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11 July 2016 - 11 July 2016
UNFPA
World Population Day
In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that 11 July be observed by the international community as World Population Day, a day to focus attention on the urgency and importance of
Details23 May 2016 - 23 May 2016
UNFPA
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Ending fistula within a generation
Obstetric fistula is almost exclusively a condition of the poorest, most vulnerable and most marginalized women and girls. It afflicts those who lack access to the timely, high-quality, and life-saving maternal health care that they so desperately need and deserve, and that is their basic human right.
8 March 2016 - 8 March 2016
worldwide
International Women's Day 2016
The 2016 theme for International Women's Day is "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality". The United Nations observance on 8 March will reflect on how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals. It will equally focus on new commitments under UN Women's Step It Up initiative, and other existing commitments on gender equality, women's empowerment and women's human rights.
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