From November 10-12, Kenya hosted an international conference with over 9,500 participants from more than 170 countries with a single shared purpose: to achieve the ICPD25 goals. These goals were termed “the three zeroes” – zero maternal mortality, zero unmet needs for family planning and zero tolerance towards gender-based violence. The conference seemed to be a massive success, generating over 1,250 commitments by governments, donors, businesses, non-governmental organizations, civil society and other actors to support work towards the three zeroes.
This summit marks the 25th anniversary of the first International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo. It sought to ensure the continuation of the global promise to prioritize women made at that first conference, where the world agreed that sexual and reproductive health is a human right. Although the support initiated by the conference is promising, there are some challenges to meeting these ambitious goals.
According to Dr. Joia Crear Perry, President of the National Birth Equity collaborative in the United States, “attaining an attitudinal shift may prove more challenging than acquiring the necessary policy and legislative shifts required to fulfill the ICPD goals by 2030.” The current global political climate surrounding issues such as abortion and contraception may complicate attempts to convince communities to support issues such as sexual reproductive health and rights. Regardless of the obstacles, the Kenyan summit was a landmark event in attaining sufficient global SRHR, and it garnered encouraging support towards achieving those goals.
From November 10-12, Kenya hosted an international conference with over 9,500 participants from more than 170 countries with a single shared purpose: to achieve the ICPD25 goals. These goals were termed “the three zeroes” – zero maternal mortality, zero unmet needs for family planning and zero tolerance towards gender-based violence. The conference seemed to be a massive success, generating over 1,250 commitments by governments, donors, businesses, non-governmental organizations, civil society and other actors to support work towards the three zeroes.
This summit marks the 25th anniversary of the first International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo. It sought to ensure the continuation of the global promise to prioritize women made at that first conference, where the world agreed that sexual and reproductive health is a human right. Although the support initiated by the conference is promising, there are some challenges to meeting these ambitious goals.
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