Wilson Center - ECSP
07102014-ECSP-WorldPopDay
This year’s World Population Day focuses on youth engagement and the future of the global development agenda as the Millennium Development Goals expire next year. Young people are the key to building a sustainable future because the choices they make now will reverberate for decades to come. Providing appropriate sexual and reproductive health services and investing in education – especially for girls – can strengthen communities and help achieve a range of development goals.
This panel featured Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of UNFPA, who discussed the central role of adolescents and youth in the post-2015 agenda, including educational opportunities and sexual and reproductive health services for girls. Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez discussed USAID’s work and activities around unlocking the potential of young populations through the demographic dividend. And Suzanne Ehlers of Population Action International and FP2020’s Rights and Empowerment Working Group focused on adolescent rights 20 years after the International Conference on Population and Development.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/world-population-day-2014-yout...
07102014-ECSP-WorldPopDay
This year’s World Population Day focuses on youth engagement and the future of the global development agenda as the Millennium Development Goals expire next year. Young people are the key to building a sustainable future because the choices they make now will reverberate for decades to come. Providing appropriate sexual and reproductive health services and investing in education – especially for girls – can strengthen communities and help achieve a range of development goals.
This panel featured Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of UNFPA, who discussed the central role of adolescents and youth in the post-2015 agenda, including educational opportunities and sexual and reproductive health services for girls. Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez discussed USAID’s work and activities around unlocking the potential of young populations through the demographic dividend. And Suzanne Ehlers of Population Action International and FP2020’s Rights and Empowerment Working Group focused on adolescent rights 20 years after the International Conference on Population and Development.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/world-population-day-2014-yout...