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BELARUS: UNFPA to Hold Trainings on Demography and Domestic Violence
Narodnaya Gazeta reported on 29 January that UNFPA plans to teach state officials the basics of demography and addressing domestic violence. UNFPA in Belarus started the year with a new country programme for 2011-2015. The Fund’s financial aid for the period will amount to $3.7 million, which is equal to the whole former budget of UNFPA in the country (since 1994). According to UNFPA Programme Analyst Tatyana Haplichnik, the programme includes a sound gender component aimed at addressing domestic violence problems, support to the implementation of the national programme on demographic security, and development of the national reproductive health strategy. Read in Russian: Narodnaya Gazeta