2020 was a remarkably difficult, very sad – and different year, but UNFPA Tanzania’s mission remained the same – to ensure that the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of women and girls and young people were protected. That progress made towards global goals, UNFPA’s three zeros – zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices by 2030 – and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) did not stall.