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Overpopulation is a crucial issue, especially considering that world resources are depleting at an unsustainable rate. The increasing population also sheds light on health problems faced by women during pregnancy and childbirth, making the need for family planning, gender equality, and maternal health more important than ever.  

Millions of women, globally, are still not given access to safe and effective family planning methods. 

A basic human right is to be able to get safe and effective family planning. It should also be a voluntary choice. Gender equality and women’s empowerment depend on it. It is also a key factor in reducing poverty.

Moreover, The pandemic has compromised health care systems particularly in the area of sexual and reproductive health. It also exposed and exacerbated gender-based inequities: gender-based violence increased under lockdown, as did the risk of child marriage and female genital mutilation as programmes to abolish the harmful practices were disrupted

World Population Day on July 11 is a holiday that’s dedicated to focusing on the importance of population issues. It serves to highlight the growing problems that come with a growing global population. The day was established by the United Nations as a result of the massive interest people had in Five Billion Day in 1987.

Current estimates indicate that roughly 83 million people are being added to the world’s population every year. Even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline, the global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to the medium-variant projection.