augustus 2003

A former Dutch MP, Ans Zwerver, recently visited Wellington to offer New Zealand MPs and others insight into why the Netherlands has the lowest teenage pregnancy rate in the world and meet its international aid obligations.

For every 1000 women aged 15 to 19 in the Netherlands, there are four births. This compares with 25 in New Zealand.

Dutch Green Party MP and former Senator Ans Zwerver arrives in Wellington on Tuesday 12 August. Invited by FPA’s International Development unit, she will meet with the New Zealand Parliamentarians’ Group on Population and Development to discuss how domestic policy can successfully reduce teen pregnancy rates, and how these policies mirror the Netherlands’ commitment to international development.