<p> <b>What:</b>  Side event to the Millennium Development Goal Summit focusing on maternal health and on trends and lessons learned from countries that have made strong progress in reducing maternal mortality.<br/>  </p>

<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — Winners of the 2010 United Nations Population Award will receive their awards this week at an official ceremony at the organization’s headquarters.</p>

UNITED NATIONS, New York  – Ministers, parliamentarians, experts, first ladies, royalty, celebrities, midwives, young leaders and civil society representatives from 140 countries will be meeting in Washington, DC, 7-9 June 2010 for the largest ever conference on maternal and reproductive health.

<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York  — The close links between reproductive health, the empowerment of women, gender equality, and their contribution to poverty reduction will be highlighted by the Commission on the Status of Women  to be held in New York from 1 to 12 March.</p> <p> </p>

<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — In a new report to be issued on Wednesday, 18 November, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will show how people, especially empowered women, could make a difference in the fight against climate change.</p>

<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—More than 160 ministers, parliamentarians, and representatives of regional intergovernmental organizations and other world leaders will gather in Addis Ababa for a High-Level Meeting on Maternal Health – Millennium Development Goal 5.</p>

UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA will sponsor a special event on 12 October to open a major exhibition on violence against women around the world in conjunction with 15th anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development.

UNITED NATIONS — More than 2,000 population experts from around the world will converge on Marrakech, Morocco, next week for the 26th International Population Conference, organized by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP).

UNITED NATIONS, New York— Family planning experts from around the world warn that the lack of funding for family planning is stalling development efforts in poor countries. Countries facing large population growth are especially at risk.

UNITED NATIONS, New York — "The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS," will be the focus of the Commission on the Status of Women, which will convene here from 2-13 March.

UNITED NATIONS, New York—The links between culture and promoting human rights, especially women’s rights, will be the focus of a new report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

A special event during the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals.