PRESENTATION ON

UNFPA
SHIPRA ARORA
MHM(5/MHM/2016)
 UNFPA
(UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR POPULATION)
THE united nations populations fund
(UNFPA), formerly the united nations fund
for population activities, is a UN
organization.

The UNFPA says it is the lead UN agency

for delivering a world where every
pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is
safe and every young persons potential is
fulfilled.
UNFPA MISSION
STATEMENT
UNFPA, the united nations populations fund,
is an international development agency that
promotes the right of every women, man and
child to enjoy a life of health and equal
opportunity.
UNFPA supports countries in using population

data for policies and programmes to reduce

poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy
is wanted, every birth is safe, every young
person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and
women is treated with dignity and respect
Mandates of UNFPA
Reproductive
health

Population and
development

gender
Reproductive Health
Safe Motherhood
Family planning
Prevention and

management of
STI
Prevention of HIV
Youth/adolescent

needs
Sexual/ gender

based violence
Promoting gender equality
Womens
empowerment
Involving men
Attention to girls

and adolescents
Gender based

violence, harmful
practices
Population and
Development
Assist government to integrate population
issues into their planning and policy making
for poverty reduction

Support national capacity and development

in data collection and
analysis( demographic researches surveys
and censuses)
 Policy dialogue
census: basis for any other data collection

sampling frame
Detailed mapping of population distribution

at the lowest level(GIS)

Building multi-sectoral database
 Population projections: basis for any
interventions(benchmarks)
Traditional working relationships with a

wide range of data producers: civil

registration; sectors; village books
High level of desegregation and better

service delivery (targeting and HRBA to

programming)
Minimum basic data system
re-established in post-conflict
countries

Supports of assesments of population data

systems

Rebuilding of the minimum population data

systems required for short-term planning
 Resource mobilization for rebuilding of data
collection, analysis and dissemination
systems; and

Providing relevant demographic data and

analysis as part of a coordinated united
nations effort
UNFPA programming framework
A member of UN country team, UNDG
Excom member
Harmonized programming approach- CCA,

UNDAF, country programme , CPAP, AWP

Partner with govt. civil society, regional

institutions, NGOs, UN partners

Common tools for planning country
progress have been developed
Analysis : common country assessment
(CCS)

Business plan: UN development assisstence

framework

Common results: millennium development

goals (MGDs)
Challenges of humanitarian
interventions
Capturing humanitarian needs during the
key programming stages
Priority setting: keeping humanitarian

interventions on the development agenda

Securing resources
Coordination: government: UN; other

development partners
Challenges of P&D inputs
Anticipating availability of information
Flexibility and harmonization of existing

methodologies/tools
Institutional challenges: leadership role of

national institutions
Policy dialogues: seating at the table of

beginning
THANK YOU