#ICPD25 ‘Good Progress Not Good Enough’ – UNFPA Chief On Commitments To Place Women At The Heart Of Development Efforts

Riyaz Patel

More than 6000 delegates in the population development sector have gathered in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to renew the promise made to girls and women 25 years ago in Cairo, Egypt.

Young girls from various African countries firmly called on them to ensure that they have access to sexual reproductive health rights, justice and equality.

“I want to be educated about sexual and reproductive rights,” said one of the girls to the applause of the packed conference room at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.

Twenty-five years ago in the Egyptian capital, there were ‘commitments’ to create equality for all by placing women at the centre of global development strategies.

South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu said: “The Summit under the theme: ‘Accelerating the Promise,’ seeks to galvanise change and mobilise both political will and financial commitment to push forward the unfinished business of the ICPD Programme