A preference for boys and limited access to medical technology are skewing the sex ratio in several Asian countries -- undermining demographic balance, and the human rights of women and girls.
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Midwives and community volunteers are helping more Cambodian women plan their family -- contributing to healthier pregnancies, infants and family, and providing a better chance of escaping poverty.
Women voted enthusiastically, hoping that a new political system will reduce gender-based bias and violence. UNFPA supported women's participation in the election process.
This video reviews the achievements of the Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) in informing young people on several health issues.
Recovered after multiple surgeries, Sultana is now an advocate telling other women that their obstetric fistula can be repaired. With UNFPA support, a growing number of hospitals are now offering the procedure.
To escape rural poverty, young rural migrants make sacrifices to live in fast-growing Ho Chi Minh.
With UNFPA support, community centers set up after the December 2004 tsunami offer abused women with counseling, medical care, skills training and legal assistance -- under one roof.
With UN assistance, residents who were uprooted two years ago by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka are now returning home.
A year after the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, many women received much better reproductive health care as a result of efforts by UNFPA and its partners to restore service.