World Population Day

The United Nations' (UN) World Population Day is annually observed on July 11 to reaffirm the human right to plan for a family. It encourages activities, events and information to help make this right a reality throughout the world. The theme for 2017 is Family Planning: Empowering People & Developing Nations. This year's celebrations coincide with the Family Planning Summit, the second meeting of the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative.

WPD

World Population Day (WPD) is an annual event, celebrated all around the world 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 on July 11, 1987-approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people. WPD aims to increase people's awareness on various issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights.

Analysis

Why is world population celebrated?

• It is celebrated to protect and empower youths of the nation. To offer them detailed knowledge about the sexuality and child marriage.
• Educate the youngsters to avoid unwanted pregnancies by using reasonable and friendly measures.
• Educate people to remove the gender stereotypes from society.
• Teach them about the pregnancy related illnesses to raise public awareness & the consequences of early childbirth.
• Educate them about HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) & STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
• Demand for some effective laws and policies implementation in order to protect girl child rights.
• An easy access of reproductive health services as part the basic primary health.

Assessment

Our assessment is that, almost half of the population of the world lives in rural areas and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence. This is further compounded by the fact that approximately 1% of the rich control 99% of the world resources. For us this is not sustainable.