UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund in Uzbekistan

Mr. Jan Sorensen, UNFPA Representative a.i.

Mission Statement

UNFPA, 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 programs 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.

Main Areas of Work

The agency has been functioning in Uzbekistan since 1993 and is now implementing its second Country Programme (2005 - 2009) in close cooperation with its national partners. Major areas of work include the following:
- Assisting in strengthening technical, managerial and research capacity of the Ministry of Health and to provide high quality reproductive health services through conducting capacity building activities, introduction of best practices and internationally adopted standards to improve quality of RH services, providing necessary reproductive health (RH) commodities and equipment, training programmes, public events, production of necessary information and education materials, and working with mass media. The RH component activities are supported by regular procurement of modern contraceptives;

- Increasing awareness and access to information on sexual and reproductive health among men, women and young people, especially on HIV/AIDS, sexually-transmitted infections (STI), unwanted pregnancies and gender-based violence through training programmes (including peer education activities for youth), public events, research, production of information materials and working with media to increase demand for RH services at all levels;

- Increasing knowledge of policy makers, religious leaders and community leaders on the principles of the International Conference on Population and development (ICPD) Programme of Action and the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) through conducting public events and training programmes in cooperation with Women's Committee of Uzbekistan and other relevant partners, conducting research, production of information materials and working with media. Significant amount of work is being carried out on establishing Centers for socio-legal support of women throughout the country in cooperation with Women's Committee of Uzbekistan and local authorities in the provinces of the country;

- Building national capacity in demography and population statistics through conducting various training activities and public events in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan and other relevant institutions, conducting research, production of information materials and working with media; and

- Increasing awareness on population and development among policy makers through conducting training programmes for deputy khokims and other government representatives nation-wide in cooperation with the Centre for Socio-Economic Research of Uzbekistan and Women's Committee of Uzbekistan and production of necessary information and training materials.

Main National Partners

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Reproductive Health Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic AIDS Centre, the Republic Perinatal Centre, Women's Committee of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent Institute of Advanced Medical Education (TIAME), Institute for Forecast and Microeconomic Research under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.

Contact information
UNFPA
14, M. Tarobiy Street
Tashkent 100090, Uzbekistan
Tel.: (+998 71) 1206899
Fax: (+998 71) 1206897 

Website: www.unfpa.uz

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