World Population Day commemoration
ZNFPC joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Population Day. The day is an annual event commemorated on the 11th July to raise awareness on global population issues. The celebrations aim to increase people’s responsiveness on various socioeconomic development issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights.
As the total world population is about to cross the 8 billion mark, the theme of World Population Day 2022 is, “A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all”.
Family planning empowers women and girls and helps save lives. Pregnancy should be by choice and not by chance. To reap demographic dividend in the youthful Zimbabwean population, it is essential to invest more in adolescents and young people to have a productive nation and Family Planning can help to achieve it.