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15 February 2022
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Mereia Wainisau Kotoitubuna, seated, with her mother Ana Sevu (in front) and the two retired midwives, Sr Mekita Vono and Sr Josefini Seeto.  Tukavesi, Vanua Levu.

Disability-inclusive dignity kit meets the hygiene needs of women and girls living with disabilities

When disaster strikes, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ensures that the reproductive health, needs and protection concerns of women and... Read more

27 January 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Pacific staff and volunteers ready to deploy dignity kits in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa.

UNFPA supplies ensure essential, lifesaving services continue in aftermath of volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga

In the late afternoon of 15 January, the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano in Tonga erupted violently in the South Pacific, sending a... Read more

21 January 2022
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UNFPA Pacific responds to the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami

UNFPA Pacific is on the ground providing assistance in Tonga, distributing hygiene supplies and providing other critical support in affected areas –... Read more

16 December 2021
Press Release

Launch of the Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Management of Rape, Sexual Violence and Gender-based Violence in RMI

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is one of the fourteen pacific countries which UNFPA has served over the past four decades. "We are... Read more

8 December 2021
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Chandra Kanta, one of the twenty (20) Fijian midwives who have been deployed by UNFPA Pacific to support the continuity of maternity care and family planning services.

Ensuring access to SRH and GBV services through telehealth in the Pacific

As access to shelters and in-person counselling was restricted, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific office and its partners sought... Read more

3 December 2021
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Vanuatu’s Health Ministry launched three documents to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights

On the 9th day of 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), the Vanuatu Ministry of Health supported by the United Nations Population... Read more

25 November 2021
Press Release

Fijian Minister for Women launched the Women Friendly Space

The Fijian Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Honorable Rosy Akbar yesterday, officially launched the UNFPA Pacific Women Friendly... Read more

20 October 2021
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Planning your life with contraception

Finau* had no plans of becoming a mother anytime soon. She was young and still in school. But her life took a turn when she became pregnant... Read more

19 October 2021
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© IPPF-Jack Robert-Tissot

Empowering Pacific Youth through Comprehensive Sexuality Education

When she turned 16, Livia* was like any other young woman drawn by new feelings to explore physical intimacy with her boyfriend. But, also like many... Read more

19 May 2021
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UNFPA Pacific handed over sets of clean delivery kits to the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services

UNFPA Pacific hands over Personal Protective Equipment and Reproductive Health kits to the Fijian Government

The Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Reproductive Health (RH) kits in addition... Read more

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