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Türkiye Earthquake Situation Report #2
UNFPA is scaling up its response with partners to safeguard the health and rights of women andgirls, including to give birth safely and to live free from violence and abuse. Nine percent of UNFPA’s appeal has been realized. UNFPA’s remaining funding requirement is USD 18 million for life-saving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) interventions in Türkiye’s earthquake-affected areas.
Türkiye Earthquake Situation Report #1
On 6 February, two big earthquakes with 7.8 and 7.6 magnitudes, respectively, hit areas of Türkiye and neighbouring countries. The epicenters of the earthquakes were in Kahramanmaraş province in southeastern Türkiye. They also affected nine neighbouring provinces: Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa. The earthquakes caused significant loss of life and mass destruction of residential and public buildings, including hospitals.
Thematic Analyses on Reproductive Health 1993-2018
Aiming to identify the groups that are left behind and lead in different indicators of contraceptive use, as well as the changes in fertility preferences, ideals and intentions in Turkey, to reveal the unmet need for family planning and the groups that are left behind in sexual and reproductive health, this study aims to identify policy gaps in these areas. It aims to contribute to policymakers in this field by providing data in determining policy priorities and strategies.
2023 Humanitarian Action Overview
The 2023 Humanitarian Action Overview highlights how UNFPA and partners will scale up the delivery of integrated reproductive health services – maternal health/emergency obstetric care, family planning and gender-based violence prevention and response, including medical and psychosocial support – to respond to the immediate needs of 66 million individual emergencies around the world.
To achieve these goals and provide assistance to the world’s most vulnerable women, girls and young people in 65 countries in 2023, the agency has appealed for $1.2 billion.
Analysis of Preschool to Secondary Education Curriculum and Textbooks in the Context of Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
'International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education', first published by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2009 and revised in 2018; A structured learning process with a positive perspective on sexuality and relationships is recommended, taking into account the benefit of young people. In order to achieve this, the learning objectives of age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education in the Technical Guide are; are given by classifying them under eight basic concepts that are equally important, reinforce each other and are intended to be taught together. These basic concepts are (1) Relationships, (2) Values, rights, culture and sexuality, (3) Understanding gender, (4) Violence and protection from violence, (5) Health and well-being skills, (6) The human body and development, (7) Sexuality and sexual behavior, (8) Sexual health and reproductive health.
UNFPA Türkiye Brochure 2022
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 to end unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal deaths, gender-based violence (GBV) and other harmful practices, particularly among vulnerable groups. To find out more, check out our 2022 brochure.
Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Refugee Women and Girls in Türkiye Research Report
Every day, 800 million women and girls between the ages of 15-49 in the world menstruate. On average, a woman menstruates for seven years of her life. Although menstruation is a natural and healthy process for women and girls of reproductive age, the lives of women and girls are negatively affected by menstruation. This is a serious problem, especially for vulnerable groups. Menstrual hygiene products, which cannot be accessed especially because they are very expensive, are of vital importance for women and girls. The report prepared by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with the support of the Embassy of Sweden, SIDA reveals the details of this phenomenon called "period poverty".
UNFPA Strategic Plan 2022-2025
The Strategic Plan 2022–2025 reflects this changing world, offering a vision of how UNFPA will lead the way forward in addressing equality, equity and non-discrimination, empowerment of women and girls, and the pursuit of the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights
State of World Population Report 2022 - Highlights
UNFPA published its flagship “State of World Population Report”. The report focuses on a neglected crisis, unintended pregnancies this year. It reveals the scope of this crisis, its health and human rights dimensions, and its impact on individuals, societies, countries and global development overall.
Pregnancy and COVID-19 Vaccines
This brochure has been prepared in scope of the “Promoting Innovative Service Provision Models to Support the Covid-19 Health System Response” project implemented by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Turkey) and the Ministry of Health with the financial support of the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund with the aim of raising awareness on pregnancy and COVID-19 vaccination.