of the 12 critical areas of the Beijing Platform for Action. All UNFPA activities are built on the premise that women's rights are universal, indivisible and inalienable human rights t...
ESTADO POBLACION MUNDIAL 1999

Estado de la población mundial 1999

6 mil millones - es hora de optar

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Estado de la Población Mundial
10 Mar 2000
El Estado de la Población Mundial es un informe anual publicado por el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas (UNFPA). Cada edición cubre y analiza los desarrollos y las tendencias de la población mundial y la demografía, y hace énfasis en regiones específicas, países y grupos de población y l...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 1999

The State of World Population 1999

6 Billion - A Time for Choices

Series:
State of World Population
10 Mar 2000
Women are having fewer children than ever before, and population growth has slowed from 2.0 to 1.3 percent in 30 years; but large families in the recent past mean that there are many more women of childbearing age. Global population is still rising by about 78 million people a year. Half the worl...
VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS & WOMEN

Violence against Girls and Women

A Public Health Priority

9 Jul 1999
While considerable progress has been achieved in establishing gender-based violence as a human rights concern, much less headway has been made in addressing violence against girls and women as a public health issue. Changes in reproductive health policy-making will be critical to recognizing and ...
TIME BETWEEN HEALTH SEXUALITY

Time Between, A

Health, Sexuality and the Reproductive Rights of Young People

9 Jul 1999
The impending demands of adulthood make adolescence a time of intensive preparation. This publication discusses the health, sexuality and reproductive rights of young people. Among other areas it discusses such issues as: empowering girls to delay pregnancy until physical and emotional maturity; ...
ETAT POPULATION MONDIALE 1999

État de la population mondiale 1999

6 Milliards - L'heure des choix

Series:
État de la population mondiale
10 Mar 2000
La population mondiale augmente au rythme de 78 millions par an. Elle a doublé depuis 1960 et dépassé les 6 milliards à la fin 1999. Les pays en développement représentent plus de 95% de la croissance démographique, tandis que celle-ci s'est ralentie ou arrêtée en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et ...
ESTADO POBLACION MUNDIAL 1998

Estado de la Población Mundial

Las Nuevas Generaciones

12 Mar 1999
'Las Nuevas Generaciones' Hay más cantidad de jóvenes que nunca que están ingresando en su etapa de procrear y trabajar. Al mismo tiempo, está aumentando a una velocidad sin precedentes la proporción de personas mayores de 65 años. Nuestro futuro se plasmará en función del grado en que las famili...
POPULATION ISSUES BRFING KIT 1998

Population Issues Briefing Kit

12 Mar 1999
This Briefing Kit discusses a wide range of issues related to population. Areas covered include: reproductive rights, reproductive health and family planning; empowering women; population and sustainable development; population and demographic trends; migration and urbanization; and challenges fo...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 1998

The State of World Population 1998

The New Generations

Series:
State of World Population
26 Nov 1999
The population explosion is not over. Its reverberations are still being heard around the world. The world population has doubled since 1960, and, while women are having half the number of children compared to their mothers, the largest-ever generation of young people is coming of age in developi...
UNFPA AT WORK: FIVE COUNTRY SNAPSH

UNFPA at Work

Five Country Snapshots

12 Mar 1999
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with this publication tries to raise awareness of population issues throughout the world. UNFPA relies heavily on its country offices and its 66 Representatives to get the job done. This publication outlines the day-to-day life of the UNFPA Representati...
RIGHT TO CHOOSE REPRODUCTIVE RIGH

Right to Choose, The

Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health

11 Jun 1999
This booklet, based on The State of World Population 1997, summarizes the international agreements that define sexual and reproductive rights, presents evidence on progress and problems in attaining those rights and examines the effects of denying such rights to millions of women and men.
COMING UP SHORT STRUGGLING TO IMP

Coming up Short

Struggling to Implement the Cairo Programme of Action

27 Mar 1998
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICDP), held in Cairo in September 1994, was a watershed for global population and development initiatives. This publication takes you through the implementation journey of the Cairo Programme of Action from 1994 to present.
POPULAT THE 21ST CENTURY UNFPA

Population in the 21st Century

UNFPA and Agenda 21

Series:
UNFPA Advocacy Series
14 Nov 1997
Agenda 21, the United Nations Programme of Action from the Rio Conference, notes in Chapter 5 that demographic trends and factors and sustainable development have a synergistic relationship. This booklet is a synthesis of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) policies and prog...
POPULATION & SUSTAINABLE DEV

Population and Sustainable Development

Five Years After Rio

Series:
UNFPA Advocacy Series
14 Nov 1997
This publication takes a look at population and sustainable development five years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). It discusses such areas as new visions, persistent challenges, population and national environmental issues, and the linkage between popul...
FOOD FOR THE FUTURE WOMEN POPULA

Food for the Future

Women, Population and Food Security

Series:
UNFPA Advocacy Series
14 Nov 1997
The challenge of the 21st century is to feed a world of between 8 and 10 billion people. Only the full involvement of women as equal partners can guarantee success. This publication offers a discussion on the subject of food for the future showing how women, population and food security are inter...
HOPES & REALITIES CLOSING THE GAP

Hopes and Realities

Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and their Reproductive Experiences

Series:
UNFPA Advocacy Series
14 Nov 1997
Narrowing the gap between women's aspirations and their reproductive experiences will benefit both women and society. This publication offers a discussion in such areas as: poverty and inequality; early sexual unions; rising use of contraceptives; and reproductive health.
NEW ROLE FOR MEN PARTNERS FOR

New Role for Men, A

Partners for Women's Empowerment

Series:
UNFPA Advocacy Series
14 Nov 1997
Too often, the fight for women's empowerment is viewed as one for women to wage alone. This publication offers a discussion on the subject showing men to be essential partners in this struggle by women.
ADVOCATING CHANGE: POPULATION, EMP

Advocating Change

Population, Empowerment, Development

Series:
UNFPA Advocacy Series
14 Nov 1997
No longer can policies on population or development fail to take the needs and rights of women and girls into consideration. Such policies have not succeeded, cannot succeed nor are they just or humane. Advocating change, this publication presents a discussion on the subject of women, population,...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 1997

State of World Population 1997

The Right to Choose - Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health

Series:
State of World Population
14 Nov 1997
This annual highlights population issues and their impact on world development. It also provides easily accessible tables representing trends and statistics for world population.
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 1994

State of World Population 1994

Series:
State of World Population
7 Oct 1994
This annual, highlights population issues and its impact on world development. It also provides easily accessible tables representing trends and statistics for world population.
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 1993

State of World Population 1993

Series:
State of World Population
9 Jul 1993
'Migration', suggests this report, 'could become the human crisis of our age.' Economic insecurity and to some extent poverty, are causing millions of people to uproot themselves and migrate both internally and internationally. The solution to controlling this crisis is to slow population growth,...
INVENTORY OF POPULATION PROJECTS

Inventory of Population Projects in Developing Countries Around the World

29 Jun 1990
This publication gives an overview by country of the internationally assisted projects funded by different agencies and organizations from 1988 to 1989. The demographic estimates presented such as total population, functional age group, median age, dependency ratio and population density refer to...
POPULATION RESOURCES & ENVIRO

Population, Resources and Environment

The Critical Challenges

13 Dec 1991
What is the inter-play between population, resources and environment? This topical issue is examined by author, Norman Myers, who discusses comprehensively the impact of population growth on resources and the environment focusing on the quality of life. He presents detailed case studies of Pakist...
SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE

Safeguarding the Future

A colour booklet by the United Nations Populations Fund which deals with the interaction of population, environment and resources. An ideal teaching guide.