United Nations Population Fund

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Recently, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s 2025 State of World Population (SOWP) Report, titled, ‘The Real Fertility Crisis’, states that one in three adult Indians face unintended pregnancies, while 30% experience unfulfilled desire for having either more or fewer children.

 About United Nations Population Fund

• It is an international development agency created in 1968 to support the execution of projects and programmes in the area of population and sexual and reproductive health.
• Its mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, everychildbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
• In 1987, it was officially renamed as the United Nations Population Fund but the original abbreviation UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) was retained.
• It is not directly responsible for the collection of primary statistics; it plays an important role in the technical and financial support of statistical activities in countries, such as population censuses and thematic surveys etc.
• Funding: It is entirely supported by voluntary contributions of donor governments, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector and foundations and individuals, not by the United Nations regular budget.
• It funds assistance, research, and advocacy programs in three major areas:
• Reproductive health, including family planning, safe motherhood, and the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases,
• The population problems of developed and developingcountries and possible strategies for addressing them.
• Issues related to the status of women, including the gender gap in education.
• UNFPA assistance programs are undertaken only in response to government requests.
• Headquarters: New York

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United Nations Population Fund FAQs

Q1: What is the responsibility of UNFPA?

Ans: The goal of UNFPA is to ensure every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

Q2: What is the state of the world population report?

Ans: The State of World Population Report is UNFPA’s annual flagship publication, published since 1978.

Source: TH