In preparation for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UNFPA has begun a year-long commemoration to continue focus on the advancement of reproductive health and rights and gender equality to ensure dignity and justice for all. A key component of this work will be to highlight the continued discrimination that girls and women, including mothers, face every day.
Saving Lives
Up to half a million women and three million newborn babies die each year in pregnancy and childbirth or soon afterwards, the majority of them in Africa and South Asia. For every woman who dies at least twenty more suffer complications which leave them with lifelong disability and pain.
Our unique programmes are saving the lives of mothers and babies every day. We need you to help us to equip women with their most vital survival tool: knowledge.
