- 29 March 2021 - 29 March 2021
- Zoom, Facebook Live
The Power to Say Yes, the Right to Say No
The LSE Global Health Initiative hosts this public event with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, who will discuss how sexual and reproductive health and rights and bodily autonomy are foundational to equality, prosperity, peace and sustainable development. Dr. Rishita Nandagiri, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Methodology, London School of Economics and Political Science, will chair the online session.
- 25 March 2021 - 25 March 2021
- UN Web TV
Still We Rise – Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: a global imperative for justice
Join the global youth, the Honourable Jean Augustine, Melissa Noel, hip-hop artist Webster, musicians Peter Gabriel and Angelique Kidjo, the UN Deputy Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, UNESCO Deputy Director-General and UNFPA Executive Director and the permanent observers of the African Union and CARICOM, in an online cultural event to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Read story- 25 March 2021 - 25 March 2021
- Global
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2021
First observed in 2008 after a December 2007 resolution, the day honours and remembers the more than 15 million men, women and children who were brutalized under a slavery system that endured for more than 400 years. The legacy of the inhumane forced migration – 96 per cent of captives arrived in South America and the Caribbean islands – is the large population of people of African descent in the Americas.
- 21 March 2021 - 21 March 2021
- Global
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2021
Read story- 12 March 2021 - 12 March 2021
- Youtube Live
High-Level Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Scaling up Action to End Son Preference and Gender Biased Sex Selection
Join us for high-level dialogue uniting high level commitments to end son preference and the undervaluing of the girl, towards the full realization of Gender Equality in 2030.
Read story- 08 March 2021 - 08 March 2021
- Global
International Women’s Day 2021
In 1975, the United Nations began observing International Women’s Day – an occasion to celebrate women’s achievement – and in 1977, officially recognized it in a resolution calling for United Nations Day for Women and International Peace.
Read story- 01 February 2021 - 04 February 2021
- UN Web TV
Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS: First regular session 2021
The Executive Board holds its first regular session of the new year. The UNFPA segment will be held on 3 February.
- 14 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
- Youtube Live
Global Launch of the UNFPA Supplies Partnership
UNFPA Supplies enters its third phase from 2021 to 2030 as the UNFPA Supplies Partnership, paving the way for a new decade of commitment to advancing family planning and maternal health and accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Join us on Monday, 14 December 2020 at 11:00 EST / 16:00 GMT for a virtual conversation featuring voices from across the Partnership, highlighting the sharpened strategic approach of the programme.
- 10 December 2020 - 10 December 2020
- Youtube Live
Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice
It may be the United Nations’ seventy-fifth anniversary this year, but here’s a gift for you: a music event with more than 200 artists from all over the world, no ticket required, on Human Rights Day.
With a special release on Youtube on the Playing for Change channel on Thursday, December 10th at 12 pm PST / 3 pm EST, Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice will feature artists and public figures like Aloe Blacc, Angélique Kidjo, Becky G, Brandi Carlile with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana, Gabi Melim, Gary Clark Jr., Jack Johnson, Mavis Staples, Peter Gabriel, Rhiannon Giddens, Ringo Starr, Robbie Robertson, Run The Jewels with Josh Homme, Sheila E., Skip and Cedella Marley, The War and Treaty, Yo-Yo Ma and more.