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

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

This side event will share the lived experience of a Muxe woman and explore how inclusive data practices, research and technology can support evidence-based policy-making in line with the ICPD Programme of Action and the Sustainable Development Goals. Related Sites and Documents:  More Information Watch the Inclusive Data for Culturally Diverse Gender Identities: Lessons from Mexico's Muxes (CPD59 Side Event)! Economic and Social Council

As populations age worldwide, demographic change is reshaping economies, labour markets, and social systems. This side event will examine how the "silver dividend" can be harnessed through digital innovation, inclusive technologies, and research-driven policy-making to advance sustainable development. In line with the CPD59 theme, it will explore the intersection of population dynamics, technology, and evidence-based research in building age-inclusive digital ecosystems, strengthening economic participation of older people, and ensuring that longevity becomes an opportunity for inclusive and sustainable growth rather than a challenge. Related Sites and Documents:  Concept Note . Watch the Demographic Shifts, Digital Futures, and Sustainable Development: Realizing the Ageing Dividend (CPD59 Side Event)! Economic and Social Council

This signature side-event at CPD59 will convene Member States, UN entities, youth leaders, and private sector partners to advance concrete action, collaboration and investment-readiness to technological innovation and research breakthroughs that accelerate the implementation of the ICPD PoA. Technology and research are increasingly central to national development strategies under the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action (PoA) and the 2030 Agenda. When guided by gender equality and governed through a human rights-based approach, technological innovation and research breakthroughs can accelerate access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities across the life course across all contexts. This signature side-event at CPD59 will convene Member States, UN entities, youth leaders, and private sector partners to advance concrete action, collaboration and investment-readiness to technological innovation and research breakthroughs that ac...

This side event, focused on Demographic Resilience, explores the growing diversity in global demographic trends, with some countries experiencing rapid population growth while others face stagnation or decline, each bringing distinct policy challenges. The event pursues three main objectives: (1) to introduce demographic resilience and its importance for achieving sustainable development; (2) to showcase country examples of actions taken at different stages of the demographic transition; and (3) to identify key global principles for building demographic resilience while safeguarding individual rights and choices. By bringing together diverse country experiences, the event underscores the importance of the systematic use of population data for strategic planning, adapting systems, and investing in human capital across the life course to build resilient and inclusive societies. Watch Unpacking the imperatives for building demographic resilience and sustainable development (CPD59 Side E...

Side event of the 59th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD59) focusing on Integrating Population Dynamics, Technology and Research for Sustainable Development: Advancing WASH Outcomes. The 59th Session of the Commission on Population and Development focuses on Population, Technology, and Research in the Context of Sustainable Development. The concept directly supports CPD59 by: • Positioning population dynamics as a core determinant of development outcomes, including health, aging, fertility, migration, and urbanization. • Highlighting technology as a transformative tool for demographic data systems, health delivery, and social protection. • Emphasizing research and evidence as essential for designing population‑responsive, rights‑based, and inclusive policies • Addressing digital, gender, geographic, and socioeconomic inequalities that shape population well‑being. • Strengthening national capacities to anticipate demographic shifts and integrate them into sust...

  This side event will highlight how demographic intelligence can inform evidence-based health policies , strengthen health systems and promote sustainable development . Understanding population dynamics through a multidimensional lens is essential for ensuring equitable health policies and achieving universal health coverage in all regions. The  58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58)  will meet from 7 April to 11 April 2025 under the theme:  Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages . Watch Demographic Intelligence for Health Equity: Harnessing Data for Inclusive Policies and Universal Coverage (CPD58 Side Event)!

  Finding the ways to promote Population Health through the 'Health in All Policies' Approach in the Arab Region. The  58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58)  will meet from 7 April to 11 April 2025 under the theme:  Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages . Watch Promoting Population Health through the 'Health in All Policies' Approach in the Arab Region (CPD58 Side Event)!

  Finding the way to promote the Health and Well-Being of Women and Children in Africa. The  58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58)  will meet from 7 April to 11 April 2025 under the theme:  Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages . Watch Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Women and Children in Africa (CPD58 Side Event)!

This side event will raise awareness and mobilize stakeholders to promote and take action to ensure access to health products as an essential measure towards achieving the objectives of the ICPD Programme of Action and Goal 3 of the SDGs . The  58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58)  will meet from 7 April to 11 April 2025 under the theme:  Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages . Watch Advancing health equity: universal access to health products (CPD58 Side Event)!

This event at CPD highlights SRHR as essential for well-being, gender equality, and development. Organized by the Governments of Brazil, Sri Lanka (TBC), and South Africa with PMNCH and UNFPA (TBC), this event at CPD highlights SRHR as essential for well-being, gender equality, and development. Despite global commitments, inequalities persist, especially in the Global South. This event will serve as a platform for countries represented in the panel to engage in a significant dialogue on building stronger global partnerships and equitable funding to ensuring universal access to health coverage and development.  Watch the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as Catalyst for Social and Economic Rights. Advancing Health, Equity and Development (CPD58 Side Event)!

  This side event will call on all stakeholders to play their part in addressing the current inequity of access to assistive technology , to ensure that the 1.3 people globally with a functional impairment are not left behind . 2.5 billion people globally require at least one assistive product. This side event will call on all stakeholders to play their part in addressing the current inequity of access to assistive technology, to ensure that the 1:3 people globally with a functional impairment are not left behind. Join us as we demonstrate the role of assistive technology in equitable population development, showcase assistive technology initiatives working to address the current inequity of access and inspire cross-sectoral and cross-agency collaborative action. Watch the Health, well-being, and inclusion for all through equitable access to assistive technology (CPD58 Side Event)!

  This side event will bring together a range of voices, including faith-based perspectives, government representatives, and UN agencies, to discuss the role of communities in advancing health and well-being. The SDGs emphasize a holistic approach to health and well-being, recognizing the need to address health challenges across all life stages. Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages (SDG 3) is crucial to achieving sustainable development. Given the increasing burden of both communicable and non-communicable diseases, the mental health crisis, and demographic shifts, it is imperative to explore diverse perspectives and best practices in fostering well-being through community-driven approaches. This side event will bring together a range of voices, including faith-based perspectives, government representatives, and UN agencies, to discuss the role of communities in advancing health and well-being. Special attention will be given to how cultural, policy, and infr...

  Watch Prioritising SRH and SGBV in crisis response (CPD58 Side Event)!

This side event builds on the ICPD30 Global Dialogues, aiming to bring together experts, policymakers, and advocates to discuss health, demographic shifts, and well-being across all ages. The Cotonou Youth Action Agenda, emerging from the Global Youth Dialogue on ICPD30 in Benin, April 2024, reaffirms young people's commitment to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). It emphasizes the need for accessible, safe sexual and reproductive health and rights services. Promoting healthy lives and well-being for all ages requires a cross-generational, life course approach that recognizes the health needs of different generations and ensures that investment in the health of young people- including in preventive care and health lifestyles, contributes to healthy aging in the long term. This side event builds on the ICPD30 Global Dialogues, aiming to bring together experts, policymakers, and advocates to discuss health, demographic shifts, and well-being across al...

A moderated panel discussion titled Healthier People, Stronger Economies: Population centered bold actions to leverage the ICPD PoA driving prosperity and sustainable development. The  58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58)  will meet from 7 April to 11 April 2025 under the theme:  Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages . Watch Healthier People, Stronger Economies: Population centered bold actions to leverage the ICPD PoA driving prosperity and sustainable development (CPD58 Side Event)!

This side event will provide a platform to explore the primary challenges and ongoing gaps in ensuring healthy ageing for all in an increasingly ageing world. The  58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58)  will meet from 7 April to 11 April 2025 under the theme:  Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages . Document: Concept note Watch ensuring Healthy Ageing for All: Challenges and Opportunities in a Ageing World (CPD58 Side Event) !