calendar_today 09 June 2020

Press Release

Pacific Youth COVID-19 Survey

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional Office, in collaboration with diverse youth networks, the Pacific Disability Forum, United Nations sister agencies,…

calendar_today 12 May 2020

News

Mission accomplished: Retired Fijian Midwives return from Samoa after 10 weeks

A group of ten retired Fijian midwives has recently returned from Samoa after completing ten successful weeks, supporting maternal health during the measles epidemic. The United…

calendar_today 03 February 2020

News

Local & Inclusive: Women and Girls with Disabilities at the Centre of Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Pacific

The Pacific is characterized by rates of gender-based violence up to twice the global average and these rates are 2-3 times higher for women with disabilities. A conflation of the…

calendar_today 02 December 2019

Press Release

UNFPA Emergency Reproductive Health Kits arrive in measles-affected Samoa

The Government of Samoa declared a state of emergency on 15 November due to the escalating measles outbreak. In response to the state of emergency, the Pacific Sub-Regional Office…

calendar_today 27 November 2019

News

HRH Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku‘aho appointed as Patron of UNFPA for the Pacific

His Majesty King Tupou VI of Tonga only daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Halaevalu Mata’aho Napua Okalani Tuku’aho has been appointed as Patron for UNFPA…

calendar_today 06 June 2017

Press Release

UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director

UNITED NATIONS- With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed away suddenly at his home…

calendar_today 29 November 2016

Equality - a precondition for development

AS we embark upon the 2030 Development Agenda, one in three women worldwide have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, usually perpetrated by someone she knows…