About GPI | Global Prenatal Initiative

The Global Prenatal Initiative (GPI) was launched in 2014 in partnership with the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations International Year of Families. The GPI is an awareness raising campaign. Partnership events, summits and forums are planned throughout the world on the importance of the family and particularly the prenatal period on human and global sustainable development.

“The Global Prenatal Initiative (GPI) is a wake-up call to the essential paradigm shift that makes global sustainable development realizable. The “9 Months to Save the World” begins at conception. The time spent in the womb is the foundation for long-term health, emotional security, intelligence, creativity and much more for every human being. It is vital that the link between these early stages of human development, their long-term impact and the current global challenges be known.”
~ Julie Gerland, GPI Co-Founder and Director

GPI gathers support from both civil society and governments. Major and grassroots events took place around the globe during the 2014 United Nations 20th Anniversary of the International Year of Families (IYF) continued through 2015 United Nations Year of Light and is now cooperating with the 2016 Year of Pulses.

Events focus on the UN priority themes for this year:

Confronting family poverty
Ensuring work-family balance
Advancing social integration
Inter-generational solidarity

The GPI invites individuals, associations, NGO’s, civil society, United Nations agencies and governments to partner in this global awakening as we discuss the importance of the family and the prenatal period on human and global sustainable development. Prevention and empowerment are major keys for the immense task of reaching the United Nations’ goals.