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Les mille feux de la mégapole Mumbai, sur la côte ouest de l’Inde. 🇮🇳Les villes ont un aspect forcément tentaculaire depuis l’espace, mais leur développement parfois à vitesse grand V n’a rien d’une fatalité, même à l’heure du changement climatique. Les experts de la @UNFAO (oui, j’apprends beaucoup à leurs côtés à travers ma fonction d’ambassadeur :)) ont lancé l’an dernier l’initiative Villes vertes. Il s’agit d’accompagner les zones urbaines dans leur adaptation au changement climatique et faire en sorte qu’elles ne constituent pas des ogres de consommation énergétique. La solution passe sans surprise par la nature, à condition de suivre la bonne stratégie. 🌴 🌳🌴 🌳 Régulation de la température, filtrage de la pollution, absorption de CO2, augmentation de la biodiversité, apport de nourriture… En plantant les bons arbres aux bons endroits d’une ville, en prenant en compte les spécificités de la région du monde autant que celles du quartier en question, et bien sûr avec l’implication des communautés locales, on multiplie les bénéfices. 💪 #JournéeMondialeDeLaPopulation www.fao.org/green-cities-initiative/fr/

Cities at night: Mumbai (with the X in the middle). Cities seen from space are either grey at day or lit up at night. 55% of the world's population now live in urban areas, but there is no reason why they could not be green! Trees, plants and agriculture can co-exist in cities, on rooftops or in the streets. Often I focus my lens on nature because it is more striking, but cities should not break with the surrounding countryside. The @FAO launched the #GreenCities initiative to encourage large cities to become more sustainable and resilient, and better places to live. It’s all about turning the problem around and making it part of the solution. #WorldPopulationDay LINK

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Beyrouth, une des plus vieilles villes du monde 😮 🇱🇧 Les villes ont un aspect forcément tentaculaire depuis l’espace, mais leur développement parfois à vitesse grand V n’a rien d’une fatalité, même à l’heure du changement climatique. Les experts de la @UNFAO (oui, j’apprends beaucoup à leurs côtés à travers ma fonction d’ambassadeur :)) ont lancé l’an dernier l’initiative Villes vertes. Il s’agit d’accompagner les zones urbaines dans leur adaptation au changement climatique et faire en sorte qu’elles ne constituent pas des ogres de consommation énergétique. La solution passe sans surprise par la nature, à condition de suivre la bonne stratégie. 🌴 🌳🌴 🌳 Régulation de la température, filtrage de la pollution, absorption de CO2, augmentation de la biodiversité, apport de nourriture… En plantant les bons arbres aux bons endroits d’une ville, en prenant en compte les spécificités de la région du monde autant que celles du quartier en question, et bien sûr avec l’implication des communautés locales, on multiplie les bénéfices. 💪 #JournéeMondialeDeLaPopulation www.fao.org/green-cities-initiative/fr/

You can tell there’s steep terrain right off the coast, as the light takes sinuous roads up the mountains and hills close to Beirut. As always, life gathers close to coasts ad rivers. Cities seen from space are either grey at day or lit up at night. 55% of the world's population now live in urban areas, but there is no reason why they could not be green! Trees, plants and agriculture can co-exist in cities, on rooftops or in the streets. Often I focus my lens on nature because it is more striking, but cities should not break with the surrounding countryside. The @FAO launched the #GreenCities initiative to encourage large cities to become more sustainable and resilient, and better places to live. It’s all about turning the problem around and making it part of the solution. #WorldPopulationDay LINK

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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Today (11th July) is World Population Day.

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1999 approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people. ~~Wikipedia

We are more than 7 billion. We need to slow down!

LONDON — In five days, world population is projected to reach 7 billion. How we respond now will determine whether we have a healthy, sustainable and prosperous future or one that is marked by inequalities, environmental decline and economic setbacks, according to The State of World Population 2011 report, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

"With planning and the right investments in people now—to empower them to make choices that are not only good for themselves, but also for our global commons—our world of 7 billion can have thriving sustainable cities, productive labour forces that fuel economies, and youth populations that contribute to the well-being of their societies," says UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin in the foreword of the report, entitled People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion.

Our record population size can be viewed in many ways as a success for humanity because it means that people are living longer and more of our children are surviving worldwide, the report shows. But not everyone has benefited from this achievement or the higher quality of life that this implies. Great disparities exist among and within countries. Disparities in rights and opportunities also exist between men and women, girls and boys. Charting a path now to development that promotes equality, rather than exacerbates or reinforces inequalities, is more important than ever.

The 7 billion milestone "is a challenge, an opportunity and a call to action," said Dr. Osotimehin at the report's launch in London. The report is also being launched in more than 100 other cities worldwide.

Of the world's 7 billion, 1.8 billion are young people between the ages of 10 and 24, Dr. Osotimehin noted. "Young people hold the key to the future, with the potential to transform the global political landscape and to propel economies through their creativity and capacities for innovation. But the opportunity to realize youth's great potential must be seized now," Dr. Osotimehin said. "We should be investing in the health and education of our youth. This would yield enormous returns in economic growth and development for generations to come."

"Today's milestone is a reminder that we must act now," said Dr. Osotimehin, adding that the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development and its call to enable individuals have the power to make their own reproductive decisions remain the best guides for the future.

"With the 2014 anniversary of the ICPD rapidly approaching, the data indeed show that the road to equitable economic and social development runs straight through the centre of our mandate at UNFPA," Dr. Osotimehin said. "But our work is far from done. Consider that there are 215 million women of childbearing age in developing countries who lack access to voluntary family planning. There are millions of adolescent girls and boys in the developing world who have too little access to sexuality education and information about how to prevent pregnancies or protect themselves from HIV. In pockets of the world where women's status is low, infant and child survival are also low. And we must tear down economic, legal and social barriers, to put women and men and boys and girls on an equal footing in all spheres of life."

The State of World Population 2011 is mainly a report from the field, where demographers, policymakers, governments, civil society and individuals are grappling with population trends ranging from ageing to rapidly rising numbers of young people, from high population growth rates to shrinking populations, and from high rates of urbanization to rising international migration. The countries featured in this report are China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, India, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

"Be counted. Say what you need" it is the motto of World Population Day 2010 that is celebrated on July 11th and sponsored by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. The Census 2010, whose motto is "Everyone counts. We count on everyone" is the response of Cape Verde to these universal challenges.

For Antonio Duarte, President of the National Statistics Institute, INE, "it is a happy coincidence" because the IV Census of Population and Housing has been in preparation since 2008.

As recommended by the UNFPA for World Population Day this year, it is essential that Census 2010 emphasizes the importance of reliable, accurate and complete demographic data, which is crucial to decision-making and to reinforce the citizenship. At the same time, it will allow "monitoring the development, evaluate and realign the strategies and plans, and also support the mobilization of resources."

The information goes to the level of the smaller geographic localities and zones, and focus on the characteristics of employment, education, sanitation, living conditions, population growth, mobility of people between islands and counties, age structures, levels of poverty, urbanization, and spatial distribution of population.

According to the President of the INE, it is a photograph of the country performed at 12:00 am from June 15th to 16th, and meets the goal of the United Nations, the various Governments, and in particular of Cape Verde, in the search of how many we are, where we are and what we do, in order to know how many people will be in the future, and what will be necessary to ensure a dignified life for all.

This way, we need to count: in order to plan the necessary food and water for consumption and the food security, the classrooms and teachers who will prepare the new generations, the necessary houses to live in safe housing, the waste we produce, and the needs in terms of sanitation.

By just counting we will know the real country, the human resources available and needed, the jobs to create for our young people, and the children who are born to prepare the best future for all of them.

Meeting the Millennium Development Goals

Ten years after the approval of the eight Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Cape Verde has proven its ability to meet the challenges proposed for 2015, and the Census will allow the country to obtain direct data of 11 out of 48 indicators set by the MDGs, particularly literacy, schooling, gender equality on education, access to drinking water and housing, and unemployment.

According to the recommendations of the United Nations, the Census 2010 introduces some variables on the living conditions of individuals and improves the data on education and economic activity. One of the first answers it should give is that the population of Cape Verde, estimated around 500,000 inhabitants will decrease due to a clear reduction of the fertility rate (three children per woman in 2005).

Indeed, improving maternal and child health, continues to be a goal for the country as the maternal mortality rate has decreased since the 90's. Ranging between 30 per 100,000 in 2003, 36.9 per 100,000 in 2004, and 15.8 per 100,000 in 2008.

This is Goal 5 of the Millennium Development Goals already achieved by Cape Verde, which aims to reduce the maternal mortality rate to 17.3 per 100,000 by 2015 and improve the number of births attended by skilled health professionals. In our case, approximately 97.5% of women who have children are receiving prenatal services.

No ano em que a população mundial se aproxima dos 7 mil milhões de pessoas, o Fundo das Nações Unidas para População - UNFPA, celebra o Dia Mundial da População com mobilização global por um mundo melhor

Nações Unidas, Praia, 11 de Julho de 20111 - No dia em que se comemora o Dia Mundial da População, o Fundo das Nações Unidas para População UNFPA, lança uma iniciativa mundial que visa destacar os desafios, as oportunidades e as acções que conformarão o nosso futuro comum. A campanha pretende ainda promover o dialogo sobre o que significa viver num mundo com tantos habitantes ao mesmo tempo que encorajará a agir sobre os problemas que nos afectam a todos.

Denominada "7 mil milhões de Acções", a iniciativa pretende valorizar o papel de cada pessoa e instituição na construção de um mundo melhor, compilando e compartilhando estórias e acções individuais ou colectivas que visam responder aos grandes desafios actuais, como a redução da pobreza, o papel dos jovens da construção do futuro, o desafio do envelhecimento, a igualdade entre homens e mulheres e a saúde do planeta, entre outros. A campanha 7 mil milhões de Acções será centrada nos mídias sociais, utilizando as plataformas de interconectividade disponíveis (Internet, telemóveis) , além de acções presenciais em todos os países. A página web da campanha está disponível inicialmente em inglês (http://www.7billionactions.org), mas deverá incorporar outras línguas ao longo do ano. Vários parceiros globais estão apoiando a iniciativa, como Facebook, IBM, SAP, National Geographic e Wikimedia, entre outros.

Para o UNFPA, esta campanha assume uma importância crucial, pois apesar da desigualdade, pobreza e aumento da pressão sobre os recursos naturais representarem importantes desafios, o mundo está mais interligado do que nunca, criando enormes possibilidades. " Hoje temos a capacidade sem precedentes de partilhar informações e ideias, e de envolver as comunidades em todo o mundo para resolver problemas comuns" considerou a Representante do UNFPA em Cabo Verde, Petra Lantz, que falava durante o acto central das comemorações da efeméride, que decorreu esta manha na Assembleia Nacional.

Petra Lantz considerou por isso que a redução das desigualdades e a melhoria dos padrões de vida para as pessoas hoje - assim como para as gerações vindouras - exigirá novas formas de pensar e de cooperação global sem precedentes, enfatiza o Director Executivo do UNFPA. Juntos, podemos forjar o futuro com jovens, consolidar os direitos das meninas e mulheres, e salvaguardar os recursos naturais, dos quais todos dependemos. Por seu lado, o presidente do Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), António Duarte, caracteriza a população cabo-verdiana, neste momento, como uma população extremamente jovem com uma idade média de 26.8. Cerca de 54 por cento da população tem menos de 25 anos e a maior parte vive no meio urbano (cerca de 62 por cento).

O tamanho médio das famílias cabo-verdianas é de 4.2 filhos por mulher, constatando-se, também, que há um aumento considerável de esperança de vida à nascença, que actualmente se situa em 74 anos. Em Cabo Verde, o nível da fecundidade tem vindo a diminuir, de acordo com os últimos dados do INE, graças a investimentos que têm sido feitos ao nível da educação, saúde e formação profissional", refere Antonio Duarte.

De acordo com os dados oficiais nacionais, a população de Cabo Verde cresceu de 201.549 em 1960, altura da realização do primeiro recenseamento da população, para 492.575 em 2010, ou seja, mais do dobro, em 50 anos. O UNFPA, para além de ter vindo a apoiar o Governo de Cabo Verde através do Instituto Nacional de Estatística na colecta e tratamento de dados estatísticos, nomeadamente na elaboração do Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação de 2010 . Para alem tem vindo ainda a desenvolver acções relativas à definição de políticas e estratégias da saúde que contemplam a questão da Saúde Reprodutiva e Prevenção de Transmissão Vertical do VIH/SIDA entre outros. O UNFPA apoiou ainda a revisão das "Perspectivas Demográficas no Horizonte 2020", onde as questões referentes à antecipação do Nº da população total, as hipóteses de projecção quanto à fecundidade , à mortalidade etc... , são tratadas tendo em vista uma melhor planificação do desenvolvimento.

O Dia Mundial da População é assinalado a 11 de Julho com o objectivo de provocar uma reflexão sobre questões ligadas à população. Este ano, celebra-se o 22º Dia Mundial da População sob o lema "Um mundo de sete mil milhões. Contemos uns com os outros", tendo em conta que a população mundial deverá chegar a sete mil milhões de pessoas em 31 de Outubro de 2011, de acordo com a projecção oficial das Nações Unidas.

Na sua mensagem alusiva ao Dia Mundial da População, o Secretário Geral das Nações Unidas, considerou o facto da população mundial alcançar os 7 mil milhões constitui um marco numérico, mas a nossa atenção deverá estar sempre centrada nas pessoas. Ban Ki-moon diz-se satisfeito com UNFPA, que deu um sentido a esta cifra ao iniciar a sua campanha 7 mil milhões de acções para contribuir para um mundo melhor.

Por seu lado, o Director Executivo do Funda das Nações Unidas para a População (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin, salienta que "um mundo de sete mil milhões é tanto um desafio quanto uma oportunidade". Por isso, defende que é preciso "investir os recursos necessários para permitir que homens e mulheres tenham meios para exercer o seu direito humano de determinar o número e o espaço dos seus filhos".

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...

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...

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...

Counting everyone is an integral part of ensuring that we take everyone into account. Good demographic data is critical for planning schools, health systems and public transportation, for designing policies based on future population projections, for monitoring the effectiveness of service delivery and much more.

This year World Population Day highlights the importance of data for development. The focus is on the 2010 round of the population and housing census, data analysis for development and UNFPA’s lead role in population and development.

Reliable data makes a difference, and the key is to collect, analyze and disseminate data in a way that drives good decision making. The numbers that emerge from data collection can illuminate important trends. What striking situation does research reveal in your country? What do the numbers tell you about progress toward meeting the MDGs? Are certain groups getting left behind?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

World Population Day 11th July. This year theme is teen pregnancy UN UNICEF UNFPA

Homeless people sleeping on road side/footpath

Kodak ProFotoXL 100 print film

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

World population day event in Azerbaijan. Outside of United Nations House in Baku. (Photo Credit: UNO Baku, 11 July 2011).

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...

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...

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...

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...

World Population Day event in Azerbaijan. The speakers at World Population Day event. (Photo Credit: UNO Baku, 11 July 2011).

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

World population day event in Azerbaijan. Participants at the World Population Day event. (Photo Credit: UNO Baku, 11 July 2011).

World population day event in Azerbaijan. DPI Representative at World Population Day event. (Photo Credit: UNO Baku, 11 July 2011).

World population day event in Azerbaijan. Participants at the Wold Population Day event. (Photo Credit: UNO Baku, 11 July 2011).

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...

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...