The year 2021 marked several achievements
for UNFPA Equatorial Guinea, as efforts were
intensified to accelerate progress towards
UNFPA’s transformative results and to ensure
a sustainable and recovery from COVID-19,
focusing on building an inclusive and effective
path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda
and Agenda 2063 “Africa we want’.
Interventions were implemented through project
components carried out in collaboration with our
strategic partners i.e. government, implementing
partners, civil society, private sector, and
young people. Key results were yield from the
implementation of projects such as: “Reducing
Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Bioko
Norte and Kie Ntem” with the support of Nobel
Energy/Chevron ; “START FREE”, STAY FREE,
AIDS FREE component OF THE FIGHT AGAINST
HIV/AIDS; and the “UBRAF” component (Uniform
Budget, Results and Accountability Framework)
to eradicate HIV/AIDS.
To advance Gender Equality and Women
Empowerment, including in humanitarian, the CO
supported 450 households and 1000 women
and girls victims through the project: “Improving
access to protection services so that the affected
population recovers from the explosions in
Bata”. The CO coordinated the celebration
of International Women’s Day on March 8th,
the International Day of Women’s Rights, the
celebration of the 16 days of Activism to end
Gender Based Violence, on November 25, 2021,
and the International Day of African Women,
on July 31st. To foster population dynamics, the
program has provided support to the government
by strengthening the National Statistic Institute
(INEGE) technical capacities with the training in
demography and economics, all at the Master’s
level.