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 Social Pact to Eliminate Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

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Social Pact to Eliminate Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

calendar_today 25 June 2024

Social Pact to Eliminate Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

Teenage pregnancy and early motherhood represent a social, political, economic, and public health challenge in Latin America. In Ecuador, each day, 5 adolescents aged 10 to 14 and 105 adolescents aged 15 to 19 give birth, highlighting the severity of this issue.

UNFPA in Ecuador

UNFPA in Ecuador

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

 

Key Results

Ecuador

Adolescent-friendly Sexual and reproductive health services

Quality assured, adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services were provided in at least 25 per cent of public health facilities

Ecuador

Adolescent health competencies

Adolescent health competencies were included in curricula of health professionals

Ecuador

Logistics management information system

A logistics management information system was used for forecasting and monitoring sexual and reproductive health commodities

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School-based comprehensive sexuality education

A comprehensive sexuality education curricula was operationalized in accordance with international standards

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Minimum Initial Services Package

30

Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

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Life skills programmes for girls

6465

Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

What we do

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.

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Country Representative

Country Representative

Dr. Markus Behrend

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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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Family Planning Ecuador

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Family Planning Ecuador

To respond to unplanned pregnancies costs Ecuador 5.4 times more than preventing it. By partnering with UNFPA, Ecuador saves up to 17 dollars for every dollar invested in sexual and reproductive health.

We Decide in Ecuador: Including and empowering persons with disabilities

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We Decide in Ecuador: Including and empowering persons with disabilities

UNFPA’s programmes work to ensure that women, adolescents, young people and marginalized groups, including persons with disabilities, are empowered to make decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights and able to live free of discrimination and violence.

The Potential and Challenges of Ecuador

The Potential and Challenges of Ecuador

The Potential and Challenges of Ecuador

  • The Constitution of the Republic recognizes the rights to gender equality, to a life free of violence, and to sexual and reproductive rights.

  • Ecuador has a population of 17,510,643 inhabitants. 51 % are women and 49 % are men, 64 % live in urban areas and 36 % in rural areas. 

  • Ecuador's demographic is young,  38 % are under 20 years of age and 11 % are over 60 years of age. Life expectancy is currently 80 years for women and 74.5 years for men.

Rodando en corto - Nancy

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Rodando en corto - Nancy

Rodando en corto - Nancy