UNFPA CO in Ukraine
UNFPA — because everyone countsUNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.
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Faith-based organizations forum was conducted in Minsk, Belarus
On 31 August – 2 September, a meeting was hosted in Minsk, Belarus by the United Nations Population Fund, aimed to identify good examples and share information and lessons learned to end gender-based violence and advance maternal health.
On 10th of July the UNFPA Country Office in Ukraine and the Institute of Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine held a joint press conference in the premises of the Institute’s conference hall on the occasion of the World Population Day 2009.
Today, as we commemorate World Population Day, the global financial and economic crisis threatens to reverse hard-won gains in education and health in developing countries. Among those hardest hit are women and girls. This is why the theme of this year's World Population Day focuses on investing in women. Even before the crisis, women and girls represented the majority of the world's poor. Now they are falling deeper into poverty and face increased health risks, especially if they are pregnant.
16-17 June, Kyiv Officer’s House. The closing conference within the framework of UNFPA/UNDP JP "HIV/STI Prevention among Uniformed Services in Ukraine" supported by the European Commission was conducted. The project comes to its end in September 2009.
The press-conference dedicated to the closing conference of UNFPA/UNDP JP "HIV/STI Prevention among Uniformed Services in Ukraine" was conducted at the Central Officer’s House on 16 June 2009.
Training seminar on implementation of the CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women) and OP CEDAW (Optional Protocol of this Convention) main principles was held in Kyiv on 10 June 2009, in the conference-hall of the National Academy of Sciences. The seminar was organized by UNFPA Country Office in Ukraine in collaboration with the NGO "Women's Information Consultative Center" and the Ministry of Ukraine for Family, Youth and Sports within the framework of the UNFPA-funded project "Developing national capacity to reduce discrimination and gender-based violence".
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