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International Day of Older Persons

calendar_today01 October 2025

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International Day of Older Persons — © UNFPA Egypt/Roger Anis

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New beginnings: Older women displaced by war in Ukraine rebuild confidence and independence through UNFPA support

calendar_today20 December 2024

A gender-based violence case manager offers empathy and support. © UNFPA Ukraine

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Novo Nordisk Foundation joins global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation

calendar_today18 December 2024

An adolescent girl, part of a new generation in Eritrea growing up without the threat of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Eritrea

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Harnessing the potential of older persons through UNFPA-supported programmes in the Maldives and Serbia

calendar_today30 September 2024

The Corner for Quality Ageing in central Serbia has a literary workshop every week, and a couple of members are published authors. © UNFPA Serbia / Vladimir Živojinović

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International Day of Older Persons 2024

calendar_today01 October 2024

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8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: State of World Population Report 2023

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This year’s report makes the case for a world in which each individual is free to choose their reproductive future in a world of 8 billion.

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Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion

calendar_today19 April 2023

On 15 November, the world’s population reached a landmark 8 billion people. The UNFPA State of World Population 2023 report released today asks what this means for their lives, rights, health and futures? © UNFPA/ARTificial Mind/Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm

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6th Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing

calendar_today08 November - 10 November 2022

location_onSeoul, Republic of Korea

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A 72-year-old refugee from Ukraine tells of a life left torn apart by war

calendar_today11 April 2022

Valentina Ejova, a 72 year-old refugee from Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, looks through photos of a former life as she transits through the Moldexpo temporary refugee placement centre in Chișinău, in the Republic of Moldova © UNFPA Moldova/Adriana Bîzgu

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