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1 August 2023
NewsIn line with World Population Day, the UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office (APRO) together with the the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) hosted a workshop on population ageing and low fertility with parliamentarians from Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Lao PDR, Maldives, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam on the 10th of July in Bangkok, Thailand. Later that week, UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office (APRO) led a two-day expert group meeting from 11-12 July with APRO country offices colleagues, academics and experts to discuss further on these topics.
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11 July 2023NewsOn World Population Day, UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Bjorn Andersson, stresses on why it is important for governments to ensure population and development policies are centered on gender equality and human rights, thereby enabling and empowering women to make independent decisions about their reproductive health.
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3 May 2023NewsThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Björn Andersson, visited New Zealand to launch the organization’s global ‘State of World Population’ Report in Wellington, at an event held on 3 May 2023 with members of the parliament, with the support of Family Planning New Zealand, the secretariat for the New Zealand Parliamentarians’ Group on Population and Development (NZPPD).
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19 April 2023NewsThe world’s population reached 8 billion in November 2022 – a milestone for humanity and a manifestation of the advancements made in health, education, science, and socio-economic development. While this milestone is a celebration, it was also received with considerable anxiety, as the world faces overlapping challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the climate crisis, weakened economies, conflict, food shortages, and population mass displacements.
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19 April 2023NewsNew data reveals population anxieties are widespread and governments are increasingly adopting policies aimed at raising, lowering or maintaining fertility rates. But efforts to influence fertility rates are very often ineffective and can erode women’s rights, according to UNFPA's State of World Population report, released today.
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