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Continuing Professional Development Framework for Midwives in Clinical Practice in Asia and the Pacific
This technical brief has been developed by the UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Office in response to requests for more specific guidance on the development of CPD programmes to improve quality of care, that are linked to maintaining core competencies and relicensure of midwives.
Annual Report 2023: UNFPA Asia and the Pacific
Read the 2023 highlights of the UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office through the 2023 Annual Report - Pathways to Progress.
For Her, With Her: 12 Stories of Hope and Resilience
With 60 percent of the world’s population in Asia and the Pacific, it is indeed a world of endless possibilities when women and girls have the equal opportunity to actively engage, inspire, and contribute, changing the trajectory of billions of lives.
This collection of twelve stories – from bustling cities to remote villages – showcases how UNFPA takes forward the ICPD promise, for women and girls, and with women and girls. Through their indomitable spirit, we are called to action, to further recognize and support the contributions of all women and girls in building a more equitable and sustainable future across Asia-Pacific and beyond.
National Transfer Accounts: Generational Economy of Population Ageing
National Transfer Accounts (NTA) are a tool to generate a national economic analysis concerning population change. Effectively communicating how NTA analysis can be used to policy planners is challenging. This e-booklet offers simple communication materials focusing on what NTA are, how they are calculated and how they have been used for policy development. It uses existing evidence and analysis that includes country case studies.
Snapshot: Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence, Asia-Pacific, 2000-2023
This one-page snapshot details the data related to intimate partner violence in countries in UNFPA's Asia Pacific region.
UNFPA Cash and Voucher Assistance in Asia and the Pacific 2023
Putting choice in the hands of women and girls: scaling up and consolidating safe high-quality cash and voucher assistance
The global volume of humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) has increased for the sixth consecutive year and represents 1/5 of all humanitarian aid. In line with its organizational commitments, UNFPA continues to scale up the use of CVA in its programming to multiply the impact for women, girls and other individuals from key populations we serve.
Conducting a national study on the prevalence of violence against women: Lessons learned from Mongolia
This document aims to help other program and project coordinators and researchers undertaking violence against women prevalence surveys to anticipate and address some of the challenges they may face. It contains lessons learned gathered after completing the Mongolia study and launching the results. Key people involved have shared their experiences establishing partnerships with stakeholders, recruiting and managing an effective team of interviewers, preparing for and conducting the fieldwork, and translating the results into action.
Understanding pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Southeast Asia
This report brings attention to the specific context, dynamics and influences that contribute to adolescent pregnancy in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Lao PDR. The four in-depth country analyses identify the patterns that drive adolescent pregnancy across the region, including as determined by relationship or marital status, the extent of the girls’ autonomy in decision making and whether the context of sex leading to the pregnancy was consensual.
DISABILITY INCLUSION IN GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAMMING
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia and the Pacific Regional Office is committed to making sure that all efforts to address gender-based violence (GBV) are inclusive of and accessible to women and girls with disabilities, ensuring that transformative goals are met and that no one is left behind. To meet this critical need, UNFPA APRO developed tools for UNFPA Country Offices and partners to strengthen GBV and Disability inclusion programming, which include a Tip-sheet on Disability Inclusion in GBV Programming and a GBV and Disability Inclusion Assessment Tool.
Using Cash and Voucher Assistance to improve Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Bangladesh
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its partners are implementing a Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) project for women and girls in two urban slums of Dhaka using Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). The project has a dual objective of responding to period poverty in Bangladesh - the struggle many socio-economically vulnerable women and girls face when trying to afford menstrual products as exacerbated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic - and helping break existing taboos surrounding menstruation. The project started in February 2022 to serve more than 3,300 women of reproductive age (15-49 years old) and adolescent girls.