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Resources & History

  • International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) IWHC led negotiations resulting in an unprecedented commitment by 179 governments to place women’s rights and access to reproductive health at the center of population policy.  Read more>> 
  • International Conference on Population and Development Plus Five (New York, 1999) The five-year review of the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development assessed the progress made towards the goals set during the 1994 Cairo conference.  Read more>>

    United Nations Commission on Population and Development (New York, 2005) The 38th Commission session focused on population, development and HIV/AIDS, and progress towards the goals set at the 1994 Cairo conference.  Read more>>
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Resources

The Cairo Consensus: The Right Agenda for the Right Time

IWHC publication, 30 pages. Analyzes the watershed international agreement on population and development, with women's health, empowerment, and rights at the center, forged in Cairo in 1994. Available in PDF. Go>>

Reproductive Health and Justice: International Women's Health Coalition for Cairo

IWHC co-publication, 39 pages. Report on a conference of 215 women from 75 countries in preparation for the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. Available from IWHC and CEPIA. Go>>

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD): What the Programme of Action Really Says

IWHC backgrounder, 7 pages. Summarizes the key goals, core agenda, and additional provisions of the 20-year ICPD Programme of Action. Also provides background on U.S. involvement in women's health and rights worldwide. Available in Word, PDF, and HTML. Go>>

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