World Population Day is a great event being celebrated all through the world annually on 11th of July. It is celebrated to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues. It was first started in the year 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was exalted by the interest of the public when the global population became near about five billion at 11th of July in the year 1987.
Every year the world continues to get more and more crowded. While we’ve a tendency to pack ourselves into massive cities, and there are presently still long open stretches of countryside, every year that gets whittled away at more and more. The power and food needs of the world continue to place a greater and greater strain on our ability to meet them, and resources in general are becoming harder and harder to come by. World Population Day comes along each year to remind us that our present rate of population growth is unsustainable, and the present social and logistical issues we are experiencing to meet the demand of that population will only get worse if we don’t do something.
History of World Population Day
In 1987 there was an event called “Five Billion Day”, which recognized when the human population boiled over the 5 billion mark. Since then the United Nations Development Programme has been working to anticipate, support, and offset the needs of a rapidly growing population. The population had been deemed to be growing out of control, and an awareness was being spread about the need for family planning, ways to offset poverty, and the ability to ensure that proper maternal health was observed.
The existing strain of supporting our present population is already causing grievous crimes in the areas of human rights and gender equality. As more people come into an a world that’s already doing a poor job of taking care of its citizens, there are more and more of them coming vulnerable to human rights violations such as human trafficking and child labor. World Population Day reminds us that we are part of an ever growing world, and that to ensure there’s a great future ahead for any of us, there has to be a great future for all of us.
WORLD POPULATION DAY THEMES
The theme of 2015 was”Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies”.
The theme of 2014 was “A time to reflect on population trends and related issues” and “Investing in Young People”.
The theme of 2013 was “Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy”.
The theme of 2012 was “Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services”.
The theme of 2011 was “7 Billion Actions”.
The theme of 2010 was “Be Counted: Say What You Need”.
The theme of 2009 was “Fight Poverty: Educate Girls”.
The theme of 2008 was “Plan Your Family, Plan Your Future”.
The theme of 2007 was “Men at Work”.
The theme of 2006 was “Being Young is Tough”.
The theme of 2005 was “Equality Empowers”.
The theme of 2004 was “ICPD at 10”.
The theme of 2003 was “1,000,000,000 adolescents”.
The theme of 2002 was “Poverty, Population and Development”.
The theme of 2001 was “Population, Environment and Development”.
The theme of 2000 was “Saving Women’s Lives”.
The theme of 1999 was “Start the Count-up to the Day of Six Billion”.
The theme of 1998 was “Approaching the Six Billion”.
The theme of 1997 was “Adolescent Reproductive Health Care”.
The theme of 1996 was “Reproductive Health and AIDS”.
