Who we are

Who We Are

UNFPA Global

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, with the goal of ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our moto is "Ensuring rights and choices for all"

UNFPA in CO

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

Leadership

Sub Regional Director

Alison Drayton

Alison Drayton has served as the Director of the Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean since 2016. Prior to joining UNFPA she worked at UNDP for fifteen years in a series of functions both globally and in the Caribbean. As a Senior Advisor, Alison led the formulation of the 2016 Caribbean Human Development Report, which focused on multi-dimensional progress in the Caribbean. She also served in the Permanent Mission of Guyana to the UN, chairing the G77 on Sustainable Development, Administrative and Budgetary issues during Guyana’s chairmanship of the Group in 1999. Alison was in the NYU Masters Programme on Public Administration and holds a BA (Honours) in History and Politics from the University of London.
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