UNFPA Kyrgyzstan

UNFPA Kyrgyzstan

Fields of Action

Date: 05/11/2008

POPULATION DEVELOPMENT
UNFPA is the leading specialist UN specialist agency to implement the ICPD Programme of Action
UNFPA helps to achieve a balance between social and economic development and population growth in countries.  The development strategy for Kyrgyzstan's population takes into account the interdependence between ecology, population growth and stable human development.

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ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
UNFPA's work on population is central to the goals of the international community to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. Population dynamics, including growth rates, age structure, fertility, mortality, migration and other aspects of human, social and economic development.
Governments need to be able to gather information about, track and analyse population trends in order to create and manage sound policies and generate the political will to appropriately address both current and future needs. This also assists ICPD programmes.

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PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
What is gender equality?
Gender equality means that men and women in society have equal opportunities, results, rights and responsibilities in all aspects of life. Equality between men and women is achieved when there is a total lack of sexual discrimination and when there is equal representation of men and women in political life; when there are equal opportunities for financial independence; when there is equal access to education and the opportunity to achieve their goals.

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IMPROVEMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
UNFPA works to improve health services and make them more accessible as regards safe motherhood, the protection of reproductive health and family planning. In Kyrgyzstan the programme has been made possible with the cooperation of the Manas National Health Programme and the National Strategy for the Protection of Reproductive Health..

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PREVENTING HIV INFECTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
UNFPA strategy in preventing HIV/AIDS among young people addresses three main areas, which influence young people's behaviour: Knowledge, attitude and practice. As such, UNFPA aims at increasing knowledge, building skills and improving services related to HIV/AIDS prevention.

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