The United Nations suggested on Wednesday that instead of focusing solely on the growing global population, it is imperative to consider women’s reproductive rights to bolster “demographic resilience.”

“Missing females” are those whose numbers are reflected in sex ratio imbalances at birth as a result of gender-biased (prenatal) sex selection, combined with excess female mortality stemming from postnatal sex selection.

Indirect impacts of the lockdown also include delay in the modification of existing policies that allow forced genital mutilation and child marriages across many regions in the world. Because of this, two million more cases of forced genital mutilated are expected to occur in this duration.

A United Nations report finds that India is showing signs of improvement in opportunities available to the Girl Child, when it comes to education and development, though challenges remain. India and China are home to one in three 10-year-olds alive today, the UNFPA report says, with India home to 12 million 10-year-olds. “Both India and […]

  According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), education is the best way to reduce poverty. A report by UNFPA reveals that girls who are educated choose to marry later and better, and plan healthier families. The report further states that having an educated mother rather than an educated father is more beneficial for […]

  June 12, 2014. Fifteen out of twenty countries with the highest rates of child marriage are in Africa. UNICEF in partnership with UNFPA, has launched a two year campaign to fight this. Other partners in the campaign are the Ford Foundation, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Save the Children, Plan International, […]