The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is a United Nations sexual and health productive agency founded with the sole purpose to support and improve reproductive health care for women and youth. Proudly helping and taking care of the needy in more than 150 countries. United Nations Population Fund’s mission is to bring every child safely into this world while making every pregnancy important. Data collection through census, analyzing the data for safety & planning, and delivering services in co-ordination with the local administration are some key functions of the UNFPA. UNFPA releases a report annually known as the State of World population report.
State of the World Population 2020 report
The State of World Population 2020 report has been released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently and some astonishing figures have come out. According to the report, “missing women” in the world has drastically increased. Directly from 61 million in 1970 to a shocking 142.6 million in 2020. According to the report, in India alone 45.8 million women are missing as of 2020, more than 4 million girls have faced forced genital mutilation; more than 30,000 were forced into child marriage, and without their consent. India had the highest rate of female deaths as compared to other countries.
Analysis of the report in a broader picture
Destructive practices that harass, torture, discriminate, harm women which are centuries old are still practiced in many countries. Women around the world face some gruesome things like rape, torture, genital mutilation, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and many more. All these have been proven again and again by UNFPA report.
Every second, around the world, many young women and girls face abuse or torture of many kinds which reduce them to helpless and wounded souls. This experience traumatizes them for years and such experiences are no more than a nightmare for them which instill fear in them and they are left alone and isolated. Such gruesome acts hurt them physically and emotionally. They are scared and are many are threatened to keep quiet. Due to the fear and pressure of society, they keep quiet and never share their plight with any of the family members. Some family members even after witnessing turn a blind eye and even some torture and sexual abuse happen with the consent of the family members.
As per the State of World population report, 2020, families and their relatives are equally responsible for such evil crimes that happen under the roof of home which we all feel are safe for us. And according to UNFPA report female genital mutilation, child marriages and discrimination tops the list of crimes committed against women.
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem highlighted “Crimes and abuse against women or girls cause significant and everlasting physical and mental injury, denying them opportunities to excel and succeed in life.
4.1 million young ladies faced the pain of genital mutilation. More than 30, 000 ladies young in mid 30’s were forced into marriage or were forced to establish physical relations with privileged men of the society. Children are more preferred over girls and this sexual orientation transformation and forced sexual abuse and relationships have resulted in disappearance of 140 million females around the world, 45.8 million are from India alone.
Some unsafe practices are fading in nations where they have been generally pervasive. But since of population development in these nations, the quantity of young ladies exposed to them will really decrease in the coming decades.
Nations that have sanctioned universal bargains, for example, the Convention on the Rights of the Child have an obligation to end the damage, regardless of whether it’s incurred on young ladies by relatives, strict networks, medicinal services suppliers, business endeavors or state organizations. Many have reacted with laws, however laws alone are insufficient.
Many years of experience and exploration show that base up, grassroots methodologies are better at bringing change, the UNFPA report states. “We should handle the issue by handling the underlying drivers, particularly sexual orientation one-sided standards. We should make a superior showing independently to comprehend the cost these practices are taking on young ladies and the advantages that collect to the entire of society by halting them,” Dr. Kanem says.
Economies and the lawful frameworks that help them must be rebuilt to ensure each lady equivalent chances, the report includes. Changing guidelines for property legacy, for instance, can dispose of an incredible motivator for families to support children over little girls and help to take out kid marriage.
Kid marriage and female genital mutilation overall is conceivable inside 10 years by scaling up endeavors to keep young ladies in school longer and show them fundamental abilities and to connect with men and young men in social change. Ventures totaling $3.4 billion per year through 2030 would end these two hurtful practices and end the enduring of an expected 84 million young ladies, the report appears.
While progress has been made in closure some hurtful practices around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic takes steps to turn around gains. An ongoing investigation uncovered that if administrations and projects stay covered for a half year, an extra 13 million young ladies might be forced into marriage and 2 million additional young ladies might be exposed to female genital mutilation among now and 2030.
Dr. Kanem says. “The pandemic the two makes our activity harder and progressively pressing as such a significant number of more young ladies are presently in danger,”. “We won’t stop until the rights, decisions and collections of all young ladies are completely their own.”
Conclusion
UNFPA report highlights some horrible and gruesome crimes committed against women around the world. Genital mutilation, sexual abuse, hurting the private parts and inward injuries top the list of crimes committed against women. This trauma never erases from their mind and forced to live an isolated life. Such crimes affect them emotionally and physically. They are left all alone and depressed due to which they fail to utilize their talent and potential to succeed in life. Crimes against women never decreased and in the last 70 years, it has almost doubled. Women’s safety has been a vital issue and is often ignored by the male-oriented world.
Yukti Kumar @ Samacharline