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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Workshop with student parliament/student council on safe behaviour advocacy strategy development
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Public Youth Organization “Self Help Club “Life +” (Odessa) announce the conducting of a workshop on safe behaviour advocacy strategy development that will be held on 17-21 July 2006 in Odessa.
Dr. Peer Sieben, UNFPA Country Director for Ukraine has given an interview to BBC – Ukraine radio station on the occasion of the World Population Day. The interview was broadcasted all over Ukraine on July 11, 2006 at 7-35 AM.
According to the Constitution of Ukraine and other legal acts, women and men in Ukraine have equal rights and opportunities. However, it should be also noted that the de jure equality of men and women de facto often does not exist, because the legal framework ensuring gender equality has very insufficient economic grounds, and mechanisms to enforce and monitor legislation on gender equality are underdeveloped.
On July 2-4th, 2006 Dr. Alaadin Morsy, UNFPA Director for Europe, Arab States and Central Asia (DASECA), Ms. Sherin Saadallah, UNFPA Programme Specialist and Dr. Peer Sieben, UNFPA Country Director for Ukraine visited Ukraine.
The web-site, devoted to the problems and opportunities of men health in Ukraine and male involvement into the issues, related to health, sexual and reproductive health as well as reproductive rights, is regularly updated and the site engine improved for faster functionality.
Within the frames of UNFPA Population and Development Component of the Country Programme “Support to integration of population and development issues into national development policies and sectoral action plans”.
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