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Peer-to-peer approach helps teens in Turkmenistan make healthy choices for life
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Eziz, 15, was full of insecurities and concerns about his future when he called a local teen hotline last year. He had also started smoking due to peer pressure at school.... Read more
Breaking down stereotypes and changing women’s lives through sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — When Vildana Imamović was a child going to school, only boys got to play football in gym class, not girls. So while her peers in other countries were hitting the... Read more
Helping mothers deliver safely at regional maternity hospitals in Albania
SHKODËR, Albania — Health-care professionals at regional maternity hospitals in Albania are taking a hard look at how they handle cases of severe complications in pregnancy and childbirth, drawing... Read more
Family planning and healthy lifestyles in focus on World Population Day
ISTANBUL — Canoeing, hiking and nights around the campfire are staples of the summer-camp experience. But another activity proved equally popular with adolescent campers in the Geok Dere mountains... Read more
Faith leaders denounce stigmatization of sexual-violence survivors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO — For many of the uncounted survivors of sexual violence during the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the trauma they suffered is compounded to this day by the stigma they still face... Read more
Critical online tool for reproductive-health procurement now available in Russian
ISTANBUL — Today, on World Population Day, UNFPA’s Procurement Services Branch (PSB) and UNFPA’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (EECARO) announce the launch of the UNFPA Procurement... Read more
‘Investing in family planning truly is an investment in the future’
On World Population Day, Dr. Tamar Khomasuridze, UNFPA Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health Adviser, speaks about the reasons the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region is lagging behind in terms... Read more
Dads in Georgia and Ukraine celebrate active parenting on Father’s Day
TBILISI, Georgia/KYIV, Ukraine — “I was only 17 years old when my daughter Anastasia was born. I knew I was too young to be a father, so I was very nervous, but also twice as motivated to do... Read more
Safe spaces in Turkey offer health services and social support to Syrian refugees
ŞANLIURFA/ANKARA, Turkey — Muna*, a 20-year-old newly married refugee from Syria, was pregnant for a third time when she sought medical counselling at the Şanlıurfa Women and Girls Safe Space in... Read more
For many women in Ukraine, escape from conflict not an escape from violence
IZIUM, Ukraine – Things started to fall apart for Mariana* when she was forced to flee fighting in the Donetsk region in 2016. She and her father camped on the doorsteps of social services centres... Read more