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International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, 15 years later
 
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A Message From Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director.....................1What Is the Cairo Consensus and Why Does It Still Matter? ..................................2Reducing Extreme Poverty Is Intertwined With All o Cairo’s Goals. ......................6Ensuring Access to Family Planning Is Key to Saving Lives andImproving Health ..................................................................................................................9Promoting Gender Equity Is Crucial or Development ..............................................12Ending Violence Against Women Is Essential to Health andHuman Rights ......................................................................................................................14Helping Girls Stay in School Is One o the Best Investments Possible .................15Protecting the Health o Inants and Children Is an ImportantGoal o Cairo ........................................................................................................................18Investing in Young People to Help Them Succeed Advancesthe Cairo Consensus .........................................................................................................20Healthier Lives Depend on a Healthy Environment ..................................................23Where Do We Stand on the Promises o Cairo? .......................................................25Family Planning Is Cost-Eective ..................................................................................27Reerences ...........................................................................................................................28Resources ............................................................................................................................28
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MessagefroMthoraya ahMed obaid,UnfPa exeCUtive direCtor.
The 1994 International Conerence on Population and Development changedthe way the world views issues o population — moving away rom a ocus onnumbers to a ocus on human rights and dignity. To commemorate the 15thanniversary, UNFPA is pleased to issue this chartbook in cooperation with thePopulation Reerence Bureau. Pointing to the connections between population,poverty, education, environment and health, it highlights areas that requireurgent action and investment.At the Cairo Conerence, 179 governments agreed to work together withpartners to achieve universal access to education, especially or girls, to reduceinant, child and maternal mortality and to guarantee reproductive health,including amily planning by 2015. Delegates rom all regions agreed that everyperson has the right to sexual and reproductive health and that empoweringwomen is a highly important end in itsel that is essential to improving thequality o lie o everyone. These goals and principles have been incorporatedin the Millennium Development Goals that now provide a uniying rameworkor international development cooperation.While a solid legal and policy oundation has been laid in the last 15 years toimprove living standards and equity, there remains a large gap between whatis written down and people’s daily realities. While girls’ enrolment in schoolhas risen along with access to amily planning and care during pregnancy andchildbirth, maternal mortality still represents the world’s largest health inequity,with a woman continuing to die each and every minute. Little improvement inthis area points to the need or urgent action to strengthen health systems andprotect the rights o girls and women.We hope that you use the acts, gures and messages in this report to promoteuniversal access to reproductive health and education by 2015 and to accelerateprogress to end discrimination and extreme poverty.
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