United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population
Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.unfpa.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNFPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/unfpa
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/unfpa
Founded
1967-07
History
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Promote the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity; support countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, every young person's potential is fulfilled; advance the Programme of Action endorsed by the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, emphasizing interdependence of population and development focusing on meeting individual needs rather than demographic targets; promote cooperation and coordination among UN system organizations, bilateral agencies, governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in addressing issues of population and development reproductive health, gender equality and women's empowerment.
Events
2025-11-03 | Bogota, Colombia – International Conference on Family Planning141 past events available with paid subscription only.
Structure
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Member of: E-XE4201 - Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC); E-XE4205 - United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG); E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Instrumental in setting up: H-XK1523 - Inter-Agency Task Force on Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods for All; H-XK1524 - Inter-Agency Task Force on Enabling Environment for Economic and Social Development; H-XE2803 - Joint Consultative Group on Policies (JCGP). Supports: E-XD2867 - Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre; G-XG6910 - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Cooperates with: F-XF6503 - United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI); E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU).
Links with:
- African Centre for Gender (ACG);
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF6183 - African Development Fund (ADF);
- F-XE4484 - Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND);
- E-XE8585 - Cairo Demographic Centre (CDC);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- U-XE3454 - Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC);
- H-XE1823 - Centre for Applied Research on Population and Development;
- E-XE2355 - Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP);
- K-XE2261 - Commonwealth Youth Programme South Pacific Regional Centre (CYP-SPRC);
- E-XE8080 - Council of Arab Ministers of Health;
- E-XE5264 - Council of Arab Ministers for Social and Economic Affairs;
- E-XE0190 - Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre (EASTC);
- D-XD3153 - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- U-XF5345 - Global Coalition for Africa (GCA);
- F-XF0700 - Gulf Health Council (GHC);
- D-XD6023 - Ibero-American Youth Organization;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- E-XE8248 - Institut de formation et de recherche démographiques (IFORD);
- E-XE6031 - Institut du Sahel (INSAH);
- H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- E-XE5305 - United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC);
- B-XB1791 - International Development Association (IDA);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM);
- C-XD8574 - Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO);
- E-XE2288 - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS);
- F-XF5361 - Management of Social Transformations (MOST);
- E-XE3556 - Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process (UNSCO);
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- E-XE3060 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);
- H-XF1487 - Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD);
- F-XF3019 - Partners in Population and Development (PPD);
- H-XE8777 - Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS);
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- E-XE0295 - Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- U-XF4843 - UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE9576 - UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education;
- E-XE8323 - UNESCO Office for the Pacific States;
- E-XE9760 - UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States (UNEDBAS);
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- E-XE7655 - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS);
- E-XK0972 - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS);
- E-XE1325 - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA);
- F-XF4104 - United Nations Volunteers (UNV);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Organizations approved for consultative status:
- Action Health Incorporated (Nigeria);
- G-XG1929 - Advocates for Youth, Washington DC;
- G-XG4214 - Africa-America Institute (AAI);
- U-XF0224 - African Society for Environmental Studies Programme (ASESP);
- F-XF2166 - African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET);
- C-XF3420 - Agence universitaire de La Francophonie (AUF);
- Al-Azhar Centre for Reproductive Health and Population Studies (Egypt);
- F-XF4288 - Amref Health Africa;
- F-XF0286 - Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
- E-XE1064 - Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom);
- E-XF3657 - Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW);
- U-XG5780 - Associazione per la Partecipazione allo Sviluppo (APS);
- E-XE0103 - Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS);
- F-XF3276 - CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation;
- D-XJ9293 - Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR);
- G-XG6177 - Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW);
- F-XF1672 - EarthAction (EA);
- G-XG8312 - EngenderHealth;
- E-XE3525 - Inspire - the European Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Inspire);
- G-XF2700 - FHI 360;
- F-XF2578 - Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE);
- F-XJ5478 - Girls not Brides;
- F-XF2963 - Global Fund for Women (GFW);
- F-XF0233 - HelpAge International;
- E-XE4064 - Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC);
- C-XG6709 - International Center for Research on Women (ICRW);
- B-XB1550 - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ);
- F-XF1838 - International Council on the Management of Population Programs (ICOMP);
- E-XE2637 - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS);
- U-XE6098 - International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics (IIVRS);
- B-XC2676 - International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP);
- G-XG1080 - IntraHealth International;
- F-XF0881 - Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN);
- U-XF1503 - Latin American Women's Press Agency;
- G-XG3805 - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM);
- E-XF2089 - Panos Network;
- F-XF1034 - PATH;
- F-XF7620 - Pathfinder International;
- G-XG5682 - PCI Media;
- B-XB3228 - Society for International Development (SID);
- D-XD1895 - Union for African Population Studies (UAPS);
- F-XF1829 - Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO);
- B-XB3609 - World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA).
Cooperates with:
- F-XF1011 - Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA);
- G-XD1465 - Asian Population and Development Association (APDA);
- F-XF2967 - Catholics for Choice;
- G-XQ0145 - Center for Reproductive Rights;
- C-XC0371 - Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA);
- F-XD2817 - European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF);
- E-XJ5845 - Global Health Cluster (GHC);
- U-XF2022 - Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (IAPG);
- F-XG9205 - International Foundation for Population and Development (IFPD);
- B-XB2361 - International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF);
- F-XF2515 - IPS - Inter Press Service International Association;
- G-XG7595 - Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP);
- G-XG7024 - MSI Reproductive Choices;
- F-XF2756 - Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA);
- F-XE3960 - PAI;
- G-XG2470 - Population Institute (PI);
- F-XF2796 - Rutgers.
Member of: U-XJ4858 - Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). Supports: F-XJ1728 - Tostan. Instrumental in setting up: U-XF2363 - Education for All Network (EFA Network); U-XF8800 - Latin American Feature Service on Women and Population; F-XF5182 - Women's Feature Service (WFS). Links with: A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN); F-XF1868 - Population Council; F-XF1555 - Task Force for Global Health (TFGH).
Publications
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- Medicine → Reproductive System
- Commerce → Funds
- Health → Health
- Sociology → Population
- International Relations → United Nations
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF5606
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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