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Youth from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan participate in "Climate Fresk" to enhance climate change knowledge

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UNDP and the Committee of Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan discussed the priority measures of adaptation to climate change in the water sector in Tajikistan

Dushanbe, 09 March, 2023 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in cooperation with the Committee of Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CoEP) conducted a national conference to discuss the importance of priority measures of ...

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UNDP in Tajikistan supports the organization of the National Conference

UNDP in Tajikistan supports the organization of the National Conference on «Implementation of the Strategy on countering extremism and terrorism in the Republic of Tajikistan for the period of 2021-2025: Cooperation of State Authorities and International Organizations»

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Educational training to make progress towards gender equality

On 13 December 2022, a tailor-made training course on gender sensitivity was held in Dushanbe dedicated to mainstreaming gender methods in the process of implementing the project “Integrated landscape approach to increase the resilience of small farmers and pastoralists to climate change

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What we do

UNDP began its operations in Tajikistan in 1994. Nowadays, Tajikistan is a peaceful and stable country, with a rapidly developing economy. Recovery from the devastating social and economic consequences of civil war and the start of reforms led to steady, though unequal, growth over the past decade averaging 8 per cent annually, according to World Bank country data. 

 

Economic Development at the Local Level

Solar-powered sewing machines empower girls in Tajikistan

Clean energy like solar has not only environmental benefits but also has the potential to increase income and create more jobs for women and men. Take the example of solar-powered sewing machines installed in a workshop owned by Ms Farangis Makhkamov in the Shahrinav district of Tajikistan, who now trains school children and girls in sewing skills.

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Solar-powered sewing machines

Our Impact

8.7

million

Population

29.7%

Poverty rate

17.5%

women

in Parliament

0.624

Human Development Index

67.8

life expectancy

at birth

5.96%

Arable land

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