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A vocation to save - the gift of midwifery

calendar_today 08 December 2014

A vocation to save - the gift of midwifery

SHE has had to birth infants with a torch locked into position by her teeth when there is no power in the island health facility she works in as a midwife, but her eyes…

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Aligning youth policies and investments

calendar_today 27 November 2014

Aligning youth policies and investments

You can be forgiven for thinking the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) only works in the area of young people, adolescents or youth, considering the emphasis we place on…

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Dignity under attack - a feature article marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

calendar_today 26 November 2014

Dignity under attack - a feature article marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

November 25 (yesterday) marked the beginning of 16 days of activism against the violence perpetrated on women. The movement does not, as some have argued, dismiss the violence…

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Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

calendar_today 25 November 2014

Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Violence against women and girls is a violation of their fundamental human rights, an affront to human dignity and a serious threat to their health and well-being. It impedes…

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Invest in youth today to realize demographic dividend: Pacific Launch for 2014 UNFPA State of World Population report

calendar_today 21 November 2014

Invest in youth today to realize demographic dividend: Pacific Launch for 2014 UNFPA State of World Population report

AS the international community prepares for a development agenda to take us further down the path of progress from 2015 to 2030, Tonga hosted the launching of a report on…

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The power of adolescents and youth to transform the future

calendar_today 21 November 2014

The power of adolescents and youth to transform the future

UNFPA Pacific, Nuku'alofa (November 19, 2014) - Never before has there been so many young persons between the ages of 10 and 24 in the world, and with 1.8 billion of…

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Big data: Do we need them?

calendar_today 14 November 2014

Big data: Do we need them?

In October this year (2014), a 37-year-old Brisbane man was the first arrest and conviction of an undercover online operation targeting pedophiles, using an avatar - computer…

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Girls have choices - a feature article

calendar_today 12 November 2014

Girls have choices - a feature article

Girls and women need to know that they have choices and not knowing is very unfair on them, 15-year-old Jai Narayan College fourth former Zara Dean said passionately after…

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A promise for better - Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) Progresses Well

calendar_today 07 November 2014

A promise for better - Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) Progresses Well

FAMILY planning saves lives - a phrase the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is all but too familiar with being one of the core messages in the organisation's…

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