Report emphasises the importance of rights-based approaches to population, in line with the goal of ensuring bodily autonomy, rights and choices for all.
Minister Colm Brophy launches flagship UN report highlighting the importance of women’s bodily autonomy
14th April 2021 - Colm Brophy TD
Colm Brophy T.D., Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora today launched the UNFPA 2021 State of World Population report.
Speaking at the launch, Minister Brophy said:
“The ‘My Body is My Own’ report finds that only 55 per cent of women worldwide have the power to make decisions about their own healthcare, contraception, and engagement in sexual intercourse. Ireland is proud to work with partners like UNFPA to empower women.
“Women must be able to assert their agency and autonomy in relation to sexual intercourse. Educating girls is key to empowering them to make decisions that are good for them. Ireland plays a leading role on adolescent girls’ education in the Generation Equality Forum, advocating for a strong focus on this across the Forum’s Action Coalitions. This February, I participated in