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8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: State of World Population 2023: the case for rights and choices

8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: State of World Population 2023: the case for rights and choices

State of World Population Report

In November 2022, the world’s population surpassed 8 billion people. Our human family is now larger than ever before. Collectively, we live longer and enjoy healthier lives than at any other point in human history. Yet ours is also a world of anxiety and uncertainty. Challenges like climate change, economic upheaval, conflict, and COVID-19 have brought us to a crossroads, where the threat of a worse future for humanity feels just as possible as the promise of a better one. How do we make sense of these contradictions, and begin solving the pressing problems of our day?

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Seeing the Unseen: State of World Population 2022 : The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy

State of World Population Report

This year’s edition of the State of World Population, “Seeing the Unseen: the case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy," has found that every year almost half of all pregnancies are unintended. More specifically, between 2015 and 2019, there were roughly 121 million unintended pregnancies (331,000 per day on average) each year. Globally, an estimated 257 million women who want to “avoid pregnancy” are not using safe, modern methods of contraception and it has been found that contraceptive use is 53 percent lower among women who have experienced intimate partner violence. This implies that many women are still unable to say no to sex and are unable to make decisions on their sexual and reproductive health. The consequences of unintended pregnancies compromise women’s health and safety (e.g. maternal death from unsafe abortion), more abortion, financial burdens, and many others.

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My Body is My Own: State of World Population Report 2021

State of World Population Report

Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to decide whether to have sex with their partners, use contraception or seek health care, according to UNFPA's 2021 flagship State of World Population report.

 

For the first time, a United Nations report focuses on bodily autonomy: the power and agency to make choices about your body, without fear of violence or having someone else decide for you. This lack of bodily autonomy has massive implications beyond the profound harms to individual women and girls: potentially depressing economic productivity, undercutting skills, and resulting in extra costs to health care and judicial systems.

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State of World Population Report 2019: Unfinished Business: The Pursuit of Rights and Choices for All

State of World Population Report

Reproductive rights and choices have become a reality for more women than ever. But we cannot be complacent: rights are still out of reach for too many women. Our challenge is to finish the unfinished business of guaranteeing rights and choices for all. Read our latest State of the World Population report 2019, published in a year that marks the 50th anniversary of UNFPA's founding and the 25th anniversary of the revolutionary Programme of Action forged at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. 

 

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