Organisation
The World Population Foundation was founded as a non-profit foundation on the symbolic date July 11, 1987, the first UN declared World Population Day on which the 5th billionth world citizen was born. From the outset, human rights and dignity, human development, and quality of life for current and future generations in developing countries were central to the vision: to improve the quality of life in developing countries by ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.
The mission of the organization is no less than the full implementation of the Programme of Action that was adopted at the UN International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in 1994 by promoting:
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
- Awareness of the importance of SRHR for sustainable human development
- Understanding of the central role of reproductive health in population issues
through awareness creation, education, resource mobilisation, and the provision of information and services, especially to women and young people.
Consequently, WPF is working to create a supportive environment for the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action through advocacy and empowering underserved groups in practising, achieving and safeguarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights through direct interventions. Logically, WPF adheres to a rights-based approach and emphasizes the participation of individuals and communities in decision-making processes that shape policies and programmes that affect them.
Thematic priorities in the work of WPF are:
- sustainable implementation of comprehensive sexuality education;
- innovative methods to fight gender-based violence;
- incorporating SRHR in other development programs (“mainstreaming”); and
- organisational strengthening of civil society and public authority partner organisations to be able to effectively implement SRHR interventions
WPF provides financial and technical support to partner organisations in the systematic and evidence-based development of SRHR interventions or the adaptation of successful, existing model interventions (‘good practices’) in the above working areas to a specific local context.
Currently WPF has field offices in Pakistan, Vietnam and Indonesia, and programmes in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Thailand and China (in collaboration with RNG/YI), and recently finalized a 3-year mainstreaming program in India.
Address:
World Population Foundation
Oudenoord 176-178
3513 EV Utrecht
T: +31 (0) 30 239 38 88
F: + 31 (0) 30 239 38 60
e-mail: office@wpf.org
