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Media Advisory | UNFPA at Women Deliver 2026: Driving progress on health, rights and gender equality

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Media Advisory | UNFPA at Women Deliver 2026: Driving progress on health, rights and gender equality

calendar_today 24 April 2026

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Photo: UNFPA in the Pacific Island Countries/Anirban Mahapatra

Media Advisory

UNITED NATIONS, 24 April 2026 – UNFPA brings global leadership, partnerships and dialogue to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights at Women Deliver 2026 Conference (taking place from 27-30 April at the Melbourne Exhibition and Conference Centre).

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will participate in the Women Deliver 2026 Conference from 27 to 30 April in Narrm (Melbourne), bringing together global leaders, advocates and partners to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality in a rapidly changing demographic landscape. Through high-level engagements, partner events and an interactive booth space, UNFPA will promote collaborative action at a critical moment marked by growing pushback against women’s health and rights worldwide.

The UNFPA delegation includes the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, Diene Keita, along with other senior representatives. See spokesperson list here.

Throughout the conference, UNFPA will engage with governments, civil society, youth leaders and multilateral partners. UNFPA’s exhibition booth, drawing inspiration from the Pacific concept of Talanoa, will also serve as an open space for inclusive dialogue on health and rights. 

UNFPA Event Highlights 

 

Leading our own liberation: A pre-conference for feminist disabled changemakers

  • 26 April, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. AEST
  • This event will bring together women, girls and gender-diverse people with disabilities to strengthen movement building, share knowledge and resources, and develop advocacy strategies to advance gender equality and disability rights at Women Deliver 2026 and beyond. 

 

Convening feminist mobilization for advancing women’s health, bodily autonomy, sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence in Asia Pacific

  • 27 April, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
  • This event will address the growing pushback against sexual and reproductive health and rights and other justice movements.  

 

High-Level Parliamentary Forum: Sexual and reproductive health and rights: Driving equality, ensuring justice

  • 27 April, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. AEST
  • This event will convene ministers, members of parliament, civil society organizations and UN leaders to discuss the role of political leadership and multilateral cooperation in advancing sexual and reproductive health and gender equality, and to strengthen understanding of the intrinsic links between sexual and reproductive health and rights and development justice.  

 

Intergenerational dialogue between policymakers, parliamentarians and youth

  • 28 April, 9:30–11:00 a.m. AEST
  • This session will bring together Pacific youth and decision-makers to exchange perspectives and create solutions on climate, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender equality. 

 

No time to lose: Scaling solutions and financing to end child marriage in humanitarian settings and beyond

  • 28 April, 12:00–1:30 p.m. AEST
  • This event will explore how proven, locally rooted strategies to end child marriage can be integrated into humanitarian, peacebuilding and climate responses.  

 

Data-driven change: Closing the data gap to end female genital mutilation

  • 28 April, 6:00–7:30 p.m. AEST
  • This event will explore the urgent need to address female genital mutilation in South Asia and Southeast Asia, where the absence of official data on prevalence continues to render millions of women and girls invisible to policymakers. It will highlight the global and regional landscape and the challenges in advancing change without an institutionalized evidence base. 

 

The full programme can be viewed here.

For more information / interview requests

 

Katie Elles (available on site) 
Regional Communications Advisor, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
elles@unfpa.org 

 

Jafar Irshaidat (Bangkok)
Communications Specialist, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
irshaidat@unfpa.org 

 

About UNFPA:

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, working to uphold the rights and choices of women, girls and young people across more than 150 countries and territories. It reaches millions of women, girls and young people with essential health services, protection from violence, and vital information about their bodies and rights. It also helps governments plan for changing demographics, to build inclusive and resilient societies.

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