- 28 May 2024 - 28 May 2024
- Global
Menstrual Hygiene Day
Menstrual health is a human rights issue, not just a health one.
Everyone has a right to bodily autonomy. The ability to care for one’s body while menstruating is an essential part of this fundamental freedom. Yet hundreds of millions of people lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities for menstrual health.
- 23 May 2024 - 23 May 2024
- Global
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
It is one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries. And it is preventable.
Obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum or both, caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without access to timely, quality medical treatment. It often leads to chronic health problems, depression, social isolation and deepening poverty. Ninety per cent of fistula cases result in stillbirths.
- 17 May 2024 - 17 May 2024
- Global
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
The world is seeing hard-won progress in protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people – but there is still a long road ahead.
Read story- 15 May 2024 - 16 May 2024
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development
Thirty years have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to put individual rights and dignity at the heart of sustainable development. At a time of anxiety about a rapidly growing global population, the conference’s Programme of Action transformed global thinking on population issues and set the standard for people-centered development.
Read story- 05 May 2024 - 05 May 2024
- Global
International Day of the Midwife
Midwives are the heroes of millions of stories. As providers of culturally sensitive health care, leaders in their communities and emergency responders in times of crisis, they are courageous and indispensable.
Read story- 29 April 2024 - 03 May 2024
- UN Web TV
Commission on Population and Development, fifty-seventh session
Thirty years have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to take concrete action to put human rights – including sexual and reproductive health and rights – at the heart of sustainable development. This year, the anniversary takes centre stage at the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on Population and Development.
Read story- 10 April 2024 - 12 April 2024
- Oslo, Norway
Eighth International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action
Three decades have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to take concrete action to put sexual and reproductive health and rights at the heart of development. This year, parliamentarians from across the globe will gather at a key conference to mark the anniversary.
Read story- 07 April 2024 - 07 April 2024
- Global
World Health Day
Across the planet, the right to health for millions of people is increasingly under threat. Conflicts, climate crises and the spread of disease are causing tremendous pain, hunger, psychological distress and death.
Read story- 04 April 2024 - 05 April 2024
- Cotonou, Benin
ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue
Thirty years have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to take concrete action to put sexual and reproductive health and rights at the core of sustainable development. The anniversary provides an important opportunity to celebrate young people as changemakers and partners in development, as well as custodians of the conference’s Programme of Action – which affirmed that sustainable development is not possible without prioritizing human rights, empowering women and girls, and addressing the needs and aspirations of individuals to realize their rights and choices.
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