UNICEF initiated for the first time the involvement of Youth into the Evaluation, as facilitators of Focus Groups. Involving youth in the evaluation of adopted national programs and plans is a good practice at the regional and global levels. Turkmenistan, as a country with a high proportion of young...

This article describes the challenges that conventional, commodity agriculture poses to resource security in Turkmenistan, and suggests agricultural reforms for water efficient, diverse cereal-crops held by smallholder farms. Click for the journal here. Highlights Future water–food security was...

The NNP of Turkmenistan collaborated with public institutions to enrich the population’s diet through wheat flour fortification, breastfeeding awareness campaigns, and salt iodization access. The data was only collected from those that had access to health services, and was limited strictly to...

The world wants to hear the voices of 1,8 billion young people on the matters affecting their lives. Young people have a power to offer solutions, be agents of change and transform the lives of the generation. Young people in Turkmenistan share the same aspiration. To unleash the potential of...

The National plan on Children’s rights on realization of the rights of children is a comprehensive document, which identifies goals, objectives and policies in the fields pertaining to realization and protection of rights of children. Highlights The National plan on Children’s rights contains main...