Who We Are

UNFPA Global

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, with the goal of ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our moto is "Ensuring rights and choices for all"

UNFPA in CO

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

Our 3 transformative results

In 2018, UNFPA launched efforts to achieve three transformative results, also known as the three zeros, by 2030:

Zero unmet need for family planning

We are the world’s single-largest provider of donated conctraceptives to devloping countries, and our programmes increases the availability of contraceptives and dismantle barriers to services.

Zero preventable maternal deaths

We are the world’s single-largest provider of donated conctraceptives to devloping countries, and our programmes increases the availability of contraceptives and dismantle barriers to services.

Zero gender-based violence and harmful practices

We are the world’s single-largest provider of donated conctraceptives to devloping countries, and our programmes increases the availability of contraceptives and dismantle barriers to services.

Leadership

Executive Director

Dr. Natalia Kanem

Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA on 3 October 2017 by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She brings more than 30 years of strategic leadership experience in the fields of medicine, public and reproductive health, peace, social justice and philanthropy. “The UNFPA mandate has never been more relevant,” said Dr. Kanem, who is the fifth Executive Director since the Fund became operational in 1969.

Country Representative

Kunle Adeniyi

Kunle Adeniyi took up his appointment as Representative for Sri Lanka and Country Director for The Maldives (January 2022).

Prior to this assignment, Kunle served as the Country Representative of UNFPA in The Gambia and previously, as Head of Office in the same country. He brings nearly two decades of experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRH), human rights, public health, public policy, and law.

Kunle’s foray into development started as a Senior Programme Officer for Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of HIV & AIDS (NACA). He also served as Special Assistant and Head of Project Implementation Secretariat in Nigeria’s He
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