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14 November 2023
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“I will stand tall for my children”: Dozens of pregnant refugees give birth amid turmoil after fleeing to Armenia
"The doctors were pessimistic. They were convinced that my child would not survive,” said 28-year-old single mother Marta Asryan. “I was weak, bleeding – but I insisted that my…
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09 November 2023
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Tajikistan renews costed reproductive health programme
Following up on a commitment made at the Nairobi Summit in 2019, the Government of Tajikistan in August announced the renewal of its reproductive health programme for a four-year…
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07 November 2023
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Tackling inequalities in access to sexual and reproductive health in Armenia
“Have you come to be sterilized?” the doctor asked Karine Grigoryan, 40 years old, from Armenia. “No,” she said. “The opposite.” Ms. Grigoryan had recently got married and wanted…
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02 November 2023
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Carving out a new life in Armenia
"It was a real-life nightmare. My elder son was at school, the younger one at kindergarten. I didn’t know which way to run, whom to save first. It was just horrible.” Mari, a 25…
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23 October 2023
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ICPD30 review in European region stresses need for people-centred development for addressing demographic challenges
Delegations from over 40 countries in the wider European region convened in Geneva on 19-20 October to review progress towards the goals adopted by the landmark 1994 International…
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19 October 2023
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UN review of population trends in Europe, Central Asia and North America stresses that rights and choices must underpin policy responses to societal shifts
With the wider European region facing the impacts of several overlapping crises, including the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine and…
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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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“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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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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