Throughout the 1990s and into this decade, a number of international conferences held under the auspices of the United Nations drew attention to the needs of women and adolescents, with a particular focus on their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Recognizing the growing strength and capacity of the international women’s movement, IWHC played a leadership role in mobilizing women and young people for participation in these conferences, most notably for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994. more>> 

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Conference Overview
In this section, you'll find information on individual UN conferences, including links to the outcome documents in all official UN languages. To access these pages, click on the light gray tabs in the left-hand column of this page.

HERA: Health, Empowerment, Rights, and Accountability
HERA is an international group of well-known women's and human rights activists for which IWHC served as the secretariat. In this section, you'll find information about the group, including the HERA mission statement, and links to a set of action sheets on sexual and reproductive health developed by HERA (available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian). more>>