Summit report out... Global Conversations start June 10th
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 1:35PM Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Report
This report captures the unique essence, substance and outcomes of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, launched at a particularly challenging time for sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide. As countries around the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, we see just how critical the issues highlighted at the Summit are.
Six months after the Summit, countries are already taking steps to make good on their Nairobi commitments. We see increasing calls to prioritize the rights, health and safety of women and girls, including the recent joint ministerial statement on behalf of 59 countries calling for the protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights and promoting gender-responsiveness in the COVID-19 crisis.
For instance, Sudan’s recent ban on female genital mutilation and Kenya's Nairobi commitment to end the practice mark a huge step forward on eliminating this harmful practice for women and girls.
The Nairobi Summit set a clear direction for the path ahead, and our forward march continues. It’s time to finally deliver concrete results for women and girls, and ensure that no one is left behind in the final push to 2030 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Join the Global Conversations on accelerating our commitments to women and girls
The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 generated political and financial momentum and concrete commitments to transform the lives of women and girls by achieving the "three zeros" – zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices – by 2030. These commitments remain despite the COVID-19 crisis.
While everyone feels the fallout from the pandemic, the most vulnerable people are hardest hit. As outlined in recent research by UNFPA, COVID-19 will severely impact global efforts to deliver the "three zeros" by the end of the decade.
To map the best, most innovative strategies for sustained progress on the three transformative results amid the pandemic, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem will host a series of Global Conversations on ICPD and the Nairobi commitments entitled What’s Next? Accelerating our commitments to women and girls.
The series will kick off with a discussion on strengthening health systems responses to gender-based violence amid the pandemic featuring thematic experts, government officials, youth activists and United Nations partners. The virtual moderated panel will be held on 10 June from 10:00-11:30 a.m. EST.