SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

TOPIC: UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

SUBMITTED TO: SIR AZHAR KHAN
SUBMITTED BY: AMNA KHAN
DEPARTMENT: BDDS
SEMESTER: IV
DATED: April 23, 2019
UNFPA was established as a trust fund in 1967. In 1965 population commission recommended to
ECOSOC an expanded population programme in population field. In July 1967 the secretary general
decided to establish a trust fund. Two years later It began operations in 1969 and administration was
under UNDP. In 1972 on recommendation of secretary general it changes from trust fund to a
established fund under General Assembly authority. In 1987, it was officially renamed the United
Nations Population Fund, reflecting its lead role in the United Nations system in the area of population.
The original abbreviation, UNFPA, was retained. To explain its work to a general audience, the
organization can be described as the United Nations reproductive health and rights agency. UNFPA is
entirely supported by voluntary contributions of donor governments, intergovernmental organizations,
the private sector, and foundations and individuals, not by the United Nations regular budget.

Objectives

The objective of UNFPA is

 to ensure reproductive rights for all

 To promote right of every woman, man and child to live a heathy life and of equal opportunity
 To ensure that all people can access high-quality sexual and reproductive health services

Why UNFPA was made?

It was made

 to build the knowledge and capacity to respond to the needs in population and family planning.
 To promote awareness in both developed and developing countries about population problems
and possible strategies to deal with these problems
 To be a leading role in UN in promoting population programs and coordinator

Structure and working

UNFPA supports programs in more than 150 countries. It has regional and sub-regional offices and
county offices. In 2014 all UNFPA offices combined had a total of 2,533 regular staff.

 Representative

The UNFPA Representative plays the leading role in projecting the priorities and mandate of the
organization at the national and/or area level. Representative provides leadership for the work of
UNFPA in the country of assignment and is accountable for the UNFPA Country programme and
operations in the country.

Key activities include: • Strategic direction, planning and management • Programme leadership and
representation • Programme oversight and coordination

 Deputy Representative

In close collaboration with the UNFPA Representative, the UNFPA Deputy Representative plays a leading
role in strengthening the Country’s capacity to implement the ICPD Programme of Action. Deputy
Representative is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Country Office, including supervising
assigned Country Office staff.
  Regional Operations Manager

The Regional Operations Manager provides leadership and advice on all aspects of office management
and operations, from financial and human resources management, general administration, common
services and security of UNFPA premises and staff. He/she also provides support and oversight to
country offices in the region on operations issues

 Programme Specialist

the Programme Specialist ensures that programme assistance and capacity development needs are met
and technical assistance is delivered and managed effectively S/he is under the overall supervision of
the Regional Director and reports directly to Regional Health Systems Adviser.

 Finance Associate

He/she works closely with programme and project staff providing financial monitoring and analysis of
projects and advising managers on expenditure trends and implementation rates.

Performance
Contributions from governments and the private sector to UNFPA in 2016 totaled $848 million. The
amount includes $353 million to the organization's core resources and $495 million earmarked for
specific programs and initiatives.

Campaign to end fistula

This UNFPA-led global campaign works to prevent obstetric fistula, a devastating and socially isolating
injury of childbirth, to treat women who live with the condition and help those who have been treated
to return to their communities. The campaign works in more than 40 countries in Africa, the Arab States
and South Asia. Focus mainly on providing training and funds to support women living with fistula and
programs aimed towards survivors

Ending female genital mutilation

UNFPA has worked for many years to end the practice of female genital mutilation, the partial or total
removal of external female genital organs for cultural or other non-medical reasons. The practice, which
affects 100–140 million women and girls across the world, violates their right to health and bodily
integrity. In 2007, UNFPA in partnership with UNICEF, launched a $44-million program to reduce the
practice by 40 per cent in 16 countries by 2015 and to end it within a generation.

Achievements

As a result of UNFPA programs in 2016

 23,000,000 adolescents gain access to sexual and reproductive heath services and 730,000
women received services related to female genital mutilation
 445,000 survivors of gender-based violence received services of humanitarian settings
 5,400,000 unintended pregnancies prevented
 1,600,000 unsafe abortions prevented
 15,000 maternal deaths averted
 UNFPA TRANSFORMATIVE RESULTS
UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals.
 END MATERNAL DEATH
Since 1990, maternal death has declined by 44 per cent. Still, some 830 women and adolescent
girls die each day from preventable maternal causes. UNFPA strengthen health systems, train
heat workers to end maternal deaths

 END UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING

Family planning is central to women’s empowerment and sustainable development. Women,
adolescent and youth have the right to make their own informed choices about contraception.
Today, more than 300 million women in developing countries are using contraception, but more
than 214 million women who want to plan their families do not have access to modern family
planning. UNFPA works with government to promote universal access to sexual and
reproductive health services.
 END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ALL HARMFUL PRACTICES
. One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. Harmful
practices, such as child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), remain pervasive. Still,
there has been progress. Around 2000, nearly one in three women between 20 and 24 years of
age reported that they were married before age 18. Around 2015, the ratio was just over one in
four.