Volunteering is synonym of inclusion and commitment: the UNFPA Venezuela experience
Volunteering has proven to be an ideal mechanism to promote the inclusion of women in all areas of social and economic life. This, of course, contributes to the objective of leaving no one behind, a key message that the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has sought to promote within the framework of International Volunteer Day 2021.
According to the United Nations, women make up 57 per cent of volunteers globally. In the case of Venezuela, at least 60 per cent of the UN Volunteers serving in the country are women. This figure is even higher in the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Venezuela, since the agency hosts 20 per cent of the total number of UN Volunteers serving in the country.