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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Regulatory Frameworks across the Arab States Region - Palestine
This policy guidelines undertaken in collaboration with the American University in Beirut, build on the regional sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights (SRHRR) policy guidelines report and focus on the situations of Iraq, Jordan and Palestine. These policy guidelines seek to ensure a comprehensive and holistic coverage of all necessary SRHRR policies with targeted recommendations to support SRHRR policies, programmes, interventions and advocacy.
Top 20 Donors: 2021 Global Statistics
The Top 20 Donors 2021 brochure presents recent funding trends, share and volume of core and non-core contributions, number of core donors and ranking of donors for the current year. It thanks all donors for their support and links to the 2022 Core Campaign.
2022 Core Resources Mobilization
Core resources are the foundation for all UNFPA programmes which aim to leave no one behind and reach the furthest behind first. UNFPA’s objective in 2022 is to rally a diverse coalition of contributors around our shared mandate: “Ensuring Rights and Choices for All”.
Improving data for evidence-based decision-making: Reinforcing civil registration and vital statistics and maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems interlinkages
This guidance note is developed by UNFPA ASRO, in partnership with UNFPA Population & Development Branch and the Canadian International Development Research Centre, Centre of Excellence with the objective of generating more robust data thus improving its usability for policy purposes and to be used as a practical tool to assist during the planning and implementation stages, by offering a structured approach to follow and a consolidated summary of key resources on the topic.
Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis (April)
As of April 2022, Syrians and host communities throughout the region continue to face the escalating impact of a protracted humanitarian crisis, further complicated by a deteriorating economy, continuing hostilities, and an unrelenting pandemic. The crisis region, which spans the Whole of Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, continues to face a multitude of challenges, particularly in light of the recurrent waves of COVID-19 infections that continue to exacerbate existing needs. A decade into this protracted crisis, people in need continue to endure the cumulative effects of years of instability, the risks of which are even higher now due to the impacts of a far-reaching economic meltdown. The Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis offers a bird’s eye view of UNFPA’s operations within the context of the Syria crisis. The report is prepared by the UNFPA Regional Humanitarian Hub for Syria and the Arab States in Amman, Jordan, and spans operations conducted by UNFPA offices in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, in addition to operations conducted inside Syria from Damascus and cross-border via Turkey
The Right to Dignified Ageing - A guide to establishing rights-based policies for older persons in the Arab Region
The Right to Dignified Ageing a guide to establishing rights-based policies for older people in the Arab region is the result of a partnership between UNFPA Arab States Regional Office and HelpAge International to make older persons rights visible in laws, policies, strategies, measures, research and data.
The Guide aims to better align national ageing strategies and policies with a comprehensive human rights approach. It also provides a practical tool for policy makers to formulate new, and revise existing, strategies on ageing, to better align them with the human rights standards formulated in the APA Resolution on Ageism, Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and Arab Regional Ageing Strategy 2019 – 2029 initiatives.
Assessment of adolescent and youth-friendly health services in the Arab region
UNFPA Arab States Regional Office in partnership with the Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP) and the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at American University of Beirut (AUB),conducted an assessment of adolescent and youth-friendly health services (AYFHS).
This assessment was conducted in 16 countries in the Arab region, including Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sultanate of Oman, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The overall objective of this regional review is to support UNFPA Arab States Regional Office and country offices in understanding the situation of AYFHS in the Arab region in comparison to the global standards for quality health care services for adolescents and youth Friendly Health Services, as well as to inform initiatives for strengthening these services for further support of the planning, development and implementation of interventions.
Youth sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights in the Arab region overview
UNFPA ASRO in partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB) conducted an overview of youth sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights (SRHRR) in the Arab Region. This overview aims at providing policymakers, civil societies and development practitioners in the Arab countries with a knowledge tool to advance the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) as well as to ensure that issues pertaining to youth’s needs are equitably addressed in this process.
Ageing in ESCWA member States - Fourth review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
The fourth review report on the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing is the result of a joint partnership between UNFPA Arab States and ESCWA. The report is developed based on a consultation with Arab countries to assess current situation and challenges of older persons in the region, on a series of regional virtual dialogue meetings involving multiple actors, including civil society organizations, academics and representatives of Arab parliaments and a regional meeting organized in ESCWA premises that brought together all governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.
The report provides a summary of the most prominent findings from the national review reports submitted by Arab States, describes progress, achievements and challenges in economic support, social development and the health and well-being of older persons and sets out recommendations to accelerate implementation of the aging agenda in the region.
SWOP 2020 Highlights Brochure
An estimated 121 million pregnancies per year take place in the bodies of women who did not choose pregnancy or motherhood, who were not planning to have a child at that time, with that partner, in those circumstances. This is an unseen crisis, invisible in part because it is so common – nearly everyone knows someone who has experienced an unintended pregnancy – and in part because it is widely stigmatized.