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25 November 2016
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16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
For women and girls who flee conflict: protection and opportunity! Over the past 18 months, 1.3 million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe. For women and…
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14 November 2016
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…
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11 November 2016
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…
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20 October 2016
State of World Population 2016
10: How our common future in Eastern Europe and Central Asia depends on a girl at this pivotal age Regional portraits and facts supplementing UNFPA…
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12 October 2016
Towards sexual and reproductive health and rights for all in Europe
This interview with Alanna Armitage, Director of UNFPA’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, originally appeared in issue No. 84 of Entre Nous, The European…
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05 October 2016
Partnering to prevent and treat cervical cancer in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Free HPV vaccination will be introduced in Turkmenistan as part of joint efforts between the government and UNFPA to prevent and treat cervical…
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04 October 2016
Joining together to engage men and boys for gender justice
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Rigid gender roles in many countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region mean that men often have limited involvement in caregiving for their…
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20 September 2016
UNFPA welcomes new European action plan for sexual and reproductive health
COPENHAGEN – The adoption last week of a European action plan for sexual and reproductive health was welcomed by UNFPA, which provided advocacy, technical, and coordination…
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03 August 2016
Peer educators in Moldova help fill the gaps in sexuality education
CHISINAU, Moldova – Cristi, 16, is passionate about skateboarding, computer programming, and poetry. Though he just graduated from high school, he never received any…
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