The United Nations and partners are calling for renewed attention to the Millennium Development Goals as the target date for their achievement approaches. Friday, 5 April 2013 kicks off the countdown of the last 1,000 days.
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is marking this milestone with a variety of activities to amplify awareness and accelerate action on the MDGs. The Fund will draw particular attention to MDG5: to improve maternal health and universal access to reproductive health. It is the goal that lags most behind:
As part of these activities, UNFPA will join the United Nations Foundations and other development partners around the world in the Momentum 1000 social media rally— 1,000 consecutive minutes of digital engagement to amplify the MDG messages.
UNFPA will also be working with other United Nations agencies to build on the MDG Momentum – 1,000 Days of Action, highlighting the achievements of the MDGs as well as the need to accelerate action in the next 1000 days and beyond.
Join UNFPA and help build more #MDGMomentum.
Momentum1000 Worldwide Digital Rally
- Twitter chat - MDG 5: A Matter of Life and Death
WHEN: Live on Friday, 5 April 2013 – 11.30 am EDT / 15.30 pm GMT
WHO: Join @UNFPA and ask your questions
WHERE: Twitter @UNFPA & #MDGMomentum
WHAT: UNFPA is holding a Twitter chat about MDG 5 and what can be done to accelerate efforts on maternal health and access to reproductive health in the next 1,000 days and beyond.
We invite you to join the conversation. You can ask your questions or leave your comments in two easy ways:
- Ask a question @UNFPA anytime this week.1
- Follow us @UNFPA and at hashtag #MDGMomentum on Friday, April 5 at 11.30 AM EDT/3.30 PM GMT to ask questions and follow the conversation.2
- Tweet-a-thon: 30 Minutes. 30 Tweets. 30 Things You Need to Know Now.
WHEN: Saturday, 6 April 2013 – 12.30 am EDT / 4.30 am GMT / 7.30 am EAT / 11.30 ICT
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#MDGMomentum Twitter Photo Rally
From Friday 5 April, 8:00am EDT to Saturday 6 April, 1:00am EDT, UNFPA will be tweeting photos illustrating the local impact that our work on MDG 5 is having for communities around the world. Join the rally
#MDGMomentum on Facebook
Join and follow UNFPA on Facebook as we build momentum to accelerate action in the 1,000 days leading up to the MDG 2015 target date. Stories, photos, videos, data, and more: It’s all there!
