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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated a two-day event titled “ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development” that creates a platform to discuss the challenges and explore the opportunities of the world’s shifting demographics.
The programme at Intercontinental Hotel has been organised by Bangladesh, Bulgaria and Japan, together with UNFPA, as per UNB reports.
The global dialogue will unpack global and regional population dynamics and diversity, covering topics such as intergenerational wellbeing and healthy ageing, the future of population data, and the changing demography of rural communities, according to UNFPA.
Around 200 representatives from local and national governments, academia, think tanks, technical experts, civil society organisations, and the private sector will share practical insights into the investments in health, education, housing or infrastructure, and population change that are needed to adapt to changing demographic trends.
This dialogue will honour that legacy by focusing on practical responses to demographic change that reinforce a human rights-based approach to population policies that put gender equality and reproductive rights at the core.
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, Minister of Social and Family Development of the Maldives Aishath Shiham, Kiribati’s Minister for Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs Martin Moretti, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Yasushi And State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Rokeya Sultana also among others spoke at the programme.
Representatives from the Government of Bulgaria also joined the opening ceremony.