State of World Population Report
Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are subjected to practices that harm them physically or psychologically, or both, with the full knowledge and consent of ...
Publication
Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups such as persons wit...
State of World Population Report
Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether...
Annual Report
Looking back on our work in 2018, we made great strides in fulfilling our promise to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in East and Southern Africa (ESA).Through our...
State of World Population Report
Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today there are many, with differences wider than at any...
State of World Population Report
Where will the 10-year-old girl be at 25? Much depends on the choices many different people make, from parents to policymakers, educators to health-care professionals, economists t...
Publications
The security situation remains tense countrywide. Intermittent clashes were reported in some states early this month, coupled with intercommunal fighting, mainly due to cattle rus...
Publications
The security situation within the country has been very volatile and unpredictable the past weeks. The spread of conflict caused massive population displacement and disrupted human...
Publications
In December 2013, violence broke out in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, and spread quickly around the country. The conflict has so far displaced 740,000 people, the vast majority in ...