- 01 December 2022 - 01 December 2022
- Global
World AIDS Day 2022
This year, World AIDS Day is guided by one salient message: “Equalize”.
Read story- 25 November 2022 - 10 December 2022
- Global
UNFPA 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence: GBV Disruptor Conversations 2022
UNFPA is committed to disrupting and ending all forms of violence against women and girls and other harmful practices by 2030. The 16 Days of Activism campaign provides an important platform each year to focus the world’s attention on our common goal of ending violence against women and girls. We extend an invitation to all to join us in this effort.
Read story- 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.
Read story- 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.
- 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.
Read story- 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.
Read story- 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.
Read story- 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.
Read story- 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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