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  • 25 November 2022 - 25 November 2022
  • Global

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2022

The virtual world can feel like a lonely, lawless place, for women and girls in particular. According to a UN report, when women and girls have access to the Internet, they face more online violence than men do. From politicians, journalists and entertainers to girls as young as eight years old, no one is immune from gender-based violence.

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  • 15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
  • Pattaya City, Thailand / YouTube Live

Day of 8 Billion – Celebrated on the Margins of the International Conference on Family Planning

Eight. Flip the numeral (8) on its side, and you have the symbol for infinity (∞). As eight billion, we have the power to shape our common futures. And by protecting individual rights, we can unlock the unlimited potential of people around the world to address the challenges facing their societies and the global problems imperiling us all.

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  • 15 November 2022 - 15 November 2022
  • Global

Day of 8 Billion

On 15 November 2022, we will be a world of 8 billion people. It’s a milestone we can celebrate, and an occasion to reflect: How can we create a world in which all 8 billion of us can thrive? 

This right to bodily autonomy underlies the full range of our human rights, forming a foundation for resilient, inclusive and thriving societies that can meet the challenges of our world. When our bodies and futures are our own, we are #8BillionStrong. 

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  • 14 November 2022 - 17 November 2022
  • Pattaya City, Thailand / YouTube Live

International Conference on Family Planning

The International Conference on Family Planning, held every other year, brings together family planning experts to assess the state of family planning around the world and share best practices. This year’s conference is held in Pattaya City, Thailand.

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  • 10 November 2022 - 10 November 2022
  • Zanzibar, Tanzania / YouTube Live

Launch of the 2022 report by the High-Level Commission on the occasion of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 third anniversary

Join the High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Follow-up and its co-Chairs, H.E. Dr. Jakaya Kikwete and H.E. the Right Honorable  Michaëlle Jean, on the commemoration of the third anniversary of the Nairobi Summit and the launch of the Commission's second report.

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  • 08 November 2022 - 10 November 2022
  • Seoul, Republic of Korea

6th Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing

Today’s world is more demographically heterogeneous than ever before. While populations globally will continue to grow for decades to come, population growth is no longer the overriding reality for all countries. In Europe and East and Southeast Asia, for example, population decline is an increasingly common phenomenon, posing new challenges and opportunities to countries and entire continents. These shifts in population structure are usually characterised by a fall in fertility, rising life expectancy and population ageing, and  the number of countries facing these changes is steadily increasing.

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  • 11 October 2022 - 11 October 2022
  • Global

International Day of the Girl Child 2022

In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170 declaring 11 October 2012 as the inaugural day recognizing the importance of empowering and investing in girls. The purpose of the day, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, was to stand up for and with girls who are more vulnerable to discrimination and violence than boys the moment they first draw breath. Though her potential is equal to a boy’s, that possibility is not always valued or nurtured. Consider that 140 million girls are “missing” because of gender-based sex selection. Or that 1 in 4 girls aged 15 - 19 are not in school, employment or training compared to 1 in 10 boys.

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  • 23 September 2022 - 23 September 2022
  • New York

Claiming bodily autonomy to achieve sexual and reproductive health and rights

On the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNFPA and partners will host a high-level panel event to take stock of most pressing issues surrounding bodily autonomy and sexual and reproductive health and rights since ICPD25 and Beijing 25 at the Generation Equality Forum. During the High Level Political Forum, Member States reviewed status on SDG5 and took stock of progress on targets related to health and reproductive rights, gender-based violence and harmful practices, and losses resulting from  the COVID19 pandemic. The conclusion was that much more investment and action is needed to accelerate progress towards improving gender equality, bodily autonomy and SRHR, and building resilience and resistance in the face of global pushback on women’s rights.

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  • 21 September 2022 - 21 September 2022
  • New York

18th 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.

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