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UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
DAY, OCTOBER 16, AND UN WORLD POVERTY DAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014, for a CULTURE OF
PEACE AND JUSTICE THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS’ MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
What’s at stake:
Organizing and funding to convert from military to civilian purposes, prepare for climate change, reduce population, reduce poverty, and feed
the world is a global problem and requires global cooperation.
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Contents UN World
Food Day and World Poverty Day Newsletters Oct. 16 and 17, 2014
The Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
UN World Food Day, Oct. 16
UN World Food Day, Oct. 16
UN World Food
Day Google Search
UN World
Poverty Day, Oct. 17
UN World
Poverty Google Search
Population
Connection
The
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO)
UN
WORLD FOOD DAY, OCTOBER 16
Family
Farming is the focus of World Food Day 2014
About FAO
In Action
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Themes
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Background
History
Resources
Contest 2014
World Food
Day, 16 October 2014
The 2014
World Food Day theme - Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the
earth” - has been chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder
farmers. It focuses world attention on the significant role of family farming
in eradicating hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition,
improving livelihoods, managing natural resources, protecting the environment,
and achieving sustainable development, in particular in rural areas.
The
UN General Assembly has designated 2014 “International Year of Family Farming.” This is a strong signal that the
international community recognizes the important contribution of family farmers
to world food security.
Did you know?
World Food
Day was first held on 16 Oct 1981.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations marks World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the
Organization was founded in 1945.
World Food
Day Poster Contest 2014
The poster
contest is co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Women’s Guild in Rome, Italy. Entries are
accepted until 30 September 2014.
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International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 October
17 October
- UN Home
- Main Page
- Secretary-General's Message
- Background
- Documents
- Millennium Development Goals
- Second UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
(2008-2017)
- Partners and Resources
- Past Observances
- UN
Observances
Theme for 2014:
Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty
Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty
The
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year
since 1993, when the United Nations General Assembly, by resolution 47/196, designated this day to promote
awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries.
Fighting poverty remains at the core of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and the development of the post-2015 development agenda.
The 2014
theme recognises and underscores the demanding challenge of identifying and
securing the participation of those experiencing extreme poverty and social
exclusion in the “Post-2015 Development Agenda” that will replace the
Millennium Development Goals.
The official
commemoration on 17 October at UN Headquarters will be an occasion to recognize
people living in poverty as critical partners for fighting the development
challenges we face. The commemoration at the UN is organized in partnership
with the International Movement ATD Fourth World, the NGO
Sub-committee for the Eradication of Poverty and the UN Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, supported by the Missions of France and Burkina Faso to the
UN.
One of the initiatives planned is a ten-part exhibition of collective artwork by people living in poverty that will be mounted in the buildings of the United Nations from 13 October 2014.
One of the initiatives planned is a ten-part exhibition of collective artwork by people living in poverty that will be mounted in the buildings of the United Nations from 13 October 2014.
There will be
a panel discussion on 16 October 2014 (1.15-2.30 pm) at the United Nations
Headquarters entitled “Beijing+20 - Leaving No One Behind: Women, Poverty, and
Participation”, which will explore the disproportionate effects of poverty on
women and women's contributions to ending poverty.
Help the
United Nations to raise awareness about the progress made and the challenges
that remain for people living in poverty. Use #EndPoverty to post your messages about the MDGs and
the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Other ways to
get involved:
- Learn and help share the
infographics and videos about accelerating the Millennium
Development Goals.
- Sign up for Thunderclap to
stand with people in poverty
- Watch persons affected by poverty
share their views at the official commemoration at UN Headquarters, live,
on UN
webcast on 17 October.
For more
information about the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the
2014 commemoration at UN Headquarters, please visit the websites of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and"Overcoming Extreme Poverty".
UN Web
Services Section, Department of Public Information, © United Nations
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United Nations Population Fund
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
United
Nations Population Fund
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UNFPA
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1969
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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UNorganization. The work of the UNFPA
involves promotion of the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life
of health and equal opportunity. This is done through major national and
demographic surveys and with population censuses. The data generated are used
to create programmes to reduce poverty and address issues concerning the rights
of particular minority population groups. One of their aims is to ensure that "every
pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV and sexually
transmitted diseases, and every girl and woman is treated with
dignity and respect".[1] Their work involves the
improvement of reproductive health;
including creation of national strategies and protocols, and providing supplies
and services to these minority groups, as well as internal migrants and
refugees, the elderly and the handicapped. The organization has recently been
known for its worldwide campaign against obstetric fistula and female genital
mutilation.
The UNFPA supports programs in more than 150 countries,
territories and areas spread across four geographic regions: Arab States and
Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan
Africa. Around three quarters of the staff work in the field. It is a member of
the United
Nations Development Group and part of its Executive Committee.[2]
Contents
[hide]
- 1 Origins
- 2 Role
- 3 Leadership
- 4 Goodwill Ambassadors
- 5 Areas of work
- 6 Programme of Action
- 7 Approach to health care
- 8 UNFPA Programmes
- 8.1 Three core areas of focus
- 8.2 Population and development strategies
- 8.3 Sexual and reproductive health
- 8.4 Gender equality and women’s empowerment
- 8.5 Cross-Cutting Concerns
- 8.6 Culturally sensitive, human
rights-based approaches
- 8.7 Supporting adolescents and youth
- 8.8 Responding to the AIDS epidemic
- 8.9 Assisting in emergencies
- 8.10 How UNFPA Works
- 8.11 Campaign to End Fistula
- 8.12 Ending Female Genital Mutilation
- 8.13 Senegal
- 9 Relations with the US government
- 10 Other UN population agencies and entities
- 11 See also
- 12 References
- 13 External links
Origins[edit]
UNFPA began operations in 1969 as the United
Nations Fund for Population Activities (the name was changed in 1987)
under the administration of the United
Nations Development Fund.[3] In 1971 it was placed under
the authority of the United
Nations General Assembly.[4][5][6]
Role[edit]
Its stated mission is to promote the right of every
woman, man and child to enjoy a life of "health and equal
opportunity." UNFPA supports countries in using population data for
policies and programs to "reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy
is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and
every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect." The agency’s
main goals are:
- Universal
access to reproductive
health services by 2015
- Universal
primary education and closing the gender gap in education by 2015
- Reducing maternal
mortality by 75 per cent by 2015
- Reducing infant mortality
- Increasing life expectancy
- Decreasing
HIV infection rates
POPULATION
CONNECTION
Wikipedia
Population Connection is
a 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington D.C., United States that attempts
to stop what they believe is an unsustainable rate of births.
MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Connection
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