The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was established in 1969. It is the UN’s reproductive health agency. Put in simple terms, the UNFPA works to ensure the health of pregnant women, especially the ones who face life-threatening complications.
The UNFPA also works to raise awareness about health, gender equality, and the eights of women and young people. Like many other UN programmes, UNFPA works in partnership with governments, communities, NGOs and other private foundations.
It works to stop child marriage, improve effective birth control, and ensure safe child-births around the world.
It also works to stop gender-based violence, especially against women. UNFPA offers its services to 150 countries around the world.
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