To go uncounted is to be made invisible and, as a result, left unserved. This contributes to a 10-year-old girl being left with no health care when she is displaced during conflict. Or to an older woman with a disability having no safety net when a crisis strikes. It leaves a newborn in a remote indigenous community without the passport to protection that birth registration confers.

Amid the surge in conflicts around the world, cases of conflict-related sexual violence have reached horrifying new heights, soaring 50 per cent between 2022 to 2023. Women and girls are being assaulted and raped, forced into marriage and sexual slavery. Then they are left to cope with dire consequences that can last a lifetime...

University Games in Garoua: UNFPA Cameroon offers sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence prevention services and information to some 10,000 young people. Garoua, Cameroon – May 21, 2024 – In line with its commitment to empower young people and ensure their access to quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is participating in t...