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Ensuring the right to health education in Moldova
CAHUL, Moldova — On a typical day, teacher Ludmila Culidobri may lead her ninth-grade class in a debate on whether images in the media create unhealthy standards of beauty, or a discussion of how... Read more
First global ‘Let’s Talk!’ event in Antalya celebrates women’s health champions, generates new pledges
ANTALYA, Turkey – The first global “Let’s Talk!” event hosted by supermodel-philanthropist Natalia Vodianova celebrated outstanding champions in the struggle against taboos and stigma around women’s... Read more
The power to choose the number, timing and spacing of children can bolster economic and social development, new UNFPA report shows
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, when they want. When people... Read more
Member States reconfirm commitment to ICPD agenda at regional ICPD+25 conference in Geneva
GENEVA — United Nations Member States from across Europe, North America and Central Asia reconfirmed their commitment to implementing the Programme... Read more
Review of population dynamics in UNECE region calls for increased efforts to ensure human rights, including reproductive rights, and gender equality across life course
Increased investments in individual capabilities and more efforts on ensuring human rights, including reproductive rights, and gender equality throughout the life course are needed to respond to the... Read more
Accelerating progress in improving sexual and reproductive health region-wide
STOCKHOLM — Representatives of all countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region came together in Stockholm on 30–31 August 2018 to further develop and implement national policies and... Read more
Population dynamics and the Sustainable Development Goals: the importance of monitoring progress in the UNECE region
Understanding population dynamics is essential as societies around the world strive to achieve the ambitious and holistic Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Taking a human-rights based approach –... Read more
Finding a way out of the ‘man box’: confronting gender inequality and the masculinity crisis in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Rigid, traditional views of gender roles in society and stereotypical ideas about masculinity and femininity are common among men in Ukraine, contributing to gender-based violence,... Read more
Young people in Georgia: ‘We are moving forward and not backwards’
KARAJALA, Georgia — “Girls can’t walk alone freely here; most of them don’t even own phones,” says Alenda Bakhtiarova, a 16-year-old student in the rural village of Karajala, a settlement in Georgia’... Read more
In Turkmenistan, a reproductive health campaign changes attitudes
AHAL/DASHOGUZ/MARY, Turkmenistan – Newlyweds Jahan and Dayanch sat in the waiting room of a small health clinic, about to do something extraordinary – they were about to receive a check-up of their... Read more