Social Rights

UNFPA Moldova, UN Women Moldova, and ILO

Venue : MAIB Park: Main conference room, 31 August 1989, 127  str
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Moldova faces a profound demographic transformation, marked by declining fertility, population ageing, and sustained outward migration. These trends strain labor markets, social protection, healthcare, and long-term development, leaving much human capital underutilized. The National Development Strategy “European Moldova 2030” envisions a resilient, inclusive economy, emphasizing human capital, labor inclusion, social infrastructure, and health. Yet structural barriers, insufficient care infrastructure, gender norms, gaps in lifelong learning, and unequal access to sexual and reproductive health, keep many, especially women on the labor market margins (GGS 2024).

In this context, UNFPA and UN Women convene a high-level dialogue positioning the Revised European Social Charter as a blueprint to unlock Moldova’s human capital, strengthen demographic resilience, and reduce social exclusion.

Three Drivers for Human Capital :

1. Care Economy – Affordable, high-quality care, family-friendly policies enable workforce participation, accelerate gender equality, and support fertility choices.

2. Sexual and Reproductive Health – Access aligns reproductive goals with professional life, boosting productivity, long-term family well-being, and intergenerational resilience.

3. Labor Market-Driven Skills & Lifelong Learning – Aligning education and training with labor market needs ensures marginalized groups remain engaged economically.

Objectives Reframe care, health, and skills can unlock human capital and be as pillars of demographic and economic resilience; demonstrate how the European Social Charter provides a cohesive human capital framework; and mobilize integrated financing to implement a unified Demographic Resilience Package."

Programme

Moderator: Alina Radu, Journalist, Director and co-founder of Ziarul de Garda media