Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth: Millions of women and girls have not benefited because of who they are or where they were born. On July 11, World Population Day, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shows with its "2024 State of the World Population Report" that poverty, racism, sexism and other forms of discrim...

Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited because of who they are or where they were born. 2024 State of World Population report, released by UNFPA, entitled “Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights” highlights the role racism, se...

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Over the past 30 years, global commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights have made remarkable advances: Maternal death rates have dropped by almost a third, the number of women using modern contraception has doubled and more than 160 countries have passed laws against domestic violence.