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07 September 2014
Untapped resource - An Opinion-Editorial on World Population Day
FOR the most part, our families and villages will embrace a child even if it is born out of wedlock to an adolescent mother, something frowned upon in most conservative…
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07 September 2014
Connecting through the Moana - an Opinion-Editorial
A FRIEND of mine posted a picture this past weekend of the artwork by her five-year-old son who'd just been taught the formation of waves and was asked to draw his…
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04 September 2014
Investing in youth, imperative for sustainable development
The 3rd International Conference on Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) in Samoa ends today with final statements by heads of member states and United Nations agency…
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03 September 2014
Youth require investment for realization of full potential - UNFPA
Apia, Samoa (September 3) - The sustainability of social and economic development benefits, in whatever sector they may be, will be highly dependent on how much investment is…
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28 August 2014
Women, key to a food-secure world: UNFPA
By mid last year (2013), the world was home to an estimated 7.2 billion people; human beings will increase by a projected one billion in the next 12 years and one of the most…
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19 August 2014
UNFPA Pays Tribute to Humanitarian Workers
As we celebrate World Humanitarian Day, I salute those who respond to crises and work tirelessly to save people in times of deep distress and danger. Today's theme, "…
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18 August 2014
Moana Declaration returns people to the heart of development agenda
August 18, 2013, Suva (UNFPA) - Pacific senior policy makers and parliamentarians representing Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia have ended the Pacific Conference of…
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15 August 2014
In Fiji, UNFPA Chief Stresses Women's Empowerment, Girls Education
SUVA, Fiji - If alarming rates of violence against women are to be effectively addressed, the status of women needs to be elevated. UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde…
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12 August 2014
Pacific senior policy-makers converge in Suva to discuss ICPD beyond-2014
In 1994, 179 world leaders, including many from the Pacific island, endorsed and signed a 20-year development plan, encapsulated in a Programme of Action (PoA), at the…
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