UNFPA Lesotho

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Counter Domestic Violence Act

An Act to provide for protection of rights of victims and prevention of domestic violence and related matters. Enacted by the Parliament of Lesotho

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Voluntary National Review on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Report

Lesotho has achieved significant milestones since the SDGs came into effect in 2016. These include preparing SDGs Indicator Baseline report for prioritisation and establishment of ...

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Compilation of laws that provide Protection against gender based violence in Lesotho

The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes

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The State of the World's Midwifery 2021

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 builds on previous reports in the SoWMy series and represents an unprecedented effort to document the whole world’s Sexual,...

State of World Population Report

My Body Is My Own

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...

State of World Population Report

Against My Will

Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are subjected to practices that harm them physically or psychologically, or both, with the full knowledge and consent of ...

State of World Population Report

State of World Population 2019

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether...

State of World Population Report

The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition

Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today there are many, with differences wider than at any...

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UNFPA Lesotho Going Innovative

Innovation Fund The Innovation Fund is a seed fund to promote emulsion among youth at district level through Youth Resource Centres, leveraging ideas that would lead to projects ...