UNFPA India today released “Caring for our elders: Early Responses India Ageing Report 2017” at the India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi in presence of Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon’ble minister, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Talking about the report were eminent panellists, including Sh. Sharad C Sinha, member, National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Ravi Srivastava, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Sh. Sunil Arora, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs & Sh. Matthew Cherian, CEO, HelpAge India .
Ageing
Caring for Our Elders : Early Responses India Ageing Report 2017
No. of pages : 128
Publisher : UNFPA India
Publication date : 19/06/2017
Author : G.Giridhar, Consultant, UNFPA - India K.S. James, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Sanjay Kumar, National Programme Officer, UNFPA - India
This report takes stock of ageing situation in India, some of the concerns and policy and programmatic responses. It also presents good case studies and practices on elderly care across states.
UNFPA Mongolia 2016 Annual Report
No. of pages : 30
Publication date : 08/06/2017
Author : UNFPA Mongolia
UNFPA Mongolia 2016 Annual Report
UNFPA in Bangladesh
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is the United Nations' sexual and reproductive health agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA has been working in partnership with the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh since 1974, providing technical and advisory services and support. Our main partners are various Government Ministries, the Parliament, United Nations Agencies, academic institutions, and civil society organizations.
English
National Policy on Ageing 2017-2030
No. of pages : 81
Publisher : Ministry of Planning/UNFPA
Publication date : 17/05/2017
Author : Ministry of Planning and UNFPA Cambodia
នៅដើមទសវត្សរ៍នេះ ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាដែលមានអាយុចាប់ពី ៦០ឆ្នាំឡើង បានកើនឡើងដល់ចំនួន ៦០០,០០០នាក់នៃប្រជាជនសរុប។ ជាការឆ្លើយតប រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានចងក្រង និងធ្វើបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពគោលនយោបាយសម្រាប់មនុស្សចាស់ឆ្នាំ ២០១៧-២០៣០ ដោយផ្អែកលើគោលនយោបាយដែលបានរៀបចំដំបូងនៅឆ្នាំ ២០០៣ ក្នុងគោលដៅ ធានាថា មនុស្សចាស់ទទួលបានឳកាសចូលរួមក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍ និងទទួលបានអត្ថប្រយោជន៍ពីការអភិវឌ្ឍនេះ។
Madhya Pradesh, 5th May 2017: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and SBI Foundation, today launched Samridhhi in Chattarpur District of Madhya Pradesh. As part of UNFPA’s 12-nation Action for Adolescent Girl initiative, the first phase of the project will benefit over 3500 adolescent girls across approximately 150 villages in Bijawar and Badamalhara blocks. In the subsequent phase, Samridhhi will be scaled up to cover several other blocks and districts in the state.
18 April 2017 – Afghan Ministries of Information and Culture (MoIC) and Women’s Affairs (MoWA) with the support from the Embassy of Canada and UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) launched the “National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage” at the Government Media and Information Center today.
Assessment of UNFPA's piloted community-based model on care for older people
No. of pages : 4
Publication date : 30/12/2016
Author : UNFPA
Under the project titled “Prevention of domestic violence, addressing imbalanced sex ratio at birth (SRB), and care for the elderly” funded by UNFPA in Hai Duong Province and Ben Tre Province in Viet Nam, the Inter-generational Self-Help Club (ISHC) model was adopted for piloting from year 2013 to 2015.
Too Young to Wed : Rajasthan
Publication date : 14 February 2017
Keshanta, 16, wants to be a teacher. Rajyanti, 17, hopes to become a doctor. Laali, 15, isn't sure just yet what she wants to be when she grows up. But she, like her classmates in a rural part of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is certain she doesn't want to be a child bride. "My life would be ruined," said Rajyanti, who at 16 resisted her parents' efforts to marry her off.
