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30 August 2016
Power of numbers: Using data to better address violence against women
Exciting times lie ahead as the Asia and the Pacific region with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)…
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19 August 2016
Life-saving services critical in humanitarian response
Today, World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations Population Fund reminds us as individuals, as communities and or as nations as a whole, that life-saving services in humanitarian…
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15 August 2016
Creating an enabling environment for girls' empowerment
Like most of his contemporaries, 19-year-old Avikesh Kumar has yet to declare with certainty what he sees himself doing in 20 years: he knows he does not want to be a politician…
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12 August 2016
Statement
Youth critical for success of sustainable development goals
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (August 12, 2016) - The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, today marks a double celebration: it is International Youth Day and it joins the Pacific…
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01 August 2016
Be curious, to be agents of change
Curiosity can be the progeny of a positive and empowering journey for individuals, particularly teenagers. Regardless of our gender or age or circumstances, questioning…
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22 July 2016
Invest in teen girls to be critical thinkers and actors: Tarai
QUESTIONING beliefs and practices which influence you, being critical thinkers and actors is fundamental to the idea of investing in, not just teenage girls, but in…
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15 July 2016
Invest in teen girls, it benefits all of us
THIS week the global family of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, observed with United Nations member states the annual World Population Day, focused on the theme of …
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11 July 2016
Investing in teenage girls for national progress this World Population Day
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (July 10) - Investing in teenage girls is not only the right thing to do from a personal level as individuals, but it is also fundamentally, smart…
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10 July 2016
Investing in teenage girls - 2016 World Population Day (July 11) Statement by Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director
The teenage years are for some girls a time of exploration, learning and increasing autonomy. But for many others, it is a time of increasing vulnerability and…
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