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National Consultation on Family Planning and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Albania
Tirana - Do women in Albania fulfill their right to voluntary family planning and prevention of cervical cancer? This is the question UNFPA raised in the national consultation held today at the... Read more
Demographic changes and gender disparities in Albania
Tirana - UNFPA in partnership with the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence against Women organized the "National Consultation on Demography and Gender Disparities... Read more
What to do about Eastern Europe’s population crisis?
By Alanna Armitage In more and more countries around the world, population numbers are starting to fall, but no region is more affected by this change than Eastern Europe. The latest population... Read more
Embracing comprehensive sexuality education in Albania
TIRANA, Albania — “As a teacher, but more so as a parent, I would like my child to know as much as possible about sexuality education,” says Oriana Osmani, an educator in Albania. “But our society... Read more
Want to increase birth rates? Try gender equality - World Population Day 2019
World Population Day 2019 - The theme for this year’s World Population Day is “25 years of the ICPD: accelerating the promise”, as a milestone of the... Read more
Keeping progress moving forward for women and girls in Albania
BERAT, Albania — Tefta Shakaj always wanted to study at university to become a doctor, but that was not an option for her in Albania when she was a teenager. “We were obliged to do what we were told... Read more
Revolution of Choice
Three decades, roughly a generation, after the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia emerged from the collapse of Communism and embarked on the path to market economy and democracy, the region... Read more
Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Reproductive rights and choices have become a reality for more women than ever, says UNFPA’s flagship report, State of World Population 2019, released today. Yet despite... Read more
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
The National Albanian Olympic Committee and UNFPA Albania have partnered to use sport as a tool for social change and engage young people in joint activities aiming at information sharing, promotion... Read more
Albania launches its second Demographic & Health Survey 2017-2018
Tirana, December 12, 2018 - The Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and... Read more