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Tbilisi to host First South Caucasus Annual Youth Reproductive Health and Rights Forum

22 March 2007 [23:43] - TODAY.AZ
On March 21-24, European Parliamentary Forum (EPF) together with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Healthcare and Social Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia will organize the First South Caucasus Annual Youth Reproductive Health and Rights Forum.

The purpose of the Forum is to promote dialogue among the stakeholders from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and their counterparts from the EU to discuss and work out strategies to improve the sexual and reproductive health of young people in the region.

The three-day forum will be conducted in the framework of the EC/UNFPA co-funded project 'Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in the South Caucasus' (RHIYC), bringing together parliamentarians, governmental officials, experts and civil society representatives from the South Caucasus and the European Union.

The event will result in producing a Statement of Commitment calling for action on the issues of reproductive health and rights of young people. GBC

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