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Using data to better address violence against women
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 10:39 am | United Nations Population Fund
Bangkok - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia-Pacific Regional Office and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are launching a program that will help countries in the region to measure violence against women. More >>
UNFPA Chief Stresses Women’s Empowerment, Girl’s Education
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 12:49 pm | United Nations Population Fund
Suva, Fiji (May 6, 2013) – If alarming rates of violence against women is to be effectively addressed, the status of women in our societies and its critical relevance to how our families, communities and economies proper, needs to be recognised. More >>
UNFPA boosts decentralized obstetric care in Fiji
Friday, 5 April 2013, 5:24 pm | United Nations Population Fund
The provision of effective care for women in need of maternal health services was boosted this week with the handing over of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) equipment on Thursday to the Ministry of Health (MOH) from the United Nations Population Fund ... More >>
Fiji Launches First Ageing Policy In The Pacific Sub-Region
Friday, 23 December 2011, 1:08 pm | United Nations Population Fund
With the global population trend indicating that 17 per cent of the population of Fiji will be 60 years and over by 2050, policies on population-related issues like ageing is becoming increasingly important. Launching Fiji’s national ageing policy ... More >>
Parliamentarians Dialogue On Family Planning
Friday, 9 December 2011, 1:38 pm | United Nations Population Fund
Port Vila, Vanuatu - UNWANTED pregnancies among high school students and the need to upgrade health facilities in Vanuatu were just two of the many population-related issues which dominated discussions at a two-day Parliamentary retreat in Port Vila ... More >>
Challenges, Opportunities and Action in a World of 7 Billion
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 12:11 pm | United Nations Population Fund
The world’s population now stands at 7 Billion, as of October 31. Of this 7 Billion, 10 million are from 22 Pacific island countries and territories. Globally, population has doubled since 1968 and grown by almost 40 per cent since reaching 5 billion in ... More >>