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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

About us

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls, and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is to end the unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, gender-based violence, and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our motto is:

“Ensuring rights and choices for all.”

OUR HISTORY
The agency began operating in 1969 as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, the same year the United Nations General Assembly declared that “parents have the exclusive right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children.” While its name was changed to the United Nations Population Fund in 1987, the original acronym remains.

The goal of UNFPA is to ensure sexual and reproductive rights and choices for all, especially women and young people, so that they can access high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, including voluntary family planning, maternal health care, and comprehensive sexuality education.