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If We Want to Solve Our Climate Change and Other Global Crisis We Must End Inequalities Now. 💡💡 Ending inequalities benefits all of humanity. The latest United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of World Population report highlights that 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health rights has largely overlooked the needs of the most marginalized communities. According to the report, African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications than women in Europe and Northern America. Women and girls trapped in poverty are more likely to die prematurely due to lack of sufficient healthcare if they belong to minority groups or are trapped in a conflict setting, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency reveals. Read more: https://unf.pa/toh Credit United Nations 🌐🌐

UN Report Points to Yawning Gap of Inequality in Sexual and Reproductive Health Worldwide A new study says an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America, the U.N. population fund reported as it decried widening inequality in sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide. UNFPA’s latest “ State of World Population ” report also estimates that nearly 500 maternal deaths per day occur in countries with humanitarian crises or conflicts, and shows that women of African descent in the Americas are more likely to die giving birth than white women.

Sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to women's well-being. Several decades of research by population, family planning and reproductive health organizations, including the New York-based PopCouncil, continue to show measurable multi-generational benefits of investing in this vital area of sustainable development. Through numerous UN-sponsored international agreements, governments, UN agencies, civil society and other stakeholders have committed to such investment. Yet weak political will and inadequate resources have reportedly stalled progress. The Panafrican Intelligentsia in New York expresses its concerns about potential funding cuts in reproductive health programs in developing countries -- echoing the worries highlighted in this opinion column with the headline “Don’t the Lives of Women and Girls Matter” (Dateline from the island nation of Madagascar) which appears in today’s edition of The New York Times. Bonne lecture. Opinion | Reproductive Health Is More Than Abortions - The New York Timeshttps://lnkd.in/gtNx3Cup

World Population Day is observed every year on July 11 to raise awareness about global population issues and their impact on society. The theme for this year is "Leave no one behind, count everyone". With about 142.86 crore population, India overtook China to become the world's most populous nation, according to the UNFPA's State of the World Population Report in 2023. Overpopulation can also worsen health care indices like morbidity and mortality as preventive and screening health care needs of the population (especially the vulnerable sections like women, children, and elderly) are not adequately met. "Uplifting women is an efficient strategy to keep the overpopulation problem in check. Educated women are more likely to exercise their reproductive rights, that is, use contraception and motivate their partners for the same, plan families, and consider termination of undesired pregnancies. They are also more likely to understand the importance of having small and healthy families

The theme of this World Population Day 2024 is – ‘To Leave No One Behind…Count Everyone’ towards this, aim is to leverage digital health interventions to reach to the last mile and strengthen data recording and reporting system to capture the ‘diversity-beyond binary’, including marginalized and excluded, so that no one will be left uncounted. Would also like to embrace reproductive autonomy and choices for all and amplify community voices for their sexual and reproductive health rights and justice, build greater alliances and partnerships for uniting the power of solidarity.

Whether you can be there in-person or online, join us for a fascinating discussion about adolescent #SRHR. Registration is now open for the event: 'Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights: advancing the agenda for a sustainable future,' 23 September, 8:00-10:00am ET. Today's 1.3 billion adolescents are not only the largest age group but also the most diverse the world has ever seen. They face considerable challenges to their sexual and reproductive health and rights and progress is never fast enough. As governments meet at the #SummitoftheFuture to strengthen global cooperation, this high-level event invites policy makers, researchers and practitioners into conversation with adolescents and youth to keep progress on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights high on the global agenda, as highlighted by the Agenda for Action for Adolescents launched during the Global Forum for Adolescents. At the event a special supplement of the Journal of Adolescent Health will be launched, showcasing latest evidence on health trends, gender transformative interventions, the role of laws and policies and advances in research methods. Outputs from this event will help operationalize and localize implementation of the Declaration on Future Generations, an annex to the Pact for the Future and its commitment to the inclusion of young people at all levels.  Information including how to register can be found here: https://bit.ly/4egRlmd

On #WorldPopulationDay sharing the dramatic growth over the last few decades. It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to grow to 1 billion – then in just another 200 years or so, it grew sevenfold. In 2011, the global population reached the 7 billion mark, it stands at almost 7.9 billion in 2021, and it's expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030. 😳😲 #didyouknow 1. More than 40 per cent of #women around the world cannot make decisions on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. 😔 2. A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or #childbirth (and in conflict settings, the number of deaths is twice as high). 😖 3. Just six countries have 50 per cent or more women in the #parliament. 4. More than two thirds of the 800 million people globally who cannot read are women. #worldpopulationtrends #factsandfigures #unitednation #internationalday #shockingfacts #womenintheworld

🟠 Did You Know? 🟠 Reproductive coercion is a hidden form of gender-based violence, and it’s happening all around us. Globally, 1 in 5 women report experiencing intimate partner violence, often involving reproductive control. Here in Kenya, studies reveal that women frequently face: 🔸 Contraceptive sabotage – tampering with or hiding birth control 🔸 Pregnancy pressure – being forced into pregnancy or threatened for refusing 🔸 Blocked healthcare access – like partners cutting transportation to prevent reproductive care Reproductive coercion denies individuals the right to make choices about their own bodies. This is a violation of human rights. This Year for #16DaysofActivism Meza Yetu is shining a light on this overlooked form of violence. Reproductive freedom is non-negotiable. 🎤 We Want to Hear Your Voice Have you seen this happening in your community? Do you think people know about reproductive coercion? ➡️ Record a quick voice note or video and share it with us anonymously via WhatsApp at +254 786746750. Let’s start a conversation and work together to #EndReproductiveCoercion. 📣 Share your story. Amplify the message. Join us.

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Empowering women and girls to make informed choices about their reproductive health is central to PIH’s work. “You have to be able to make the decision to pursue motherhood and then when you do it, the system needs to ensure that you can do it safely,” says Marleigh Austin, associate director of gender and youth programming at Partners In Health Canada. The stakes are high for girls everywhere, but especially in impoverished communities, where access to reproductive health care is often limited or non-existent. Read more about how we’re empowering women and girls to choose their reproductive futures: https://bit.ly/3QMhu30 #WomensRights #ReproductiveHealth #Empowerment #HealthcareForAll #GenderEquality #SafeMotherhood #EndGBV