UNFPA in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Ensuring that all people can fulfill their potential and that everyone counts

UNFPA in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Ensuring that all people can fulfill their potential and that everyone counts.

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Older people are the fastest growing age group in Europe. It’s time we recognize this as an opportunity

By Giulia Vallese Older people were a small minority only a few decades ago, but driven by increasing life expectancy and low fertility rates, their share of the population has been rising significantly. Today, one in...

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Tackling abuse of older people

Publication outlines five priorities for tackling the abuse of older people during the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030). The publication has been developed by WHO, in collaboration with OHCHR, UNDESA, UNFPA, and UN Women with the support of INPEA.

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Azerbaijan: when families choose boys

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Son preference is not a myth: in many countries, parents will go to great lengths to make sure they have at least one son. Yet this comes at a significant cost – to families, society, and even to the demographic structure of a country. Also known as gender-biased sex selection, the practice of actively choosing the birth of boys over girls is not only common in parts of Asia, but also in some countries in the South Caucasus and South-eastern Europe. In a recent report, “Preventing Son Preference and Undervaluing of Girls in Eastern Europe and Central Asia,” UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, suggests that countries in which sex selection exists usually share three characteristics: a strong preference for male children, falling fertility rates and access to modern ultrasound technologies. Azerbaijan displays all three characteristics.

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Active Ageing Index “AAI” for Azerbaijan

This report details the ‘Active Ageing Index for Azerbaijan’ (AAI) for the first time, following the methodology used for the 2014 AAI in European Union Member States. The report reviews the relative position of Azerbaijan in comparison to the EU Member States, by analysing the overall AAI and its domain-specific indexes. The analysis in this report suggests that to have an effective welfare system for older people it is necessary to incorporate the idea and principles of active ageing to respond to a rapidly changing society and to improve the quality of life in old age.

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