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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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