Diversifying agents of demographic change
Description
Diversifying agents of demographic change involves actively broadening the range of individuals, organizations, and mechanisms that influence population trends. This strategy aims to address imbalances and vulnerabilities by empowering varied stakeholders—such as women, youth, migrants, and local communities—to participate in decision-making and implementation. Practical actions include supporting inclusive policies, fostering cross-sector partnerships, and promoting education and resources, thereby remedying demographic stagnation, dependency, and inequitable population structures.
Context
Population programmes succeed better when supported by individuals and communities; reliance on the government sector as the sole agent of demographic and social change has therefore to be reduced. Experience shows that NGOs, community organizations, socio-cultural and religious groups, women's groups and influential individuals can and do play an important role in influencing the attitudes and behaviour of people, so a national plan should be aware of the basic make-up and outlook of such groups and organizations and involve them along with the intended beneficiaries when designing and implementing the national programme.
Broader
Related
Value
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Commerce » Agencies, dealers
Sociology » Demography
Content quality
Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J3063
DOCID
12030630
D7NID
222948
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Dec 3, 2024