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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
UNFPA Pacific shares lessons with New Zealand Parliamentarians: Engaging boys and men in sexual and reproductive health and rights work
UNFPA Pacific, Auckland, NZ, June 29, 2015 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional Office (SRO) yesterday shared its experiences and lessons learnt from engaging men and... Read more
We need men and boys: Shared responsibility for reproductive health
MEN and boys are critical to a healthy population, albeit a general perception, this is an area women are responsible for. This attitude continues to be a barrier to a more robust engagement that has... Read more
Dynamic start for Fiji midwives to Cyclone Pam response in Vanuatu
Having visited the maternity ward of the Vila Central Hospital before, walking through it again last week though was almost surreal. The nurses were in uniforms one was used to growing up in our... Read more
Fiji midwives take on Vila maternity ward post-Cyclone Pam
Port Vila, Vanuatu, UNFPA Pacific (May 05) - Nine Fijian midwives have begun working at the maternity ward of the Vila Central Hospital (VCH) in Vanuatu, the national referral hospital in Port Vila,... Read more
International Day of the Midwife - A statement by Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director
Today, on the International Day of the Midwife, we stand in solidarity with midwives worldwide and thank them for the life-saving work they do. There is no stronger testament to their care and... Read more
Cyclone Pam drives up contraceptive demand in Vanuatu
UNFPA Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu (March 26, 2015) - Katherine Silas grimaces but one is not entirely sure if it is in response to pain or merely the sight of the needle being used to implant the... Read more
Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Pacific
Honiara, Solomon Islands (April 21, 2015) - An acceleration of efforts to improve national progress towards an enabling environment in which men, women and young people can make informed choices... Read more
Women block road for reproductive health services in Vanuatu settlement
UNFPA Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu (March 30, 2015) - Women blocked a road in a settlement within Port Vila, in the Cyclone Pam-ravaged Pacific island nation of Vanuatu March 27, standing their ground... Read more
A dignified response to Cyclone Pam for women
UNFPA Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu (March 28, 2015) - Asked how she felt about receiving a basic dignity kit at her Cyclone Pam-ravaged township within the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila, Gertrude... Read more