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4 April 2017
Statement

Statement by UNFPA on U.S. Decision to Withhold Funding

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, regrets the decision by the United States to deny any future funding for its life-saving work the world... Read more

17 March 2017
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The Dedalamazishvili family in Georgia

Sex selection leads to dangerous gender imbalance; new programme to tackle root causes

UNITED NATIONS, New York – “I’ve been a priest for 25 years. During this time, I’ve met a lot of families ready to terminate their pregnancy just because of expecting a girl,” said Giorgi... Read more

21 December 2016
News

Putting human rights and gender equality at the centre of family-planning programmes

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Ensuring human rights and gender equality in the provision of family-planning information and services is key to achieving universal access to reproductive health, one of the... Read more

16 December 2016
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UNFPA Deputy Regional Director Ian McFarlane

National ownership, focus on demand key to progress on contraceptive choice, regional consultation concludes

BUCHAREST — Moving towards greater national ownership and financing of family planning programmes and strengthening the focus on demand generation are essential elements for ensuring contraceptive... Read more

2 December 2016
News
UNFPA mobile outreach team at work in Kharkiv Ukraine

Helping displaced families in Ukraine feel safe again

KHARKIV, Ukraine – Driven from their home in Donetsk by threats and attacks after conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine, Tetiana* and her family hoped to restart their lives in a new city, but the... Read more

1 December 2016
News
MSMIT training in Bishkek

New tools help protect key populations from HIV

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Harassment, discrimination, public shaming, and even violence are daily realities for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region – realities... Read more

25 November 2016
News

16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence

Video of Let's change the story - How we can end violence against women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia   For women and girls who flee conflict: protection and opportunity! Over the... Read more

14 November 2016
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Dr. Lela Shengelia

Health professionals on scholarships bring good practices back home

TBILISI, Georgia – It wasn’t easy to talk about reproductive health when Lela Shengelia was growing up in Georgia in the 1970s and 1980s. ‘As the joke went back then, “There is no sex in the Soviet... Read more

11 November 2016
News
Regional meeting in Geneva

Moving forward in the region to transform the world by 2030

GENEVA – Good data and strong partnerships are key to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the 1994 ICPD Programme of Action can serve as a... Read more

20 October 2016
News

State of World Population 2016

Video of "10" - How girls at this decisive age see their future 10: How our common future in Eastern Europe and Central Asia depends on a girl at this pivotal age Regional... Read more

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