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Development through sport - girls journey to national meet
AS an all-girls school from the Western Division, Jasper Williams High School ended the Fiji secondary schools basketball competition last week quite satisfied with an all-star selection, just two... Read more
A health response to climate change
The relocation of villages as rising sea levels spoil crops among other things, has begun for several countries across the region including Fiji. In Tuvalu, the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in... Read more
Humanity in times of crisis
A nursing graduate of 1968, Margaret Saul did not attain midwifery prerequisites until 1987: with good reason having to juggle a nursing career and family-- which involved raising eight children,... Read more
Youth potential to transform our world: there is no plan B
When Joe Kalo was the Vanuatu country officer for a United Nations Population Fund Adolescent Reproductive Health project 10 years ago, he had to learn advocacy on his feet - and as we celebrate... Read more
People-centered development goals discussed in Pacific dialogue
UNFPA Pacific, Auckland, NZ (April 09, 2015) - Ministerial and senior Government officials of Pacific island countries are in Auckland (New Zealand) this week for the first regional gathering... Read more
The people's agenda - an article on sustainable development goals
THIS week is historical, not only in the development sector but for humanity as a whole but in particular in terms of concrete agreement that people are primarily responsible for the fundamental... Read more
Ensure protection of women’s dignity and rights in humanitarian response
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (Fiji) July 11, 2015 - In commemorating World Population Day today, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for increased specificity to women and girls particularly... Read more
Enhancing partnerships and skills for better reproductive health results
THIS week, about 400 professionals in the area of sexual and reproductive health are in Suva for the 11th Pacific Society for Reproductive Health Conference which, in its various activities that... Read more
Be engaged for inclusive progress and life
FIJI has begun an exercise which hopes to engage as many citizens as possible in shaping its national development plan - an immediate five-year plan and a long-term 20-year development plan. A public... Read more
"Our" issues - sharing the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights responsibility
Every now and then, the New Zealand Parliamentarian's Group on Population and Development (NZPPD) will have an open hearing, which the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional... Read more