- 31 August 2021 - 02 September 2021
- UN Web TV
Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS: Second Regular Session 2021
The Executive Board holds its second and last regular session of the year, with the UNFPA segment scheduled for 31 August.
Read story- 23 July 2021 - 23 July 2021
- YouTube
See Us, Hear Us, Count Us In: Voices of the Decade
See Us, Hear Us, Count Us In: #VoicesOfTheDecade, an event co-organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), marks the midterm review of the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2014-2025), which advocates for justice, recognition and development to ensure people of African descent can exercise their full human rights.
Read story- 15 July 2021 - 15 July 2021
- Virtual
United Nations Population Award Ceremony 2021
The Committee for the United Nations Population Award has chosen the recipients of the 2021 United Nations Population Award, which is given to an individual and an institution in recognition of outstanding contributions to the awareness of population issues and their solutions.
- 11 July 2021 - 11 July 2021
- Global
World Population Day 2021
In this second year of COVID-19, we are suspended in an in-between state, where parts of the world are emerging from the deep recesses of the pandemic while others are locked in battle with the coronavirus as access to vaccines remains a distant, deadly reality.
Read story- 08 July 2021 - 08 July 2021
- Youtube Live
Intergenerational Action for Bodily Autonomy: Accelerating Sustainable Development Goal 3
The 2021 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) will discuss ways to ensure a sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19, particularly focusing on how the international community can build an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. As part of the discussions, SDGs 3, 5, 10 and 16, among others, will come into focus.
Read story- 30 June 2021 - 02 July 2021
- Global
Generation Equality Forum
Kicked off by the Government of Mexico in Mexico City in March, the Generation Equality Forum culminates with three days of events co-hosted by the Government of France in Paris, all to advance progress in realizing Sustainable Development Goal 5 by 2030: Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls.
- 08 June 2021 - 10 June 2021
- Global
High-Level Meeting on AIDS
As part of the High-Level Meeting on AIDS, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem will participate at the 8 June side event entitled, “No Prevention, No End: The importance of leadership for HIV prevention – how decisions can turn an epidemic,” co-hosted by UNAIDS, of which UNFPA is a cosponsor, and the Global HIV Prevention Working Group.
Read story- 07 June 2021 - 11 June 2021
- UN Web TV
Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS: Annual session 2021
The Executive Board holds its annual session, with the UNFPA portion on 10 June. Executive director Dr. Natalia Kanem will deliver a statement with an update on the impact of and the agency’s response to COVID-19, now in its second year, as well as a progress report on the implementation of the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan and statistical and financial review.
Read story- 03 June 2021 - 03 June 2021
- Zoom
Nordic Talks
All women have a right to bodily autonomy, the power and agency to make decisions governing their own bodies and futures, yet nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied that right.
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem takes part in the virtual debate “Let’s Talk About Sex: Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” with Flemming Møller Mortensen, Danish Minister for International Development and Nordic Cooperation, and Natasha Wang Mwansa, adolescent sexual and reproductive health rights expert. Katja Iversen will moderate, and two-time world champion poet and UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud will introduce the event, meant to inspire taking action toward gender equality around the world.