Arab
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Reproductive health
Population and development strategies
Advocacy
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Interregional Programmes
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Population and Development Strategies
With UNFPA assistance, national capacity for policy formulation, research and analysis has
been institutionalized through extensive support to national population councils, their
technical secretariats, as well as to national population research and data analysis
centres. Support has also been provided for extensive training in demographic data
collection and analysis to enable staff of the ministries of planning and other
specialized institutions to conduct censuses and demographic and population research.
Demographic databases have been established in most countries in the region.
Throughout the region, UNFPA has also provided assistance to strengthen national bodies
with responsibilities for the advancement of women’s status through improved
legislation and economic and educational opportunities. For example, in 1997, UNFPA
provided technical assistance to the Jordanian National Committee for Women and the
Jordanian National Population Council to integrate gender concerns and reproductive rights
into the national population strategy and the national plan of action for women’s
development. Similarly, the Fund provided assistance to the Government of the Syrian Arab
Republic to develop a manual for gender training and guidelines for integrating gender
issues into the national population policy.
UNFPA participated in a technical meeting that reviewed the pre-test of the Pan Arab
Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) reproductive health module. The Fund also
participated in the conceptualization and finalization of the Pan Arab Project for Family
Health (PAPFAM), a demographic and reproductive health survey (1998-2002) which includes
the conduct of qualitative research studies. This multi-agency-funded effort is under the
overall auspices of the League of Arab States which will be the main executing agency for
the project.
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