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5 October 2023
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Melting the ice of gender stereotypes in Georgia

Georgia decided to make engaging men a priority in efforts to achieve gender equality. Now, social norms around the roles of men and women in... Read more

5 October 2023
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Ensuring bodily autonomy is key for empowering women and girls, speakers say at regional UNFPA conference in Skopje

Ensuring bodily autonomy is key for achieving gender equality and for unlocking the full potential of women and girls in the region, speakers said at... Read more

4 October 2023
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UNFPA provides reproductive health aid, safe spaces and dignity kits for women and girls after more than 100,000 refugees arrive

UNFPA provides reproductive health aid, safe spaces and dignity kits for women and girls after more than 100,000 refugees arrive in Armenia

UNFPA, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, is mobilizing health and protection services for tens of thousands of women and girls that... Read more

2 October 2023
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Gabriel Encev bathes his young baby at home in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Family-friendly workplace policies help parents in Moldova reconcile work and family duties

In the Republic of Moldova, the government and private sector have introduced a range of family-friendly policies to make it easier for women and men... Read more

28 September 2023
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Regional Cervical Cancer Prevention Alliance Forum opens in Tbilisi with calls for greater progress in ending region’s second most deadly women’s cancer

TBILISI, 28 September 2023 – Greater efforts are needed to end cervical cancer in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, participants said today in Tbilisi... Read more

26 September 2023
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights must remain top priority in a fast-changing region, participants say at ICPD30 event in Tbilisi

TBILISI, 26 September 2023 – Sexual and reproductive health and rights are a key enabler of development and individual well-being and must remain a... Read more

18 August 2023
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Sahin Rădiță, coordinator at the safe space in Chișinău, capital of the Republic of Moldova.

How a safe space in the Republic of Moldova offers comprehensive sexuality education for Roma refugees fleeing Ukraine

“Services of this kind have not been practised among this group of Roma population in Ukraine, so due to a lack of information, there is distrust,”... Read more

7 August 2023
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Younger people put on a theatrical performance to promote gender equality.

Young people in Moldova tackle gender stereotypes through theatre

“Change starts with us and everyone's impact matters,” said Vadim Saviuc, 18, an amateur actor, from Falesti, in north-western Moldova. Mr.... Read more

11 July 2023
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7 ways you can promote gender equality in a world of rapid demographic change

Women and girls make up about half of the population in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Yet their desires for their lives, families and careers are... Read more

11 July 2023
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Women are key for fixing Eastern Europe’s demographic problems (but not for the reason you may think)

If only women had more children, a widely held view goes, our demographic worries would fade away. Higher birth rates would stabilize population... Read more

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