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Overview

Overview

Overview

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. 

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where:

We are making real progress. Since UNFPA started working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the early 1990s, the number – and rate – of women dying from pregnancy or childbirth has nearly halved. Women are better able to plan when to have children – and how many. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before.

But not everyone has benefitted equally from this progress. Young women and men often face difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Serious barriers still exist for poor women, migrants, ethnic minorities and those who live in rural areas. Often left unprepared by school, young people bear a high risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. As a result, too many adolescents give birth, too many women resort to unsafe abortions, and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemics. Women face persistent discrimination and gender-based violence remains widespread.

Much more needs to be done to ensure that all individuals in the region can exercise their basic human rights, including those related to the most intimate and fundamental aspects of life.

And as societies grapple with the effects of population ageing, migration, and in some cases population decline, new policies are needed to build human capital through investment in health, education and job opportunities.

How we work

UNFPA is on the ground improving lives in about 150 countries worldwide and nearly 20 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Fund is a catalyst for progress. Working with governments, and through partnerships with other United Nations agencies, civil society, parliamentarians, and the private sector, we make a real difference in the lives of millions of people, especially those most vulnerable.

Our Regional Office in Istanbul and the Subregional Office in Almaty provide strategic support and technical expertise to the country offices that work on the front lines of development. We deliver policy advice, guidance, training and support to empower our partners and colleagues in the field.

UNFPA anticipates and responds to tomorrow’s challenges today. We help countries use population data to better understand and address the region’s demographic changes. 

And we help ensure that the reproductive health and rights of women and young people, and achieving gender equality, remain at the very centre of development.

Key Results

National plan for sexual and reproductive health

2 countries have developed a costed, integrated national plan for sexual and reproductive health, prioritizing access for key groups

Sexual and reproductive health in risk pooling schemes

1 countries have integrated sexual and reproductive health services into risk pooling schemes

Sexual and reproductive health in emergency preparedness plans

2 have integrated sexual and reproductive health into emergency preparedness plans

Adolescent-friendly Sexual and reproductive health services

1 countries have provided quality assured adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services

Health services for sexual violence survivors

2 countries have provided essential health services for survivors of sexual violence

Cervical cancer screening services

1 countries have offered cervical cancer screening services

Sexual and reproductive health/HIV index

1 countries have applied the sexual and reproductive health/HIV integration index

Midwifery curricula: international standards

1 countries have implemented midwifery school curricula based on international standards

Midwifery curricula: inclusion of special needs

1 countries have included needs of persons with disabilities in midwife curricula

Discrimination prevention in health curricula

1 countries have included prevention of stigma and discrimination in curricula of health professionals

Supply chain management strategy

1 countries have a costed supply chain management strategy that includes UNFPA/WHO recommendations on rights-based contraceptive delivery

Sexual and reproductive health indicators available

3 countries have periodically collected sexual and reproductive health indicators, and made them publically available

Patient satisfaction surveys

2 countries have conducted routine patient satisfaction surveys on provision of sexual and reproductive health services

School-based comprehensive sexuality education

5 countries have operationalized comprehensive sexuality education curricula in accordance with international standards

Out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education

1 countries have a mechanism or strategy to deliver out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education

Integration of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youth into strategies of sectors apart from health sector

2 countries have integrated sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youth into strategies of sectors apart from health sector

Youth participation in policy and programmes

2 countries have developed mechanisms for young people's participation in policy, programming, and peacebuilding

Men and boys

1 countries have a national mechanism to engage men and boys in policies and programmes to advance gender equality and reproductive rights

Rights of marginalized groups

4 countries have rolled out intervention models or strategies that empower marginalized and excluded groups to exercise their reproductive rights

Gender-based violence platform

3 countries have a national mechanism to engage multiple stakeholders to prevent and address gender-based violence

Data on gender-based violence

1 countries have national systems to collect and disseminate data on the incidence of gender-based violence

Gender-based violence in emergencies

1 countries have applied at least 15 of the 18 minimum standards for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence in emergencies

Vital statistics

1 countries have generated and published annual vital statistics based on civil registration

Population projections

1 countries have generated publically available population projections at national and subnational levels, disaggregated by age, sex, and location

Small area estimations

2 countries have generated and used small area estimations of sexual and reproductive health indicators for programme planning

What we do

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

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Regional Director

Regional Director

Florence Bauer

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Florence Bauer is UNFPA’s Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Throughout her 30-year career, Ms. Bauer has been a strong advocate for positioning children’s and women’s rights on the political agenda and for promoting innovative approaches to reduce inequalities.
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