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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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Childhood must never be derailed by motherhood - A Pacific launch for the State of World Population report 2013

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…

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Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director on the launch of The State of World Population 2013

calendar_today 31 October 2014

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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…

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Adolescent pregnancy - whose failing is that?

calendar_today 31 October 2014

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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…

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Access - can mean life or death

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…

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