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Guatemala
4,960 Number of women aged 15-49 (thousands)1 2.31 Total Fertility Rate (TFR)1 54.8% Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception, Modern Methods2 1.1% Percent of women using IUDs Among Modern Contraceptive Users3 22.1% Percent of married women with unmet need for modern family planning2
1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, custom data acquired via website.
2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Model-based Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2024, custom data acquired via website.
3 UN Contraceptive Use by Method Data Booklet 2019.
WINGS
Founded in 2001, WINGS Guatemala is non-profit organization that provides quality reproductive health education and services to underserved, primarily rural Guatemalan youth, women, and men. By taking a holistic approach to reproductive health that recognizes the diverse barriers to exercising rights at the local level and engages community members, including indigenous women and girls, to secure reproductive rights and bring their voices to the forefront of the decision-making process. WINGS envisions a future where all Guatemalans thrive and are able to fully exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. The services are offered through two stationary clinics and 7 mobile units, which enable WINGS to see patients in 21 of Guatemala’s 22 departments.
