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8 March 2020 - 8 March 2020
Worldwide
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, is dedicated to reflecting on the achievements of ordinary women who have made an extraordinary impact in their countries and communities, and to celebrate the contributions of women all around the world.
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12 November 2019 - 14 November 2019
Nairobi, Kenya
UNFPA to co-convene Nairobi Summit on ICPD25: Accelerating the Promise
High-level Conference on ICPD25
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ground-breaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which took place in Cairo in 1994. At that conference, 179 governments adopted a Programme of Action that recognized that reproductive health, women's empowerment and gender equality are the pathway to sustainable development.
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5 May 2019 - 5 May 2019
Worldwide
International Day of the Midwife
Midwives – and people with midwifery skills – are the main caregivers for women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and in the post-delivery period. Skilled midwives are the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of women and infants every year.