Sunday Times
Date: 12.07.2015
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Rwanda marks World Population today
By Athan Tashobya
THE MINISTRY of Finance and
and development issues and
highlight the needs of women
ual and reproductive health as
quickly as possible," the state­
and adolescent girls during
ment reads.
Economic Planning, in col­
laboration with United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA), will
conflicts and humanitarian di­
today host the World Popula­
dicated that this year's popu­
The event will begin at 12:30
and will be preceded by a two­
liour live talk show, dubbed,
"Kubaza Bitera Kumenya" 011
tion Day (WPD) at Umubano
Hotel in Kigali.
The day will be celebrated
under the theme; "Raising
Awareness on Population and
Development Issues" while
the Global WPD 2015 theme
is "Vulnerable Populations in
Emergencies".
Both themes are intended to
raise awareness on population
sasters.
A statement from UNFPA in­
lation commemoration will,
the national broadcaster.
among others, focus on fos­
World Population Day was
established by the Governing
tering the rights and needs of
women and girls in accessing
sexual and reproductive health.
"We have to make sure that
the rights and needs of wom­
en and girls are at the forefront
of humanitarian responses to
maintain their dignity and re­
store safety and access to sex­
Council of the UNDP in 1989
and was endorsed by the Unit­
ed Nations General Assembly
as an opportunity to build bet­
ter awareness of population is­
sues and their relationship to
development.
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