Family Planning International is involved in a number of events as part of our work to promote awareness and action on population and development issues. And you can join us!
In addition to those listed below, we coordinate events in our role as Secretariat of the New Zealand Parliamentarians' Group on Population and Development.
Safe and Sound Music Concert
On 22nd October, Family Planning International will host 'Safe and Sound', a music concert in support of maternal and related sexual and reproductive health in the Pacific.
Past Events
- Human Rights Day - 10 December 2008
- 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence - 25 November - 10 December
- State of World Population Report Launch - 12 November 2008
- World Population Day - 11 July 2008
On 17 November 2008, the annual United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of World Population report will be launched. Family Planning International will be hosting the New Zealand launch of the report, as it has done since 2000.
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute held in 1991. Participants chose the dates 25 November (International Day Against Violence Against Women) and 10 December (International Human Rights Day) in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights.
1 December is World AIDS Day, an international day of coordinated action on HIV and AIDS. The day emerged from a call by the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention in January 1988 to strengthen communication and understanding on HIV and AIDS. Family Planning International works with a group of New Zealand organisations to mark World AIDS Day.
On 10 December, Family Planning International joined other civil society organisations and members of the public in Wellington, New Zealand, to mark International Human Rights Day. We had a busy information stall highlighting sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Pacific and the work we do.
11 July is World Population Day, a day marked annually around the world to raise awareness and action on population issues. The 2008 World Population Day reaffirmed the right of people to plan their families.