State of the World Population 2019 calls to continue pursuit of rights and choices for all

7/5/2019

SWOP 2019 Launch Brussels

UNFPA launched the State of the World Population 2019 in Brussels, May 7th, entitled ‘Unfinished Business. The pursuit of rights and choices for all’. Marking the 25th anniversary of the ICPD Programme of Action (PoA) as well as the 50th birthday of UNFPA itself, the report highlights the progress made, and the challenges ahead.

Belgium’s Directorate General for Development (DGD) Deputy Director Guy Rayée opened the launch, reminding everyone about the milestone the Cairo Programme of Action was. Tremendous progress has been made since, particular for women and their access to family planning.

Millions of people have more children than they want

13/11/2018

SWOP 2018. Copyright: UNFPA

The power to choose. That is the central theme of the 2018 State of the World Population (SWOP), the annual report of the UN fund on population, UNFPA, which was presented in the Belgian parliament on Nov 8th.

Individuals and couples need to be able to choose if, when and how many children they want. It sounds simple but it’s not. Reproductive rights are violated when health services are not able to provide essential care and means, such as contraceptives, or when women and young people have no access to information about relationships and sexuality. In these cases it is hard to prevent unplanned pregnancies.

Worlds Apart – Launch of the State of the World Population 2017

20/11/2017

Our world is increasingly unequal, with sharp differences in terms of wealth, power, rights and opportunities. That is the focus of this year’s UNFPA report The State of World Population 2017 – WORLDS APART: reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality. On 25 October, Nadine Krysostan from the UNFPA Brussels Office, presented the report in the Belgian parliament.

Girls' future central to the SDGs: UNFPA's State of the World Population focus on the 10 year old

20/10/2016

Girls are the key to success of the 2030 Development Agenda and forced marriage, child labour, female genital cutting and other practices undermine their health and rights. That is the main message of the 2016 State of the World Population of the UNFPA.

State of the World Population 2019 calls to continue pursuit of rights and choices for all

Millions of people have more children than they want

Worlds Apart – Launch of the State of the World Population 2017

Girls' future central to the SDGs: UNFPA's State of the World Population focus on the 10 year old

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