State of World Population Report
The State of World Population report is produced by a panel of external advisers, researchers and writers, who work alongside UNFPA technical staff and editors, bringing the insigh...
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The South Asian region has made great strides in reducing instances of child marriage – where a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has dropped by more than a third, from nearly 5...
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Nepal has the third-highest prevalence of child marriage, with 41 per cent of women aged 20 to 24 married before they turn 18.1 Nepal also ranks in the top 10 countries for the pre...
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Data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) suggests a 50 per cent rise in child marriage cases in 2020 compared with the year before. This includes formal marriages and infor...
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According to UNICEF, Bangladesh ranks fourth globally in terms of the number of child marriages. Poverty, cultural and religious beliefs, and lack of education are a few reasons fo...
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Harmful practices are defined as “discriminatory practices committed regularly over such long periods of time that communities and societies begin to consider them acceptable”. Thi...
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This report is based on an assessment of COVID-19 fiscal stimulus response and policy measures in nine countries in Asia and the Pacific (Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia...
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In 2020-2021, the COVID-19 crisis had catastrophic impacts on Asia and the Pacific, affecting economies and societies. It reversed much of the progress made towards the Sustainable...
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This document is a guide for host Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) to convene and organise the Disability Data Advocacy Workshop. It supplements the full package o...