Active in the country since 1973, UNFPA in Ethiopia supports efforts to increase access to sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning and emergency obstetric care. Programmes also assist in addressing harmful practices that jeopardize the health of women and girls, such as female genital mutilation/cutting. UNFPA focuses on protecting and promoting human rights, leaving no one behind and reaching the furthest behind first. By strengthening national population data systems, UNFPA maps and addresses inequalities, and supports gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.