Countries are making real progress in carrying out a bold global action plan that links poverty alleviation to women's rights and universal access to reproductive health. Ten years into the new era opened by the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, the quality and reach of family planning programmes have improved, safe motherhood and HIV prevention efforts are being scaled up, and governments embrace the ICPD Programme of Action as an essential blueprint for realizing development goals.
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Events
12-14 November 2019
High-level Conference on ICPD25
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ground breaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which took place in Cairo in 1994. At that conference, 179 governments adopted a Programme of Action...
12 November 2019
Press
Actions to save mothers’ lives, meet the global demand for contraception and stop violence against women and girls by 2030 are the focus of a three-day global summit that begins here tomorrow.
11 November 2019
Resources
Supplement to Background paper on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Essential Element...
This supplement was launched in conjunction with the launch of the background document for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25.
8 November 2019