World Population Day 2023: With world population exceeding 8 billion, here's how to address gender issues

This #WorldPopulationDay, instead of talking about the number of people, let’s talk about the number of choices women and girls have: UNFPA

Every year, World Population Day is observed on the 11th of July, which aims to draw attention to the various challenges posed due to the growth of population globally, such as access to healthcare, education, employment, gender equality, environmental sustainability, and more.

This day provides an opportunity to discuss and address these issues on a global scale.

World Population Day 2023 Theme

The United Nations Population Fund releases a statement every year declaring a theme of World Population Day and this year's theme is 'Unleashing the power of gender Equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world's infinite possibilities.'

According to the United Nations Population Fund, more than 40% of women around the world cannot make their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. More than two thirds of the 800 million people globally who cannot read or write are women.

Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director | Universal access to sexual & reproductive health and rights to family planning, UNFPA has recently tweeted saying "When women and girls are empowered to make decisions about their lives and bodies, they and their families thrive. We all thrive. This #WorldPopulationDay and every day, let's listen to what women and girls want."

World Population Day 2023 History

World Population Day was established by the United Nations in 1989, inspired by the significance of the world's population reaching five million people on July 1987. This day was suggested by Dr K.C Zachariah to raise awareness on population-related issues, including the value of family planning, gender, equality, poverty and human rights.

World Population Day significance

At present the population of the whole world is more than 8 billion and due to this the earth and the environment are being badly affected. Its purpose is to prevent the bad effect on the environment and to increase the health, education and women empowerment of the people.

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