Press Release

UNFPA announces winners of the AccessAbility innovation challenge

21 August 2023

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Resources

The UNFPA We Decide Programme: A Catalyst for Disability Inclusion

Resource date: Jun 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

The We Decide Global Programme is the UNFPA flagship initiative to promote rights and choices for women and young persons with disabilities. This booklet displays the main achievements of the We Decide Programme in catalyzing change for disability inclusion in UNFPA. It presents partners and potential donors with a broad understanding of the programme as well as the opportunities for scaling the work on disability inclusion in order to leave no one behind when it comes to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Updates

UNFPA supports inclusion through sport at the Special Olympics World Games 2023

07 Aug 2023

Participants at the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin. © Tilo Wiedensohler/Special Olympics
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Working together to ensure the right of girls with disabilities to live free from violence

Resource date: May 2023

Publisher: UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, ILO, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA and UNPRPD

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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2023

09 August 2023

Global

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News

Argentina’s journalists speak out against online gender-based violence

In March 2023, UNFPA joined dozens of organizations in signing a commitment to collaborate towards the eradication of gender-based violence and discrimination in digital spaces. © Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
  • 19 July 2023
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Resources

Manifesto on Meaningful Youth Engagement for Youth with Disabilities

Resource date: Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

This manifesto discusses the ways in which young people should be involved in decision-making spaces for them to be truly youth-and-disability inclusive. It provides recommendations for both youth and adult stakeholders on how to transform advocacy spaces and shift power dynamics.

Resources

The ABC of Bodily Autonomy for Youth with Disabilities

Resource date: Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

In this publication, we talk about the experience of youth with disabilities and the barriers to accessing SRHR. It also gives us an introduction to tools like the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and to the basic rights necessary to guarantee the bodily autonomy of youth with disabilities.

Updates

Celebrating Milestones, Inspiring Action: ICPD30 at Women Deliver 2023

19 Jul 2023

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Updates

UNFPA Partners With UCLG to Advance the ICPD Agenda at the Local Level

14 Jul 2023

UCLG Secretary General Emilia Saiz and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Diene Keita mark the signing of a memorandum of understanding between UCLG and UNFPA on 14 July 2023. © UNFPA/Yuntong Man
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