Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 5:00PM The Declaration, adopted at the ICPD Beyond 2014 Regional Conference on Population and Development in the Arab States held in Cairo from 24 through 26 June 2013, is now available and can be downloaded here.
The Arabic version is also available and can be downloaded directly from UNFPA here.
Monday, August 12, 2013 at 5:18PM Date: Tuesday 20 August 2013
Time: 1:30pm GMT (9:30am in New York / 2:30pm in London / 3:30pm in Geneva / 8:30pm in Bangkok. For other cities and time zones click here).
The meeting will be Chaired by Sering Falu, Deputy Director of the UN Millennium Campaign, and is organised jointly by the UN Millennium Campaign and the Executive Office of the Secretary General.
Please see enclosed the draft agenda for your consideration and feedback, and below the dial in instructions.
Friday, August 9, 2013 at 11:01PM We have received the following from the International Planned Parenthood Federation:
The civil society forum, prior to the Economic and Social Commission for Asian Pacific (ESCAP) International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) regional review will be on 12- 13 September, Bangkok. The forum is being organized in partnership by a steering committee comprised of: Asia Pacific Alliance (APA) , International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW), The Asian- Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), South Asia Regional Youth Network (SARYN), 7 Sisters, International Council on Management of Population Programme (ICOMP), Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), Help Age International, IPPF ESEAOR/SARO
Friday, August 9, 2013 at 9:14AM 
UN Women has posted a position paper outlining its recommendations for the post-2015 development agenda on the World We Want 2015 website ). In the paper UN Women calls for addressing the structural causes of gender inequality through a stand-alone goal and gender mainstreaming throughout the post-2015 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides the evidence for and expands on the arguments presented in a shorter version issued in May 2013.
It should be noted that the paper refers throughout to “sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights”. While this is agreed language as included in the ICPD Programme of Action, in the development of the Post-2015 Development Agenda the language has moved on to “sexual and reproductive health and rights”. It will be important going forward to encourage UN Women to refer to “sexual and reproductive health and rights.”
UN Women Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 4:17PM Following our recent postings on the UN General Assembly Special Event on MDGs to be held at the UN in New York on 25 September 2013, we wish to inform you about the process for NGOs and CSOs that wish to be invited to participate in this event.
The President of the General Assembly will draw up a list of representatives of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, as well as other relevant civil society organizations, academic institutions, youth groups and private sector representatives. Nominations by non-ECOSOC groups will be circulated to Member States on a no-objection basis. If confirmed they will receive confirmation on 7 September 2013. Your organization can express its interest to participate in this event by registering here
Registration will close on 19 August 2013.
The special event will be broadcast live and on archive video at: http://webtv.un.org.
UNGA Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 4:14PM Advancing Regional Recommendations on Post-2015: A Dialogue between Civil Society, Governments and UN Representatives on 22 September 2013 toward the UN General Assembly Special Event on the MDGs on 25 September
The UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service has provided information on the CSO Consultation for the Special Event that will be held in the United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 3 (CB) on 22 September 2013 from 14.00 to 17.30 hours.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 8:28AM With 13 months to go to the UN General Assembly Special Session for ICPD Beyond 2014, preparations are well underway. Two of the five Regional meetings have been held and the next one is taking place on 12-15 August, with those for the Asia and Pacific Region and Africa, (for which the dates have been changed). In addition the International Conference on Human Rights has taken place.
The next important meeting will be the ICPD Beyond 2014 Expert Meeting on Women's Health -Rights, Empowerment and Social Determinants which will be held in Mexico City from 30th Sept to 2nd October Mexico City. For more information, as it becomes available, see here for further details.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 5:18PM My World Team has announced the Call for Nominations to the MY World Partner Recognition Awards. This Awards aim to symbolically recognise the critical contribution of partners to the success of MY World, and will be granted to a selection of partners who have stood out for their performance in the promotion of MY World.
To send your nomination for the MY World Partner Recognition Award, please:
The deadline for submissions is 25 August 2013.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 12:43PM We have received the following from the International Planned Parenthood Federation:
The UNECA/African Union Regional Population Conference, has been postponed until 30 September- 4 October. The new date for the Civil Society pre- event is 26- 27 September. Registrations to participate in the civil society pre- event for self- sponsored candidates is now open. For more detail on how to apply please visit http://www.ippf.org/our-work/what-we-do/advocacy/icpd/ECA/csoparticipation.
The deadline to register is Wednesday 14 August 2013.
Africa, ICPD Beyond 2014, IPPF Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 7:40AM Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Government of Sweden, and member of High Level Panel (HLP) and Paul Ladd, United Nations Development Programme were the two main speakers at a meeting to launch the report of the COMPASS 2015 report Setting the post-2015 development compass: Voices from the ground, which was hosted by the Commonwealth Foundation in London on 30 July 2013.
In her Keynote response, Minister Carlsson said that being on the HLP had been a rewarding experience, but that we had had the best of times in working to end poverty in our times. We will now have to move to address the needs of the most marginalized that have no voice. The time has now come to “lean forward to be more outspoken”. We need to update what we know about people who live in poverty: they are not poor, nor are they without aspirations, and they have the right to be part of processes such as globalization, digitalization etc. Their voices must be heard more loudly than before. She also emphasized the needs for practical changes.