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Sexual and reproductive health

Country Representative

Country Representative

Dr. Nigina Abaszada

UNFPA Resident Representative in the Republic of Uzbekistan and Country Director for Tajikistan abaszade@unfpa.org

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Country Representative

Country Representative

Mark Bryan Schreiner

Mark Bryan Schreiner is UNFPA’s Country Representative, United Republic of Tanzania since 2022. Mark previously served as the UNFPA Representative in Rwanda from 2017- 2021.

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Menopause is a global workforce issue in a world where people are living longer and working longer!

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Menopause is a global workforce issue in a world where people are living longer and working longer!

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26 percent of all women in the world are aged 50 and over, but only 14 percent of workplaces have policies to address the issue. © UNFPA Türkiye

Menopause is an important milestone in every woman's life, affecting their physical, emotional and mental health significantly. By 2025, 1.1 billion women worldwide will be in menopause which affects more than 1 in 5 members of the global workforce.

2024 World Contraception Day

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2024 World Contraception Day

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UNFPA Field worker provides information on family planning. ©UNFPA Türkiye / Ayşegül Karacan.

Access to contraception is a human right. 

World Sexual Health Day 2024

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World Sexual Health Day 2024

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World Sexual Health Day 2024

Sexual health is not just about the absence of disease. 

It is an integral part of human health, a matter of holistic well-being – physical, mental, emotional – that enables people to reach their full potential. It’s about building relationships upon mutual trust and respect, and creating a safe space from which we can express ourselves and connect with others. It is inseparable from the full enjoyment of human rights, including every person’s right to bodily autonomy.

About us

About us

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives.

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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Country Representative

Country Representative

Mariam A. Khan

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Recently heading the UNFPA Laos office, including as UN RC ai, Ms. Khan has over 23 years of serving those most in need by leading development programmes, humanitarian response, change management initiatives and working with multicultural teams. She brings a passion for promoting a rights-based agenda that focuses on improving lives of women and young people in particular, through culturally sensitive approaches and evidence-based methodologies.  
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Recovering together with the youth in Hatay

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Recovering together with the youth in Hatay

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The young girls and Hatay Youth Center staff are together at the center in Samandağ, Hatay. ©UNFPA Türkiye / Ayşegül Karacan.

One and a half years have passed since the February 6, 2023 earthquakes. The devastating impacts and needs that emerged after the earthquake, which directly affected approximately 9.1 million people in 11 provinces, continue. After the earthquakes, 3.6 million people lost their homes, and currently, around 670 thousand people continue to live in temporary settlements. Approximately 1.1 million young people are in the region, who are among the most vulnerable groups.

Recovering together with the youth in Hatay

Empowering girls in the earthquake region

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Empowering girls in the earthquake region

Melike, Sudenaz, Irmak and Aliye… They are just a few of the tens of thousands of girls living in container cities in the region 1.5 years after the earthquakes… Despite the difficulties they experience, they continue to recover and grow stronger with support…

With the financial support of U.S. Department of State:  Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and in partnership with AÇEV - Anne Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı, we continue to support girls in the areas of protection and health in the earthquake region. Let's hear their stories from them

The Key Refugee Groups (KRG) Project continues service provision through 5 Service Units for the furthest behind

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The Key Refugee Groups (KRG) Project continues service provision through 5 Service Units for the furthest behind

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UNFPA is working to empower the vulnerable groups with the financial support of the U.S. Government and EU.

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UNFPA in Mongolia 

UNFPA in Mongolia 

UNFPA Mongolia began supporting the Government of Mongolia in the late 1970s providing equipment and training to the Central Statistics Office to undertake the Population and Housing Censuses of 1979 and 1989. Support for maternal and child health began in the early 1990s and included capacity building of medical personnel and the provision of medical equipment and supplies including modern contraceptives.

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.

Read more
UNFPA in CO
Country Representative

Country Representative

Mariam A. Khan

Linkedin

Recently heading the UNFPA Laos office, including as UN RC ai, Ms. Khan has over 23 years of serving those most in need by leading development programmes, humanitarian response, change management initiatives and working with multicultural teams. She brings a passion for promoting a rights-based agenda that focuses on improving lives of women and young people in particular, through culturally sensitive approaches and evidence-based methodologies.  
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