Date: 7/20/2008
TUMSPR News: Plan to beat poverty, Plan to gain equality, Plan to beat maternal death are the main themes of 2008 World Population Day observed today.
The world population is the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of July 2008, the world's population is estimated to be just over 6.68 billion. In line with population projections, this figure continues to grow at rates that were unprecedented before the 20th century, although the rate of increase has almost halved since its peak of 2.2 percent per year, which was reached in 1963. The world's population, on its current growth trajectory, is expected to reach nearly 9 billion by the year 2042[1].
In 1968, world leaders proclaimed that individuals have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and timing of their children. Forty years later, modern contraception remains out of reach for hundreds of millions of women, men and young people.
This year’s World Population Day reaffirms the right of people to plan their families. It encourages activities, events and information that will help make this right real – especially for those who often have the hardest time getting the information and services they need to plan their families, such as marginalized populations and young people.
When people can plan their families, they can plan their lives. They can plan to beat poverty. They can plan on healthier mothers and children. They can plan to gain equality for women. Plan to support World Population Day this year[2]!
References:
1. World population. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population.
2. Plan Your Future, Plan Your Family. Available from: http://www.unfpa.org/wpd/.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=8074
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