International Conference on Population and Development

What is ICPD

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held in Cairo, 1994. It was a milestone in the history of population and development. The result was an impressive and ambitious set of goals for improving sexual health and reproductive rights all over the world.

These goals are known as the ICPD Programme of Action. Its focus is wider than sexual and reproductive health. It links the interrelationships between population, sustained economic growth, health, education, economic status and empowerment of women. Remarkably, it was the first time world leaders agreed to invest in people, not demographic targets. 179 countries committed to implement this by 2015. It will be reviewed in 2014. IPPF is convening civil society.

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Ban ki Moon addresses Women Deliver 2013 [Video]

Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, tells the Women Deliver Community:  "As we enter the homestretch to 2015, let us ensure that the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls are front and center." 

Ban Ki Moon, United Nations Secretary General addresses Women Deliver 2013 from FHI 360 on Vimeo.

IPPF welcomes High Level Panel report for post 2015

The following is reposted with permission from IPPF.org

The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 development agenda have released their final report. IPPF welcomes the positive news that sexual and reproductive health and rights will being reocgnized in the next development framework.  

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The Release Of The High Level Panel Report

An advanced copy of the High Level Panel Report, A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty And Transform Economies Through Sustainable Development has been released and is available from here. 

Update On Events Around The Release Of The High Level Panel Report (30-31 May)

30 May, Thursday 
11am EDT: General Assembly Briefing 

The Panel, led by HLP Co-Chair President Yudhoyono, will brief the General Assembly on the HLP report. Although the briefing will be held without the report and closed to the media, the event will be webcast after 3pm EDT on: http://webtv.un.org. Reportage on the briefing will also be available at http://post2015.iisd.org  

3pm EDT: Web release of the HLP Report 

The HLP report will be released on the Secretary-General’s webpage and will be available on the Panel’s website: www.post2015hlp.org at 3pm EDT / 7pm GMT 

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Stop press! Early release of report of High Level Panel report

The Secretariat for the High Level Panel (HLP)  has been announced that in keeping with the expectation for an early release, the HLP report will now be available online at www.post2015hlp.org on 30 May (Thursday) at 3pm EDT/7pm GMT.

 The discussion event following the release of the report will continue be held on 31 May, 10am EDT / 2pm GMT. 

 

For further information please see http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/discussion-of-the-high-level-panels-report-on-the-post-2015-agenda

ARROW: Calling for Access to Contraception at Women Deliver

28 May 2013/Kuala Lumpur 

Kuala Lumpur: From 28-30 May, Kuala Lumpur plays host to the Women Deliver conference, billed as "the largest global event of the decade to focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women." This is particularly timely as May 28th is the International Day of Action for Women's Health, which highlights access to contraceptives and family planning as a human right. Women's ability to choose the number, spacing and whether they wish to have children is a basic human right, an important indicator of women's empowerment, and is a cornerstone for improving women's health outcomes. It is also very much a development issue, as it is linked to poverty alleviation and attaining food security and sovereignty. 

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A stand alone goal on Achieving Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment

There are less than two days to go to the release of the report of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel which will make specific recommendations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Meanwhile, UN Women has circulated a a note entitled, Stand-Alone Goal on Achieving Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment: Imperatives and Key Components in the context of the Post-2015 Framework and Sustainable Development Goals.

In a recent International Center for Research on Women blog entry, Adolescent Girls are Critical to post-2015 Agenda, Suzanne Petroni argues that it does not go far enough and that sexual health and rights have been ‘left off the table altogether’.

WLP at Women Deliver 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

On May 28 – 30, Women’s Learning Partnership will join thousands of leaders and advocates from 160 countries in Kuala Lumpur for Women Deliver 2013, a conference on girls’ and women’s health and rights. Follow the conversation via webcast on WLP’s Women Deliver website which will showcase talks by some of the leading voices on girls’ and women’s issues, including Melinda Gates, Graça Machel, Cecile Richards, Tewodros Melesse, and three UN agency heads, among many others. 

Over the course of the conference, sessions will address progress and ongoing challenges in maternal health, family planning, equality, education, and violence against women, with an overarching focus on why investments in girls and women must remain a global priority in the lead-up to the 2015 Millennium Development Goal deadline and beyond.

A full listing of WLP events at Women Deliver 2013 is available on the WLP's Women Deliver Webpage. 

Launch of the report of the High Level Panel and discussion, 31 May 2013

The report of the High-Level Panel (HLP) will be handed over to the UN Secretary General on the 30 May, and will be made public on the 31st May.  The following information is provided on the High-Level Panel website.

Discussion of the High Level Panel’s Report on the Post 2015 Agenda 

31st May 2013 (10am to 12pm) United Nations Headquarters, ECOSOC Chamber

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