Nigeria: World Population Day: Empowering young people to create families they want in a fair world leads conversation on Friday

Friday, July 11 is the 2025 commemoration of the World Population Day, an annual event, observed to raise awareness on global population issues such as family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health as well as human rights; it encourages worldwide attention to population issues, aiming to promote sustainable development and well-being.

The event, established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, was inspired by the public interest in…