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18 October 2023
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Private sector collaboration takes centre stage at regional cervical cancer prevention alliance forum in Tbilisi
The Annual Forum of the Regional Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, held in Tbilisi on 28-29 September 2023 and co-hosted by United…
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11 October 2023
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Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care
"It was my first time with my boyfriend. We didn’t use a condom,” 17-year-old Amina* told UNFPA at one of the youth-friendly health centres in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s biggest city…
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11 October 2023
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“Once the door opens slightly, the rest is easy”
“I was just like a sheep being sent to slaughter,” said Nuray, from Nevşehir in central Türkiye. “You have to go whether you want to or not.” Nuray was married off by her parents…
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11 October 2023
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“I miss my home”: Fleeing conflict, tens of thousands of women and girls cross into Armenia
Mariam was whisked out of school on 19 September with her classmates when bombing began in the region that has been at the heart of a decades-long territorial conflict between…
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10 October 2023
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Governments to convene for ICPD30 review of population and development dynamics in Europe, Central Asia and North America
In the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region, comprising 56 member States in Europe, North America and Central Asia, the review process will culminate in a Regional…
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05 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 the opening of a high-level…
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05 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 childcare and the household have…
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04 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 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 have fled the Karabakh region and…
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02 October 2023
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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 to reconcile career and…
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