Who We Are

UNFPA Global

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, with the goal of ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our moto is "Ensuring rights and choices for all"

UNFPA in CO

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

Our 3 transformative results

In 2018, UNFPA launched efforts to achieve three transformative results, also known as the three zeros, by 2030:

Zero unmet need for family planning

We are the world’s single-largest provider of donated conctraceptives to devloping countries, and our programmes increases the availability of contraceptives and dismantle barriers to services.

Zero preventable maternal deaths

We are the world’s single-largest provider of donated conctraceptives to devloping countries, and our programmes increases the availability of contraceptives and dismantle barriers to services.

Zero gender-based violence and harmful practices

We are the world’s single-largest provider of donated conctraceptives to devloping countries, and our programmes increases the availability of contraceptives and dismantle barriers to services.

Leadership

Executive Director

Dr. Natalia Kanem

Dr. Natalia Kanem is the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health and rights agency. Appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in 2017...

Country Representative

Dr. Markus Behrend

Dr. Markus Behrend is the UNFPA Country Representative in Ecuador. Dr. Behrend joined UNFPA in 2013 as the UNFPA Representative for Nicaragua and Country Director for Costa Rica and Panama. From 2018-2020 he held the position as UNFPA Representative for Peru and Country Director of Chile. Before joining UNFPA he managed GIZ health and development programs in Angola and Nepal from 2004 to 2013.
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