- 11 July 2023 - 11 July 2023
- Global
World Population Day
What women and girls want matters. They make up 49.7 per cent of the global population, yet women and girls are often ignored in discussions on demographics, with their rights violated in population policies. The result is a world that excludes and marginalizes half the population of the planet – a problem that will prevent all of us from experiencing a more prosperous, peaceful and sustainable future.
Read story- 19 June 2023 - 19 June 2023
- Global
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
As armed conflicts rage around the world, so does the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
“Conflict is on the rise. We see the images everywhere. Online and in the news. Sometimes even in our own communities. Soldiers with guns run in front of shattered buildings, along streets strewn with debris and the remains of human lives,” UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem says. “Rarely seen, however, is one of the most horrific forms of violence in conflict – that perpetrated on the bodies of women and girls.”
- 18 June 2023 - 18 June 2023
- Global
International Day for Countering Hate Speech
Hate speech is in full attack mode, amplified by new technologies that spread divisive rhetoric across the globe. We all have seen the harm it does, sparking violence, exclusion, discrimination, inequality.
Read story- 05 June 2023 - 09 June 2023
- New York
Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS: Annual session 2023
“This is no time to step back,” UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem said last year at the annual session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS, describing how conflict, climate crises and COVID-19 had hindered progress for women and girls. “Instead, it’s a time to forge ahead.”
Read story- 28 May 2023 - 28 May 2023
- Global
Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023
Menstrual health is a human rights issue – not just a health one. Each of us has a right to bodily autonomy. The ability to care for your body while menstruating is an essential part of this fundamental freedom. Yet an estimated 500 million people lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities for menstrual health.
Read story- 23 May 2023 - 23 May 2023
- Global
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2023
It is one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries. And it is almost entirely preventable.
Read story- 17 May 2023 - 17 May 2023
- Global
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2023
Hard-won advances for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities are increasingly under threat. Discriminatory laws, norms and practices are denying LGBTQIA+ people their autonomy, their access to health care, their reproductive rights and choices.
Read story- 07 May 2023 - 11 May 2023
- Cape Town, South Africa
Fifth Global Midwifery Symposium
The fifth Global Midwifery Symposium will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, drawing attention to the essential role midwives play in ensuring healthy pregnancies and safe births as well as in ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths and disabilities.
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