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Not in our name - a safe space in faith
A fundamental shift is in progress in the way sexual and reproductive health and rights approached by clergymen as global faith-based organisation leaders acknowledge the cost of remaining silent -... Read more
We must close the gaps for women and girls - Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Directo
A Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director on the occasion of International Women's Day (8 March, 2015) During the past 20 years, we have witnessed remarkable advances in... Read more
Leaders for Youth - critical for the realization of community projects
WHEN a chief tears up while recounting the preventable death of a 22-year-old from one of the villages he traditionally governs, he leaves no doubt that he genuinely cares for his people and wants... Read more
Nurturing relationship for correct and timely information
THE relationship that parents nurture with their children will be critical when it is time to have "the talk" related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues. With her own sons and... Read more
People must be at the core of development - Dr Jiko Luveni, UNFPA Pacific High-Level Champion
From being the first woman to graduate as a dentist from the Fiji School of Medicine in 1967 to being the first woman Speaker of Fiji's House of Representatives in 2014, Dr Jiko Luveni remains modest... Read more
Fiji Speaker of the House of Representatives takes up UNFPA High-Level Champion Role
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (February 17, 2015) - In a groundbreaking partnership for the region, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional Office and the first woman Speaker of the... Read more
Seeing is believing - the trickle-down effect of development
For the majority of the her life, Melaia Nabukavou lived in Suva City during which time she joined one of the first organized body for indigenous women, the Soqosoqo Vakamarama; until 2008 that is... Read more
UNFPA Pacific assistance to boost safe motherhood efforts
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (06/06/15) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional Office officially presented equipment for maternal health services to the Ministry for Health and... Read more
Gift from their youth - a wellness centre
THE propensity to hold off going to seek medical advice or not to take oneself to the dentist until one's face resembled a puffer fish is a practice in our island communities we know too well. There... Read more
Sport for progress - an article on sports and development
UNFPA Pacific, Suva (December 24, 2013) - We have all seen the uniting power of sport; it is indiscriminate and its tentacles reach across ethnic, religious and age groups, or however else society... Read more