This year’s World Population Day falls during a milestone year, when we anticipate the birth of the Earth’s eight billionth inhabitant.

World Refugee Day is intended to be a celebration of the human spirit and of the fortitude of the millions of people who ­ despite being displaced and dispossessed - relentlessly strive to improve their lives and those of their families and communities. 

Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war and repression that terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities.