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UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund: Population Matters for a Better Tomorrow UNFPA in Moldova: Information and Policies, Support and Confidence. Achievements 2 Background. The ICPD and the MDGs Partnership. The ICPD and the MDGs

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Reproductive Health. Increased Education and Information 5 Reproductive Health: “Why are there More Risks than Opportunities?”

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Population and Development. How Essential is Human Capital?

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Will Moldova's Population Decrease by About 1 million by 2050? – What the Green Paper Reveals

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Fight to Eliminate Persisting Gender Imbalances

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Domestic Violence: “I Don’t Wish that for Anybody!”

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Humanitarian Response and Emergency Preparedness and Recovery

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Salvation Came from the Parental Home with Support of Many Others

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UNFPA presence in Transnistria

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UNFPA Projects in Moldova

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UNFPA in Moldova: Information and Policies, Support and Confidence. Achievements The International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994, reproductive health, family planning, concern for the demographic issues, “The Green Book of Population”, “The World Population Day”, youth peer to peer educators in HIV/AIDS prevention, the National Festival of Social Theatre, the Partnership for Children, promoting gender equality, combating domestic violence, the “Family Festival”, assistance in emergency situations – all these and many other activities are concerns of UNFPA, the UN Population Fund, in Moldova today.

Guided by UNFPA’s motto, “Because everyone counts”, the UN Population Fund in Moldova, as in nearly 150 countries around the world, promotes the right of every person – woman, man, and child – to a healthy life and equal opportunities in society.

Present for over 15 years in Moldova, the UN Population Fund helps the country use population data in order to elaborate policies and programmes to reduce poverty and create conditions so that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is

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protected against HIV/AIDS and every girl and woman is treated with respect and dignity.

Beyond this summary of UNFPA’s work in Moldova, the present publication uses several human testimonies along with institutional evidence to illustrate how this international development agency of the United Nations has changed for the better the health and lives of citizens, both in Chisinau and in Moldovan villages, by providing information and policies, services and support, and hope and confidence.

Each of these contributions is a result of the partnerships created between the United Nations Population Fund and the Government of the Republic of Moldova, the academic sector, professionals from the development field, organizations from the associative sector, other donor structures and private companies.

The motivation for the UNFPA to devote its resources to these areas in Moldova is contained in the message accompanying the agency's activities: because every person, every destiny counts.

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Background. The ICPD and the MDGs Since 1995 when it started its operation in Moldova, UNFPA has committed significant resources and efforts, first to promote the International Conference for Population and Development (ICPD) agenda, then to assist the government in its sustainable actions to implement the ICPD Programme of Action (PoA) and, after 2000, the Millennium Development Goals.

UNFPA Moldova started to implement the first Country Programme in January 2007 as approved by the Executive Board in its June 2006 session.

The total core budget for the First Country Programme for Moldova amounts to US$2.25 million.

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When in 2007 UNFPA signed its first Country Programme with the Government of Moldova, it had already achieved significant results, mainly in the field of Reproductive Health, which established the Fund as one of the main international partners of Moldova. A strategic, legal and institutional reproductive health framework is now in place in the country.

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UNFPA is the leading agency on Reproductive Health and Population and Development in Moldova. It is active in the biggest number of joint projects at the country level according to its mandate.

UNFPA staff undertakes constant advocacy and resource mobilization efforts to ensure increased funding and consolidated political commitment towards ICPD priorities.

Since 2007, UNFPA has been developing successful initiatives in the framework of the public-private partnership in collaboration with Moldova Orange Foundation for reducing HIV/AIDS, promoting gender equality, improving women’s health, and assisting medical facilities and schools in times of crisis and emergencies.

On International Family Day, traditionally observed on May 15, UNFPA together with UN Agencies and the Government of Moldova launched in 2009 and continued in 2010 the “Family Festival”, a national event to celebrate family values such as love, mutual respect, equal sharing of household responsibilities, and the

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fight against all forms of violence against women, children, and elderly people. The Festival aims to become a tradition in Moldova that strengthens the family institute in our society.

On June 1, 2010, International Children's Day, UNFPA, together with the Parliamentary Commission for Social Protection, Health and Family, the Orange Moldova Company, UNICEF Moldova, the East-Europe Foundation, the National Federation of Football of Moldova, and other partners, launched a unique initiative for Moldova: the PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN, which supports local projects and thus contributes to a better life for children and adolescents.

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2010: The second edition of the “Family Festival” in Chisinau

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Reproductive Health.

Increased Education and Information The Country Programme allowed UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, to identify together with the government the priority development vectors for Moldova within the UNFPA mandate. In the field of Reproductive Health the emphasis was placed on increased availability of education and information on sexual and reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS, and increased quality of and access to services.

UNFPA has provided crucial technical assistance in developing the National Health Policy and the Plan of Actions for the implementation of the Reproductive Health Strategy (20052015).

UNFPA has supported capacity building activities for family doctors and family nurses, professionals from the primary healthcare system.

In response to the needs identified, UNFPA has established four Reproductive Health model centres (RH Centres of Excellence) in Chisinau, Drochia, Cahul and Camenca, equipping them with

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“Reproductive health addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life. Reproductive health, therefore, implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in this are the right of men and women to be informed of and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice, and the right of access to appropriate health care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant�.

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basic medical equipment and furniture, and training staff. UNFPA has also contributed to the establishment of 47 Reproductive Health cabinets in all the Family Medicine Centres throughout the country. The medical personnel in the cabinets were instructed by UNFPA. These cabinets represent for the moment the main network for the distribution of contraceptives to the most vulnerable members of the population.

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Between 2000 and 2007, Moldova achieved a significant decrease in child mortality rates, including the mortality of children under five.

This progress is due in large part to the increased access to and quality of maternal and child care.

In 2007-2008 the proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel was 99.5 percent, while in 2009 it grew to 99.8 percent, the Second Millennium Development Goals Report in Moldova observes.

To improve the Reproductive Health system in the country, UNFPA has prioritized increasing the availability of high quality services.

In 2008, after persistent exploration of diverse partnership strategies with local authorities and NGOs, the Country Office succeeded in the strategically important expansion of quality Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services into the post-conflict breakaway region of Transnistria.

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This makes the UNFPA SRH programme one of the few truly nationwide service delivery systems in Moldova, ensuring universal access and availability for Moldova's entire population. UNFPA is currently the only donor providing free contraceptives, which are distributed to vulnerable people.

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Members of the Y-Peer Network in Moldova

The impossibility of running a Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) programme in schools has led the UNFPA to ensure increased SRH education through peer-to-peer activities, which have been expanded yearly since 2007. The Y-Peer Network supported by UNFPA implements educational activities each year throughout Moldova, mostly in the field of Reproductive Health. In 2009 the Y-Peer network was expanded to cover the topics of domestic violence and trafficking prevention.

In 2009, UNFPA Moldova Country Office implemented a successful project targeting Roma communities in the country. Lessons from the Roma-

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To allow for high quality service delivery within the created infrastructure, UNFPA will continue its efforts to build up the capacity of medical personnel through training, but most of all through cooperating with the medical university, colleges and other strategic partners to ensure sustainability.

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nian experience were used extensively in training the family doctors and medical personnel in RH cabinets, along with health mediators and peer educators. The information campaign that was organized covered more than 4,000 Roma men and women of reproductive age as well as young people. The Roma population is socially and economically vulnerable in Moldova.

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Reproductive Health: “Why are there More Risks

When 15-year-old Viorelia from a district centre in northern Moldova learned she was pregnant, she could not believe it. Her parents work abroad and she didn’t have anyone to help her, not even with a word of advice.

Statistics show that 14 percent of pregnant women are teenagers. This is not surprising if we consider that one in two young men does not use a condom in his first sexual experience. The same happened to Corina, age 15, and her boyfriend who was five years older.

“I thought we talked about it, but not directly”, says Corina, who got pregnant.

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Adolescence is the age at which girls start to become women and to recognize their attractiveness, notes the UN Radio, in a story focusing on Moldova. At this age girls feel love for the first time, or a feeling that they think is love: sexual attraction. While it is easy for a girl to follow her feelings, it is much harder for her to repair the consequences, and she often pays with her own health.

people may not make appropriate choices. For example, 17-year-old Ala, who knows a lot about unsafe sex from school, the Internet and books, still managed to get pregnant. This event was unexpected for her and her boyfriend.

But the stories of Viorelia, Corina and Ala have seen a positive development due to “Ana” Women's Health Centre in Drochia, which was created and is supported by the UNFPA. The Centre’s administration and employees say that the most important thing in their work is respecting the patients' privacy.

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than Opportunities?”

No one but the doctor and the young woman, whether it is Viorelia, Corina, Ala or another teenager, is allowed in the room. The discussion is friendly and full of confidence. During these discussions, doctors speak openly about abortion risks and choices. “It is essential for the teenager to be physically and mentally healthy”, says the doctor. “It is important that every pregnancy is planned and every child wanted”.

The three girls in this story chose to terminate their pregnancies by drugs, but none of them was sure that it was the best choice. “If my Mom were home I think I would have acted differently”, says Viorelia.

Professionals say that nowadays, in the context of migration, teenagers face more risks than opportunities. Currently the Women's Health Centers and Resource Centres for Youth in Moldova seek through their services and programmes to fill the gaps caused by the absence of parents.

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Over 100 monthly “WITHOUT TABU” editions “WITHOUT TABU” is a monthly publication for youth and comprises useful information on sexual education, reproductive health, and relations between parents and children. The bulletin aims at promoting a healthy, informed and prejudice-free generation.

“WITHOUT TABU” is a product of UNFPA in the Republic of Moldova. It is distributed for free. Since 2010 it has been produced jointly with the Y-PEER network in Moldova, with stories written by previously trained young local journalists.

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Population and Development.

How Essential is Human Capital?

Population and Development/Demography issues have been tackled mainly by improving the capacity to produce population and demographic data and formulate national policies.

One of the most notable phenomena observed by the UNFPA in Moldova is the permanently shrinking and aging population, a trend that is due to low fertility, high mortality of the working age population and soaring emigration. UNFPA Moldova has paved the way for strengthening the institutional capacity and policy framework in order to enforce some viable solutions. Following the recommendations of several missions undertaken in Moldova by leading demographers from UN/UNDESA and Europe, UNFPA Moldova has supported trainings to create the capacity to develop population projections. It assisted the Ministry of Economy and the Office of the Prime Minister to operationalize the National Commission on 10

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Population and Development, which has become the coordinating body for demographic policies in the country.

UNFPA also supported the elaboration of the Population Green Book, which now constitutes the basis of the National Strategy of Demographic Security – the cornerstone of Moldova's demographic policy addressing issues like economic stability, healthcare, human capital, migration, and ageing in the medium and long term.

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Due to persistent advocacy by the UNFPA in Moldova, a new Demographic Centre is to be established in Moldova coordinating academic research in the field of Population Development.

All these achievements are oriented towards building a stronger capacity of the government to collect data, develop strategies, and implement and coordinate demographic policies.

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UNFPA has also cooperated with UNDP, UNIFEM and UNICEF in a joint project to strengthen the capacity of the National Bureau of Statistics to collect, analyze and disseminate population data.

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Will Moldova's population decrease by about 1 million by 2050? – What the Green Paper Reveals A study launched by the United Nations Population Fund and the National Council for Population and Development analyzes demographic indicators over 18 years, from 1990 until 2008.

It focuses on such indicators as birth rate, death rate and ageing and contains demographic forecasts for the coming decades.

The authors of the study express their belief that the indicators presented in the Green Paper will serve as a basis for the formulation of official policies and strategies, which cannot be effective without demographic data.

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KEY INDICATORS FROM GREEN PAPER NATALITY: This rate has almost halved over the last 18 years (from 17,7‰ to 10,9‰).

FERTILITY: A woman in Moldova gives birth on average to 1.2 children, approximately half the generation replacement rate.

MORTALITY (11.8‰): In the 25-39 age group, the death rate for men is about three times higher than for women.

MORBIDITY: The leading cause of death is related to cardio-vascular problems, followed by cancer, especially breast cancer for women.

AGEING: Elderly people constitute more than 14% of the population, and in some districts (rayons) more than 16-17%. In this way, the Republic of Moldova is considered to be an “old” country.

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Fight to Eliminate Persisting Gender Imbalances

These initiatives complement larger and more comprehensive interventions aimed at strengthening policies and institutional capacity to prevent and combat one of the most severe and persistent forms of gender inequality: gender-based violence and, more specifically, domestic violence.

The few available research data indicate that as many as Âź of all women in Moldova have experienced at least once in their lives abuse and violence within the family environment, which should be considered a safe haven.

Due to permanent and comprehensive efforts UNFPA has gradually become one of the leading actors in supporting the Government

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Within the Gender component UNFPA proposed to advocate for and implement projects conducive to reducing traditional inequalities of chances between men and women. A focus has been placed on developing the capacity of the national state system to mainstream gender into the policy planning, budgeting and monitoring processes.

of Moldova in the creation of a comprehensive response system to gender-based violence.

Actions have been taken to consolidate institutional and human capacity at the central and local levels, in order to establish a knowledge base to address gender-based violence.

UNFPA has contributed to establishing local protection and coordination mechanisms between representatives of police, social assistance, health, judiciary, education, and local public administration through the provision of trainings, relevant materials and awareness raising events.

As a result, local specialists in 23 villages and 5 towns have improved their knowledge and skills in preventing, identifying and assisting in cases of domestic violence.

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In order to strengthen the service delivery system in the field of domestic violence, UNFPA has supported initiatives aimed at improving and developing services for domestic violence victims and perpetrators. Within this framework, UNFPA is providing support to the government to establish the first rehabilitation centre for perpetrators.

UNFPA has taken an active part in advocating the harmonization of the national legal and policy framework related to domestic violence and gender.

Additionally, it supported a nationwide information campaign conducted by the International Center for Women “La Strada� to raise awareness in the general public on the issues of domestic violence, promote a non-tolerant attitude towards the phenomenon, boost autoidentification through the promotion of a trust-line for women, and combat widespread stereotypes related to the role of women in society and family.

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Complementarily, UNFPA has joined the initiative to improve the national data collection system on domestic violence in order to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon, as well as to support accurate planning, monitoring and evaluation of policies.

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Domestic Violence: “I Don’t Wish that for Anybody!”

Thousands of women and girls in the world today are subjected to violence, and Moldova is no exception, according to a UN radio report dedicated to problems and solutions related to domestic violence.

“An unbeaten woman is like an untidy house”, says a Moldovan proverb, and some men here try to apply this saying. Both wives and daughters are beaten.

“In my family, my dad drinks alcohol, and beats my mother. He used to beat me too. When he is sober, he does not raise a hand or fist to us, but humiliates us with bad language”, says Diana, a 16-year-old teenager from Balti.

Ana, another woman from a village in northern Moldova, suffered the same fate. “If it happened that I stayed late at a friend’s house and came home at 10:30 p.m., my dad wouldn’t let me in and chased me away. My mother protected us when she was alive. Now I must flee to the relatives from my mother’s village”.

Tatiana, a 45-year-old woman from a district center in the south, has tolerated her husband’s violence for 10 years. “He beat me even when I was pregnant. I do not want to remember those days.”

According to a recent survey, every fourth woman from Moldova has acknowledged that she is or has been subjected to domestic violence.

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Experts believe that people’s indifference allows violence to persist. “Now they quarrel and fight, but tomorrow there will be peace in the family again”, neighbors often say.

There wasn’t any peace in Tatiana's family, and she became desperate. Diana ran away from home, just before Christmas, but instead of starting a better new life, she nearly fell into the hands of human traffickers.

She was saved at the last moment by an NGO working with other professionals to help persons at risk of being trafficked or trafficked. Research shows that between 70 and 95 percent of traffic victims have fled from home because of domestic violence.

Ana, who fled from home because of her father’s violence, is now in a care center, opened in Drochia. A psychologist is helping her, but the Centre staff and her new boyfriend have been most helpful in her recovery.

Still, the testimony she gave in front of a microphone is worrying: “He's a good guy, but sometimes he raises his voice and hand to me. I think it’s because I did something wrong. Otherwise, everything is fine”.

It seems that breaking the vicious circle of violence is a complicated challenge. More interventions are required, from school-level education to policies aimed at preventing and combating the phenomenon that has affected Ana, Diana, Tatiana and many other women from Moldova.

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Humanitarian Response and Emergency Preparedness and Recovery 2007: The Relief and Technical Assistance Response to the Drought Crisis in Moldova. UNFPA donated food parcels to vulnerable pregnant women and nursing mothers from regions most affected by drought, consisting of flour, sugar, rice, yeast, oil and beans.

Humanitarian aid was distributed through the network of primary healthcare facilities, coupled with antenatal and postnatal counseling, in the framework of an UNFPA initiative. Capitalizing upon the positive impact of this experience, the Ministry of Health has formulated a request to the donor community for follow-up food aid.

2008: Immediate UNFPA response to the 2008

floods, including victims’ assistance and post calamity assistance and recovery. The goal of the UNFPA intervention was to ensure the timely and appropri-

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priate delivery of obstetrical and maternal care (RH kits) and ensuring a balanced and nutritious diet for pregnant women and mothers to newborn babies.

UNFPA was actively involved in UN Joint Response Plans, delivering assistance to mothers, children, and medical institutions as well as specialized emergency units. UNFPA also managed to attract a significant contribution from a private company in Moldova (ORANGE) for emergency support.

2009: UNFPA equipment of the Disaster Medicine

Centre with a mobile clinic. With the support of the Orange Foundation, another mobile clinic was delivered at the beginning of 2010 to the emergency unit in Lipcani village, one of the localities most affected by floods in 2008.

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2010: Delivery of supplies to support the health

2010: UNFPA donated two advanced ambulances to the National Calamity Medicine Centre

ate delivery of Reproductive Health services in the areas affected by natural disasters, including appro-

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and hygiene of displaced people, particularly pregnant women and newborns. Delivery kits, essential medicines and maternity equipment were donated to the Ministry of Health on behalf of UNFPA, in response to recent floods that affected several districts in the northern, central and southern parts of the country. Additionally, two advanced ambulances, Land Rover Defenders, were donated to the Ministry of Health for the National Calamity Medicine Centre.

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Salvation Came from the Parental Home with Support of Many Others

Oxana is a 23-year-old mother from Obileni village in the district of Hincesti who, like many other mothers, women, children and men in Moldova, has suffered from the floods that hit several villages this past summer.

Oxana, her husband, Dorin Gaina, who had just returned from work in Moscow, and their almost 18-month-old daughter were helped by their parents to collect their valuable possessions and flee from the floodwater. They found shelter in their parents’ house, which was higher on the hill and was not flooded.

While the rescue for the Gaina family from Obileni came from their parents, further support for their living costs – for themselves and others like them – came from organizations that support people in such situations: the United Nations Population Fund and other development agencies in Moldova.

The first actions of immediate assistance to the victims of Moldova were conducted by UNFPA, together with other UN agencies. In the first days of flooding, these agencies provided first necessity hygiene packs containing soap, shampoo, washing powder, pads, towels, and instant food.

The packages were purchased after representatives of UN agencies in Moldova visited flood-affected areas to assess the immediate needs of victims.

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Oxana, her 18-month-old daughter and her mother

“I felt an emptiness in my heart that we were left without a roof, but I must be strong for the child,” says Oxana Gaina, whose family was helped after the floods. “The girl was with me all the time, I didn’t leave her for a minute. Practically, she made her first steps in this period, and therefore there were both tears and joy.”

The couple says that they were helped with goods, food and hygiene products during the flooding. Most needed were the baby nappies, sanitary pads, and detergents, and they were very pleased when they received such aid.

They have continued to receive food every Friday, 1 kg each of sugar and pasta.

The motivation for the UNFPA to take all these actions is the fact that in times of crisis and natural disasters pregnant women and those with young children suffer the most and require extra care and medical supervision.

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“Watch out! The waters are coming!” people were shouting from the neighborhood. That’s what Oxana remembers about the night that she will never forget.

UNFPA presence in Transnistria UNFPA is also working in the breakaway post-conflict region of Transnistria, consolidating the Reproductive Health system, and currently expanding information services for youth through a joint project with International Organization for Migration on building a peer network in the region.

The UNFPA Moldova Country Office has succeeded in the strategically important expansion of quality Sexual Reproductive Health services into the post-conflict breakaway Transnistria region. As a consequence eight new Family Planning Cabinets have been created, one in each administrative district of the region.

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The successful implementation of its programme in the region has made UNFPA a resource organization for the international community in Moldova in establishing and maintaining social programmes in or with the Transnistria region of Moldova.

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UNFPA Projects in Moldova Country programme 2007-2012

By being responsive to the external environment and pro-active in establishing partnerships UNFPA has been recognized as one of the main development partners of the Republic of Moldova.

1. “Education on sexual and reproductive health that is promoted within the school curricula and through non-formal programmes is expanded to reach the most vulnerable groups” Short Description: Providing support for advocacy efforts to institutionalize peer-to-peer education in schools and special educational programmes for vulnerable young people. Building the capacity of teachers and educators to pass age-appropriate and culture-sensitive information to adolescents and young people.

2. “Increased availability of counseling and information services on sexual and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS and STI prevention for young people” Short Description: Activities for scaling up counseling and information services through RH centres, YFHS centres and primary healthcare facilities. Developing a condom promotion strategy for prevention of pregnancy and protection against STIs. 3. “Mechanisms strengthened for supervisory and monitoring systems, including for quality assurance in comprehensive reproductive health service delivery, and for reproductive health com-

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modity security” Short Description: Strengthening the capacity of the government and NGOs to develop and use tools, standards and protocols for reproductive health service delivery and management. Support for effective monitoring of the implementation of the RH Strategy, including RHCS, contraceptive availability and the proper use of contraceptives at all levels and in multiple service outlets. Development of evidence-based clinical standards and protocols based on WHO recommendations and international best practice.

4. “Institutional capacity developed to establish a system to collect and analyze disaggregated demographic and population data, and to formulate national policies and monitor their implementation and impact” Short Description: Providing technical assistance, advocacy and policy dialog to strengthen institutional and professional capacities in formulating and monitoring evidence-based population and development-related policies. Advocating the establishment of a system of population data flows, and institutional capacity to collect and process demographic data.

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ing technical assistance in developing a model Centre providing quality evidence-based rehabilitation and referral services for victims, as well as services for the aggressors.

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7. “Protection and empowerment of victims of human trafficking and domestic violence in Moldova”

5. “Age-specific needs, reproductive health and gender integrated into a comprehensive and coherent contingency plan for a humanitarian response to emergencies” Short Description: Providing assistance in developing comprehensive contingency plans, policy dialogue and advocacy for the earmarking of funds and resources for emergency reproductive health care and for humanitarian assistance for affected populations, especially girls and women.

6. “Institutional capacity strengthened in selected regions to ensure effective prevention, monitoring, protection and support systems addressing gender-based violence”

Short Description: Designed to meet the needs of victims and potential victims of domestic violence and human trafficking through strengthening the protection system both at the national and local levels. Implementation period of October 2008 – September 2011 with a budget of 3.3 million USD donated by the Government of Japan through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security. Jointly implemented

by UNFPA, UNDP, IOM Mission to Moldova, and OSCE Mission to Moldova, in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Moldova.

8. Umbrella Project Short Description: Ensuring coordination for effective activity of the UNFPA Office in Moldova, human resources and support personnel, as well as interagency activities and coordination.

Short Description: Assistance in developing a National Action Plan to combat GBV; support for building an integrated system to address gender-based violence, including a management information system; provid-

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15 Principles from the ICPD Programme of Action Principle 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Principle 2 Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. People are the most important and valuable resource of any nation.

Principle 3 The right to development is a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of fundamental human rights.

Principle 4 Advancing gender equality and equity and the empowerment of women, and eliminating all forms of violence against women, are the cornerstones of population and developmentrelated programmes.

Principle 5 Population-related goals and policies are integral parts of cultural, economic and social development, the principal aim of which is to improve the quality of life of all people.

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Principle 6 Sustainable development requires that the interrelationships between population, resources and development are fully recognized and brought into harmonious, dynamic balance.

Principle 7 All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of eradicating poverty.

Principle 8 Everyone has the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

All couples and individuals have the basic right to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information, education and means to do so.

Principle 9 The family is the basic unit of society and, as such, should be strengthened. It is entitled to receive comprehensive protection and support.

Various forms of the family exist.

Principle 10 Everyone has the right to education. Education should be designed to strengthen respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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Principle 11 The child has the right to an adequate standard of living, health and education and to be free from neglect, exploitation and abuse.

Principle 12 Countries receiving documented migrants should provide proper treatment and adequate social welfare services for them and their families, and should ensure their physical safety and security.

Principle 13 Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

Principle 14 States should recognize and support the identity, culture and interests of indigenous people and enable them to participate fully.

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Principle 15 Sustained economic growth and social progress require that growth be broadly based, offering equal opportunities to all people.

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