Today we are celebrating #IYD2025 at the Naitasiri Youth & Sports Festival! Over next 3days, we'll be showcasing the inspiring ways youth are driving change in Pacific. #IYD2025 #PacificYouth #Youth4SDGs #UNFPAPacific

Happy #YouthDay2025! Young people drive local solutions to global challenges. By empowering them in governance & ensuring their rights, we accelerate #SDGs progress & build resilient, inclusive societies. Proud to partner with Ministry of Youth and Sports FIJI to amplify youth voices.

In some of the world’s most climate‑vulnerable places, young people are defending rights & building resilience. With #Australia’s support 🇦🇺, here’s how UNFPA drives gender‑responsive #ClimateAction across the #Pacific ➡️unfpa.org/updates/island…

In Samoa, where fewer than 80 midwives serve 57,000 women of reproductive age — every trained midwife is a lifeline. Meet Juliana Sili, one of 8 grads of the revised midwifery curriculum, now delivering lifesaving care in Apia & beyond. Full story here 👉 bit.ly/4fMeqiY

The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands & UNFPA in the Pacific launched a new initiative with youth to co-create digital tools for family life education. With over half the population under 25, the project will deliver SRHR info for informed choices & healthier futures.

We are excited to announce that @DieneKeita of #Guinea was appointed today by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as Executive Director of UNFPA. We look forward to supporting the new @UNFPAChief towards advancing the #GlobalGoals and ensuring rights and choices for all.

Today Bidisha Pillai held an introductory courtesy meeting with Dr. Paula Vivili, Deputy Director-General Pacific Community, joined by UNFPA in the Pacific technical leads. Discussions focused on SRH, GBV, data and humanitarian response, strengthening partnerships in the Pacific. #UNFPAPacific

As the climate crisis intensifies, women & girls face greater risks from disrupted health services to GBV. UNFPA Pacific met with Fiji’s Ministry of Environment & Climate Change to ensure SRHR & GBV are life-saving priorities in climate action. #UNFPAPacific #ClimateAction

UNFPA congratulates Kiribati 🇰🇮 on its completion of #UPR49 at UN Human Rights Council | #HRC60. UNFPA in the Pacific stands ready to support the roll-out of Family Life Education and the expansion of health services. Bidisha Pillai #HRC60 youtu.be/Krqhr8TFGls?si…

UNFPA Pacific Director, Bidisha Pillai, & UNRC, Dirk Wagener are honored to call on H.E, Prime Minister, Jotham Napat during their visit to Vanuatu. The high-level meeting reaffirmed the commitment of the UN system to Vanuatu's development journey. #UNFPAPacific #Vanuatu

Our Director, Bidisha Pillai, presented her credentials to Hon. Xavier Harry, Acting Foreign Minister of #Vanuatu. During her visit, she met with key partners including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education & Training to strengthen collaboration on SRHR and youth.

Honoured to be officially sworn in as UNFPA Executive Director by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Proud to lead an incredible team working tirelessly to uphold the rights, choices and dignity of women and young people, and ensure every person counts.

👏🏿👏🏽👏 Congratulations to @DieneKeita on being sworn in by António Guterres as United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director. We are excited to have a new UNFPA Executive Director. Together, we will advance rights and choices for all. #GlobalGoals

#DidYouKnow that access to lifesaving SRH services can mean the difference between vulnerability and empowerment? Across the Pacific, over 18,000 women and girls received lifesaving SRH and GBV support through UNFPA programmes. #DayOfTheGirl #UNFPAPacific

UNFPA is bringing together, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺, governments, and partners for the Transformative Agenda Regional Review & Planning Meeting. Aim is to accelerate implementation and drive stronger, more sustainable results for the remaining years of the TA2 programme. Follow us for updates!

“When the situation is right and people have bought in, you can move mountains.” Sally McKay, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺, commends UNFPA in the Pacific partners for advancing SRHR and strengthening systems that put people first at the 2025 Transformative Agenda Phase 2 Regional & Review Planning Meeting.

Opening the Transformative Agenda Phase 2 Review & Planning Meeting, UNFPA in the Pacific's Bidisha Pillai and DFAT’s Emeline Cammack reaffirmed their shared commitment to advancing SRHR across the Pacific —strengthening health systems, and empowering communities. #UNFPAPacific #TA2

UNFPA Pacific & Govt of New Zealand just launched a vital 3-year project to advance Women’s and youth health across Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu. The project will be implemented in partnership with the Ministries of Health in Fiji, Vanuatu, and Tonga.

Read the press release: tinyurl.com/muws5ey8

The #StateOfMidwifery2024 report for #AsiaPacific is LIVE! 📊 Across the region, #midwives are the key to saving millions — but systems are failing them. 📥 Download the full report and support national policy change. unf.pa/4nOcCsK