- 01 December 2020 - 01 December 2020
- Virtual Concert
Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice
Read story- 25 November 2020 - 25 November 2020
- Global
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2020
In the last year, nearly one in five women has endured physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner. Violence against women and girls encompasses a host of atrocities, from rape and femicide, to child marriage and female genital mutilation, to human trafficking and slavery, to stalking and cyber harassment. Achieving zero gender-based violence is a core of UNFPA’s three zeros, along with zero unmet need for family planning and zero preventable maternal deaths.
Read story- 12 November 2020 - 12 November 2020
- Global
Nairobi Summit anniversary
A year ago today, 8,300 delegates from 170 countries descended on Nairobi to recommit to the goals set forth at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994. The landmark conference declared reproductive and sexual health as a fundamental human right and affirmed empowering women and girls is the bedrock to a just, safe, and equitable world.
Read story- 03 November 2020 - 03 November 2020
- Youtube Live
What's Next? Women's agency and poverty eradication in Small Island Developing States
Read story- 24 October 2020 - 24 October 2020
- New York
Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
Read story- 14 October 2020 - 14 October 2020
- Youtube Live
What's Next? ICPD Through the Lens of Reproductive Justice
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem was joined by leading figures from the reproductive justice movement and practitioners in the field for a global conversation on why reproductive justice matters today and how it relates to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The discussants will explore how the reproductive justice lens can be used as an organizing framework bridging the whole array of reproductive rights with broader social justice issues.
Read story- 13 October 2020 - 13 October 2020
- Youtube Live
16th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture
The Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture series provides a unique forum for distinguished guest lecturers to discuss important aspects of population and development.
This year’s lecture was delivered by Mark Malloch Brown, former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, on Tuesday, 13 October 2020 at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the topic “Development after COVID-19: Stretched Resources and Strained Communities”.
- 06 October 2020 - 08 October 2020
- Zoom Webinar
Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Access versus Privacy: The Special Case of Population Data
UNFPA, in partnership with the Global Partner for Sustainable Development Data, Statistical Service Ghana and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will co-host a three-day virtual event bringing together technical experts, academics, and the general public to discuss the topic of Access versus Privacy: The Special Case of Population Data.
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