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Childhood must never be derailed by motherhood - A Pacific launch for the State of World Population report 2013
ELENOA (not her real name) is now 30 years old, with three gorgeous children and on the verge of completing her studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.... Read more
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director on the launch of The State of World Population 2013
Welcome to the launch of UNFPA's The State of World Population 2013, entitled "Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy." The aim of UNFPA's State of World Population... Read more
Adolescent pregnancy - whose failing is that?
A serious review of how girls and boys are socialized is one of the basic steps that we as society must take towards a new culture of mutual respect. The tendency of society to blame girls and... Read more
Access - can mean life or death
IF there is one word which consistently punctuates discourse involving the programming and activities of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), it would have to be access. In fact the... Read more
Stripped of choices - a UNFPA column on adolescent pregnancy
IN her parents' village home, Setaita (not her real name) breastfeeds her first-born, a son whose father hasn't actively participated in this child-bearing experience, although he was informed of the... Read more
Double Ebola threat for pregnant women
EBOLA has become a household buzz word in the last few weeks, if one can dare to be so presumptuous, based on the amount of media attention this deadly and contagious haemorrhagic disease has... Read more
Tomorrow is a girl - marking International Day of the Girl (October 11) 2013
When girls are not assured the same opportunities as boys, whether one speaks of the level of ones' education or which profession one would like to pursue, we as families, villages, societies and... Read more
Plan for a good start - an Opinion-Editorial
VUDA connotes a sense of history for us in Fiji - it is a commonly-held belief that families which first peopled these islands landed at this spot from which they then dispersed to the different... Read more
Innovating for Girls’ Education - A statement by the UNFPA Executive Director Dr Osotimehin Babatunde on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child (11 October 2013)
October 11, 2013 - More girls are in school today than ever before. However, too many girls, especially the most marginalized, have never seen the inside of a classroom, or they go to school only... Read more
Investing in midwives for safe deliveries
WHAT would you tell the midwife who delivered you if you met her today? It is indeed rare to meet the one who coaxed your mother to a safe delivery. For millions of people, theirs are the hands that... Read more