Doctor Natividad Guerrero, director of the Center for Youth Studies (CESJ), asserted on Thursday that the program of actions on the island to mark the date has been precisely conceived to involve population groups that are different but equally decisive in terms of population and the future.

In this regard she referred to young people, women and senior citizens, on which this year the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) centers its message, while inviting humanity to meditate on the opportunity and at the same time the challenge coexisting in a planet of seven billion people represents, the survival of which depends on all.

Doctor Guerrero announced some of the activities planned to mark World  Population Day, like an online debate on sexual and reproductive health, with special emphasis on puberty and family planning, scheduled for Friday, starting at 9:00 a.m., from http://foros.cubava.cu.

The following day, with the support of the Havana City Historian Office, there will be special tour offers for families, and a wushu presentation at the Plaza de Armas. At noon, at the “Leonor Pérez” Maternal Hospital, the National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) will present recent publications, with valuable lessons for the exercise of responsible parenthood.

On Sunday, 6:00 pm, at the Cuba Pavilion, young singer-songwriter David Torrens will offer a concert, and on Monday morning, at the former Belen Convent, several projects destined to people of the so-called third age will be presented, while there will be a scientific workshop at the San Geronimo School.

 

With specialists of the CESJ, the Center for Demographic Studies of the University of Havana and the National Office of Statistics, two panels will focus on youth, social policies, challenges and population growth in today’s Cuban context. In the afternoon, the Center for Youth Studies will present the last issue of its magazine.
Doctor Natividad Guerrero stated that not only the capital but the entire nation will celebrate July 11, with cultural, recreational and didactic options and with health promotion, debates and many other initiatives.