PARAGUAY: Gender Issue is Social Category
Multiple media outlets reported on 17 November that the Public Health Minister and the Minister of Women and Minister for Children and Adolescents debated public policy and the inclusion of gender perspective. It was during the 4th Population Paraguayan Congress, supported by UNFPA. Read in Spanish: Radio Ñanduti, Diario ABC Color, Noticias Policiales Py
FIJI: Promote the Idea of Family Planning
The Fiji Times on 17 November reported the United Nations Population Fund Pacific Sub-Regional Office Assistant Representative Virisila Raitamata was encouraging a return to the original idea of planning for life and family, considering the impact of how contraceptives were being marketed now. Mrs Raitamata said UNFPA in the Pacific was seeking alliances with stakeholders that promoted skills building for resourceful livelihoods including parliamentarians, NGOs, traditional chiefs and leaders, faith-based organisations, community groups and other sector programs. Read in English: Fiji Times