11/07/2022
The theme for this year is “A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all”
The major purpose of this day is to raise awareness of all the negative impacts that population growth has had on the steady development of nature.
Too many individuals continue to experience discrimination, harassment, and violence based on their gender, ethnicity, class, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and country of origin. Due to the overpopulation issue, gender inequality and human rights violations are more common than ever in emerging nations.
The recent past has seen enormous changes in fertility rates and life expectancy. In the early 1970s, women had on average 4.5 children each; by 2015, total fertility for the world had fallen to below 2.5 children per woman. Meanwhile, average global lifespans have risen, from 64.6 years in the early 1990s to 72.6 years in 2019.
In addition, the world is seeing high levels of urbanization and accelerating migration. 2007 was the first year in which more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas, and by 2050 about 66 per cent of the world population will be living in cities.
Since the middle of the 20th century, the world has experienced unprecedented population growth. The world’s population more than tripled in size between 1950 and 2020.
Some of the objectives of celebrating the world population day are
It is celebrated to protect and empower youths of both gender like girls and boys.
To offer them detail knowledge about the sexuality and delay marriages till they become able to understand their responsibilities.
Educate youths to avoid unwanted pregnancies by using reasonable and youth friendly measures.
Educate people to remove the gender stereotypes from society.
Educate them about the pregnancy related illnesses to raise the public awareness about dangers of early childbirth.
Educate them about STD (sexually transmitted diseases) to get prevented from various infections.
Make sure about the access of equal primary education to both girls and boys.
Make sure the easy access of reproductive health services everywhere as part the basic primary health for each couple.
