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Distinguished Actress Hazal Kaya became the new Honorary Ambassador of UNFPA Turkey!
ANKARA, TURKEY - Successful actress Hazal Kaya has been appointed as the new Honorary Ambassador of United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Turkey. The appointment ceremony was realized with an online... Read more
My Body Is My Own: 2021 State of World Population Report is published!
Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, says new United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, report, My Body is My Own. Violations include rape, forced sterilization, virginity testing... Read more
UNFPA and SGDD-ASAM support refugees with disabilities together with the European Union
In Turkey, 450,000 refugees live with disabilities. Many of them don’t have enough information about available services or cannot access them. The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Turkey and the... Read more
Returning to life with support of social services
Turkey has been hosting the largest number of refugees globally with close to 4 million refugees and asylum-seekers, including 3.6 million Syrians. Despite the efforts of state authorities and other... Read more
New UNFPA data reveals that nearly 12 million women lost access to contraception due to disruptions caused by the pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies
New York, 11 March 2021 - UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, released new data today indicating that nearly 12 million women in 115 countries lost access to family planning services... Read more
Our research on the needs of women health workers in the COVID-19 pandemic is out!
“The Research on Specialized Needs of Women Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic” conducted by the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Turkey and Hacettepe University Women's Research and... Read more
The last 25 years of child marriages in Turkey
One in every five children in the world is married. Every year, 12 million girls become deprived of many fundamental rights, especially education, health and employment due to child marriage (UNFPA,... Read more
We Will Leave No One Behind!
At the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. Our goal is... Read more
Surveys in Covid-19 and Post Covid-19 Days study is out!
ANKARA – “Surveys in Covid-19 and Post Covid-19 Days” study which was prepared by Hacettepe University of Institute Population Studies (HUIPS) with the support of United Nations Population Fund,... Read more
They got married at early ages and fight against child marriage now
In Turkey, one in five women who are currently 20-49 years old, married under the age of 18. One-third of girls who got married before the age of 18 also became a mother at child age. Nuray and Hülya... Read more