UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

UNFPA supports:

1. Reproductive health care for women and youth in more than 150 countries – home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s population

2. The health of pregnant women, especially the 10-15 million who face life-threatening complications each year

3. Reliable access to modern contraceptives sufficient to benefit 20 million women a year

4. Training of thousands of health workers to help ensure at least 80 per cent of all childbirths are supervised by skilled attendants

5. Prevention of gender-based violence, which affects 1 in 3 women

6. Abandonment of female genital mutilation, which harms 3 million girls annually

7. Prevention of teen pregnancies, complications of which are a leading cause of death for girls 15-19 years old

8. Efforts to end child marriage, which could affect an estimated 70 million girls over the next 5 years

9. Delivery of safe birth supplies, dignity kits and other life-saving materials to survivors of conflict and natural disaster

10. Censuses, data collection and analyses, which are essential for development planning.

UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives.

Since UNFPA started working in 1969, the number – and rate – of women dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth has been halved. Families are smaller and healthier. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before.