Commission on Population and Development
The Commission on Population and Development wrapped up its fifty-ninth session today after a week of wide-ranging debate on how technology, data and research can advance the ICPD Programme of Action — even as delegates again failed to agree on a negotiated outcome.
As demographics shift around the world, some countries are learning how to manage rapidly ageing societies, while others are exploring the best ways to optimize their youth populations, the Commission on Population and Development heard today.
Online algorithms can reinforce stigma by suppressing, deprioritizing and hiding sexual and reproductive health information, a 19-year-old youth advocate from Saint Lucia told the Commission on Population and Development.
The Commission on Population and Development began its week-long session on Monday with speakers urging greater investment in data, research and digital systems so rapid technological change accelerates sustainable development instead of widening global inequality.
The Commission on Population and Development failed to adopt an outcome document today as it concluded its fifty-eighth session, with delegates sharply divided about support for sexual and reproductive rights, and some questioning commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Declining fertility rates, persistently high child mortality rates, international migration, and a surge in urbanization over the past several decades have significantly shaped global population trends — and will continue to do so, the Commission on Population and Development heard today.
Overstretched, underfunded health systems that cannot meet the needs of the most vulnerable are undermining gains made towards sustainable development, the Commission on Population and Development heard today as it entered the third day of its current session.
In a world in which every individual has access to high-quality, affordable health services, including sexual and reproductive care, young people can shape their own futures and older persons can age with dignity, speakers at the Commission on Population and Development stressed today as it continued its fifty-eighth session.