calendar_today 04 November 2014

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…

calendar_today 31 October 2014

Statement

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…

calendar_today 31 October 2014

News

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…

calendar_today 30 October 2014

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…

calendar_today 29 October 2014

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,…

calendar_today 27 October 2014

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…

calendar_today 15 October 2014

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,…

calendar_today 13 October 2014

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…

calendar_today 11 October 2014

Statement

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…