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Close up photo of a young couple holding their newborn baby: On the left a woman with long auburn hair in a pink blouse with grey polkadots leans close to a young man in a forest green tshirt with text on the front. They are both smiling lightly at the camera while the man cradles in his arms a newborn baby with a white toque and pink mittens. The background is a solid light green wall.

09 October 2024

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Government of Ukraine endorses new demographic strategy

New strategy aims to address critical demographic challenges exacerbated by the full-scale Russian invasion

Two people sitting on a wooden bench in an outdoor park. On the right is an older woman with brown hair and grey streaks pulled into a bun wearing a green knit cardigan. She is holding her smartphone in her left hand while gripping her chin with her right hand and staring intently at the screen. On her left, a young man in a white tshirt and light brown hair points to her phone screen as though explaining something to her.

01 October 2024

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Digital age: How young innovators in Moldova are helping older people learn and connect with AI technology

A new app designed specifically to meet the needs of older people using an AI-powered voice assistant

A woman pushing a baby in a stroller outside of an apartment building.

12 July 2024

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Amid the war, Ukraine is facing a demographic crisis

Monday’s deadly attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, which caused severe damage to the country’s largest children’s hospital and a healthcare centre for women, starkly emphasised the devastating impact…

11 July 2024

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On World Population Day, UNFPA stresses need to demystify demographic change in Eastern Europe

ISTANBUL, 11 July 2024 – On today’s World Population Day, the UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia stressed the need for responses to the demographic shifts countries in the…

Woman in pink knit shirt sits looking away from camera

16 May 2024

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Support centres help weave together fabric of new communities during time of war

Iryna Harifulina, 62, is one of the 5.1 million Ukrainians who have been internally displaced by the war. She used to live in Kramatorsk, a city located in the eastern Donetsk region near the…