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The State of World Population report is produced by a panel of external advisers, researchers and writers, who work alongside UNFPA technical staff and editors, bringing the insights of leading independent experts together on issues related to the UNFPA mandate. This report explores how people — the general public, policymakers, academics and others — understand current population trends, and how those views can impact sexual and reproductive health and rights.
see publicationSerbian economist Dragana Tomić Pilipović believes that small villages should never die. As Dragana sees it, the future of the planet rests with grassroots movements that will repopulate rural areas and revitalize dying economies. She sees villages returning to their former vibrancy, becoming gathering places for ideas, and inspiring new ways to raise families and use resources from the land.
read moreISTANBUL, 15 November 2022 – Today’s milestone of a still-growing world population reaching 8 billion must not distract from the consequences that countries with shrinking population numbers could face if they fail to rethink the way they address demographic change, Florence Bauer, the Director of UNFPA’s Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said today. Globally, population growth has slowed down considerably, and has started to reverse in an increasing number of countries, most of them in Central and Eastern Europe, where a combination of outmigration and low birth rates has sent population numbers down. This affects the future of economies, social systems, and infrastructures.
read moreSARAJEVO, 14 November 2022 – Mayors and young people from 47 cities across Eastern Europe and Central Asia have gathered in Sarajevo to discuss ways to build youth-friendly cities in a region marked by rapid demographic change. The two-day conference, organized by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in collaboration with the City and Mayor of Sarajevo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Associations of Municipalities from both entities, coincides with the world marking the global population reaching 8 billion on 15 November. “Cities have a crucial role to play in creating environments in which young people can thrive and fulfil their potential,” said Florence Bauer, UNFPA’s Regional Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia. “Truly youth-friendly cities care about young people’s well-being and opportunities, and thereby contribute to making societies better prepared to handle demographic change.”
read moreAs more and more countries struggle with the consequences of low fertility rates and population ageing, governments must strengthen resilience towards demographic change by adjusting social systems and ensuring rights and choices for all people, including those in the margins of society, speakers said today at the opening of the 6th Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing organized by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and KOSTAT, the national statistical office of the Republic of Korea.
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