This document discusses the 20th annual World Population Day, with the theme of "Responding to the Economic Crisis: Investing in Women is a Smart Choice". It notes that the economic crisis has hit developing countries hard and women will bear the brunt of the impact. Both the UNFPA Executive Director and UN Secretary-General emphasize that investing in women's health, rights, education and families provides high economic and social returns. The document advocates for continued investment in areas like healthcare, education and social services to help mitigate the crisis' effects and protect progress on Millennium Development Goals like reducing poverty and child mortality.

5. This year’s annual World Population Day is
the 20th annual World Population Day.
The Day’s inception in 1989 by the then
UNDP Governing Council prompted its
endorsement by the United Nations
General Assembly as an opportunity to
build better awareness of population
issues and their relation to development.

6. The 2009 WPD theme is
“Responding to the Economic Crisis:
Investing in Women is a Smart Choice”.

7. “Responding to the Economic Crisis: Investing in Women is a Smart Choice”.
“Responding to the Economic Crisis: Investing in Women is a Smart Choice”.

9. UNFPA Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid.
“Now more than ever, in these times of global economic
crisis, I call on decision-makers to increase resources for
reproductive health, including family planning, so we can
make greater progress for women and families. There is
no smarter investment, with such high economic and
social returns, than investing in the health and rights of
adolescent girls and women.”

10. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
“The global financial crisis is forcing all of us to
save and cut costs where we can. But our work
for the women of the world must continue
undiminished. When you empower a woman,
you empower a family. When you empower a
woman, you change the world.”

11. • No one knows yet what the full scale of
current global economic crisis will look
like. We do know that women and children
in developing countries will bear the brunt
of the impact.
• What started as a financial crisis in rich
countries is now deepening into a global
economic crisis that is hitting developing
countries hard. It is already affecting
progress toward reducing poverty.

12. • Policy responses that build on women's
roles as economic agents can do a lot to
mitigate the effects of the crisis on
development, especially because women,
more than men, invest their earnings in
the health and education of their children.

13. • Investments in public health, education,
child care and other social services help
mitigate the impact of the crisis on the
entire family and raise productivity for a
healthier economy.

14. • Investments in education and health for
women and girls have been linked to
increases in productivity, agricultural
yields, and national income — all of which
contribute to the achievement of the
MDGs [Millenium Development Goals].

15. • Investments by governments worldwide
have raised school enrolment rates,
narrowed the gender gap in education,
brought life-saving drugs to people living
with AIDS, expanded HIV prevention,
delivered bed nets to prevent malaria, and
improved child health through
immunization.

16. KEY CONCEPTS
1. Women and the economic crisis
2. Protect progress towards Millennium
Development Goals
3. Women are economic agents
4. Family planning is smart investment
5. Women migrant workers among most
vulnerable

17. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

18. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by
2015 that respond to the world's main
development challenges.
The MDGs are drawn from the actions and
targets contained in the Millennium
Declaration adopted by 189 Member
States during the UN Millennium Summit
in September 2000.

19. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The eight MDGs break down into quantifiable targets that
are measured by indicators.
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

20. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
At the 2005 World Summit, the largest-
ever gathering of world leaders
reaffirmed the need to keep gender
equality, HIV andAIDS and reproductive
health at the top of the development
agenda.
Subsequently, additional targets
including universal access to
reproductive health by 2015 and related
indicators were added to the
Millennium Development Goals.

21. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MDG5: Improve Maternal Health
Target 5.A:
Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal
mortality ratio
5.1 Maternal mortality ratio
5.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
Target 5.B:
Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
5.3 Contraceptive prevalence rate
5.4 Adolescent birth rate
5.5 Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit and at least four
visits)
5.6 Unmet need for family planning

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