"The present organizations and networks from Latin America and the Caribbean in this meeting made up of women from regional networks throughout the region on the theme of Cairo +15 manifest our profound concern that 15 years after the Cairo Program of Action was agreed to, Latin America and the Caribbean is still the region with the greatest socio-economic inequality in the world."

May 10, 2007

Guest blog by Denise Hirao, Program Officer, Latin America, International Women's Health Coalition. Originally posted on RHRealityCheck.org.

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Introduction
Listening to what my colleagues have just presented leaves no doubt in my mind that we have made gains in adolescents' sexual and reproductive rights. But a lot remains to be done. One thing that we cannot overlook is the right of young people to participate in all decision-making processes that relate to them.