Go Back
Go Back
Go Back
Go Back
-
Ending unmet need for family planning
Ending maternal mortality
Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices
Responding to population matters
Ensuring rights and choices for all
News & Stories
News & Stories
Story
Nine Years. What We Built. What We Risk Losing.
25 August 2026
A photo essay marking nine years of the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh - Nine years ago, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people arrived in…
Read story
News
The six lifelines women and girls in crisis cannot afford to lose
18 August 2026
On World Humanitarian Day, we honour the frontline workers, volunteers and partners who keep these lifelines open. Behind every clinic that reaches an isolated community, every…
Read story
News
Opinion-Editorial: When funding falls short, women and girls pay first
18 August 2026
On World Humanitarian Day, honouring those on the front lines- the midwife crossing flooded roads, the counsellor holding a survivor’s trust must be backed by tangible action…
Read story
Story
Here are 7 ways young people are leading change across Asia and the Pacific
11 August 2026
Different Contexts, Common Aspirations: From demanding safer spaces to challenging harmful norms, young people are turning their hopes for the future into action.
Read story
News
No woman should wait decades for treatment: Reaching survivors of obstetric fistula in Afghanistan
31 July 2026
At Malalai Hospital in Kabul, I met women who had travelled long and difficult roads from Afghanistan’s most remote communities to receive free treatment of obstetric fistula — a…
Read story
News
Seven myths about why young people in Asia-Pacific aren’t having the families they want
10 July 2026
Why are birth rates falling? The public narrative is often familiar: young people no longer want children, marriage has lost its appeal, and today’s generation is simply making…
Read story
News
The future of Asia and the Pacific depends on whether young people have reason to hope
09 July 2026
Across Asia and the Pacific, demographic change is becoming one of the defining policy challenges of our time. But the future of the region will not be determined simply by…
Read story
News
Ageing is not the crisis. Being unprepared is.
30 June 2026
Population ageing is often framed as a looming crisis, usually in the language of burden: too many older people, too few workers, rising costs and slower growth. But ageing itself…
Read story
Story
Five ways to support midwives in Asia and the Pacific
30 June 2026
Midwives need our support more than ever. Across the world, they are working under immense pressure, often in conditions that actively work against them. Many are burnt out and…
Read story