World Population Day

This side event focuses on advocating innovative technological strategies that empower policymakers and stakeholders to make data-driven, population-centered decisions for transforming education in VUCA contexts. The goal is to promote inclusive education and sustainable development in VUCA environments. By leveraging digitalization and AI, the event aims to bridge educational divides, identify best practices, and enhance collaboration among stakeholders for sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Watch Transforming Education for Inclusive Development: Leveraging Technology for Population-Centered Decision-Making in Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) Contexts (CPD59 Side Event)! Economic and Social Council

The side event will convene policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to explore the relationship between technological transformation and demographic governance; introduce and refine the concept of Intergenerational Governance Equilibrium; and identify research gaps and collaborative pathways under the CPD framework. By integrating subsidiarity and intergenerational governance principles into demographic discourse, the CDP can contribute to a forward-looking model of institutional architecture capable of preserving trust between generations, thus ensuring population resilience, one that acknowledges technological innovation while safeguarding the relational foundations upon which societies endure. The family remains central to that architecture. Watch the subsidiarity and Intergenerational Governance Equilibrium: Reframing Demographic Policy in the Digital Age (CPD59 Side Event)! Economic and Social Council

This side event will highlight how technology, geo-spatial analytics and applied research can generate more precise and actionable demographic intelligence to reveal where risks are concentrated, which populations are most exposed, and where investments are most needed to reduce inequalities and strengthen preparedness. Bringing together perspectives from national institutions, regional actors, technical partners and applied research collaborations, the session will demonstrate how multi-hazard analysis can support more equitable disaster risk reduction, anticipatory action, and resilient service delivery, including the continuity of essential health and sexual and reproductive health services in crisis settings. Related Sites and Documents: Website . Watch the population Intelligence for Risk-Ready Futures: Geospatial Modelling for Rights-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Health Resilience (CPD59 Side Event)! Economic and Social Council

The 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD59) will meet from 13 April to 17 April 2026. Theme: Population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development. 4. Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population. Panel of national experts on the programme of work in population, followed by interactive discussion, on: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2025: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E/CN.9/2026/5) (b) Note by the Secretariat on the draft proposed programme plan for 2027 and programme performance for 2025: subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (continued) General discussion, statements. Related Sites and Documents:  Commission on Population and Development, Fifty-ninth session website  &  Organization of work . Watch the (8th mee...

 The 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD59) will meet from 13 April to 17 April 2026. Theme: Population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development. (continued) General discussion, statements. Related Sites and Documents:  Commission on Population and Development, Fifty-ninth session website &  Organization of work . Watch the (7th meeting) 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development, CPD59! Live Economic and Social Council

Roadmap to the Realisation of Sexual and Reproductive Justice: Reframing Population Policy through Evidence, Technology and Community Agency. Roadmap to the Realisation of Sexual and Reproductive Justice: Reframing Population Policy through Evidence, Technology and Community Agency (CPD59 Side Event) Economic and Social Council