
ALT Three illustrated playing cards in a small stack, each with the words “Digital violence at the top”. The top-most card reads “Online harassment: Repeated conduct that threatens, pesters, scares or abuses someone by sending degrading, offensive or insulting comments or images. Online sexual harassment mainly affects women, girls and LGBTQI individuals.” The white UNFPA logo is at the bottom.

ALT An orange graphic featuring a circular portrait of Florence Bauer, UNFPA Regional Director for Eastern Europe & Central Asia. The graphic includes her quote: "Rural women are anchors in their communities. Their rights and empowerment are vital and contribute to a more resilient future for everyone." Logos for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are displayed along the bottom

ALT A blue graphic featuring a circular portrait of Viorel Gutu, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia. The graphic includes his quote: "Reliable data make inequalities visible. Supporting countries to generate and use better data is essential to strengthen rural women's voice, opportunities and leadership." Logos for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are displayed along the bottom

ALT A woman with short dark hair and glasses stands in profile, looking upward toward a large event backdrop. The backdrop features the orange text "Leading Change" and "People-centred paths to demographic resilience," along with the location "Skopje" and the year "2026." The woman is wearing a black shirt and a lanyard.

ALT A man in a blue suit delivers a speech from a podium at the "Leading Change" Regional Ministerial Conference in Skopje. A large screen behind him displays the event title, the UNFPA logo, and a live sign language interpreter in the corner. The audience is visible in the foreground, seated and facing the stage.

ALT An orange-to-purple gradient background featuring a quote in white text: "The Ministerial Conference in Skopje serves as a pivotal forum for policymakers to move beyond demographic anxiety toward demographic resilience." Below the quote, the text attributes the statement to Florence Bauer, Regional Director, UNFPA in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, next to the UNFPA logo.

ALT A stylized graphic with four abstract shapes in blue and orange bursting upward and outward. Text: Regional Ministerial Conference / Leading Change: People-centred paths to demographic resilience / Skopje, 7-8 May 2026. Three logos in top centre: Ministry of Social Policy, Demographics and Youth of North Macedonia, a government building seal, and the UNFPA logo.

ALT A medium shot of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing a dark navy textured cardigan over a blue floral blouse, speaking during a meeting. She is gesturing with her hand while wearing a UNFPA-branded lanyard around her neck; in the blurred background, another woman and a wooden wall are visible.














