ICPD@5 Review
Within the framework of the global assessment of the ICPD Programme of Action, the ECA undertook a 5-year regional review of the extent to which member states implemented the ICPD Programme of Action. The review, which was partly based on survey responses from 41 countries, revealed that remarkable progress was made by some ECA member states in areas such as: access to reproductive health services, integrating family planning and safe motherhood into primary health care systems, developing national action plans designed to empower women, and addressing emerging issues (HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive needs of adolescents).
The five-year review revealed heavy focus on reproductive health and reproductive rights, with little emphases on general health, education, income generation and employment, reducing infant and maternal mortality, and HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. Also the review indicated inadequate treatment of the family, refugees, the role of the aged in society, political and social instability, interrelationship between the role of the NGOs, private sector and civil society, and IEC and advocacy strategies.
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- ECA's Follow-up Activities Towards ICPD+5
- Implementation of Policies, Programmes and Laws Related to Reproductive Health and Reproductive Richts in Selected African Countries
- Constraints, Best Practices and Institutional Changes, Including Partnership with the Civil Society, in the Implementation of the DND and ICPD-PA in Africa
- Third Meeting of the Follow-up Committee on the Implementation of the Dakar/Ngor Declaration & the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
ICPD@10 Review
The ICPD at 10 Review aimed at addressing the gaps mentioned above. This review, which marked the mid-point for the ICPD-PoA, offered an opportunity to look forward and to reflect on the diversity of the goals, and demonstrated how their achievement would forward progress toward the Millennium.
At the global level, the 37th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, held in 2004, carried out a comprehensive review of progress in the preceding ten years on all aspects of the ICPD Programme of Action. This meeting was built on the previous annual sessions of the Commission, held since 1994, which reviewed the implementation of specific chapters of the ICPD Programme of Action. The Commissions 2004 review culminated with the official reaffirmation of the ICPD Programme of Action and Key Actions, and a reiteration that Governments in every region should continue to commit themselves, at the highest political level, to achieving the ICPD goals and objectives. At the regional level, the review conducted by ECA emphasized full ownership of the ICPD Programme of Action by Member States. Governments re-affirmed their commitment to full implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action and the ICPD@5 Key Actions. This review underscored that the ICPD goals remain relevant, and that while much progress has been made in advancing them, this progress was not uniform across the region or across all substantive areas.
Overall, the outcomes of the ICPD@10 review demonstrated that countries have made significant progress in adopting and implementing a reproductive health approach; in strengthening efforts to improve gender equality, equity and the empowerment of women; in addressing adolescent reproductive health; in forging new partnerships with civil society and the private sector; and in promoting the integration of population dynamics and trends into development planning and policymaking. However, the outcomes also show that major challenges to the full implementation of the Cairo agenda remain, including addressing HIV/AIDS more effectively, incorporating culturally sensitive approaches into programming and strengthening data collection and analysis systems.
Among the main policy findings and conclusions that emerged from the ICPD@10 review, three are worth mentioning. First is the reaffirmation across the globe of the ICPD Programme of Action and the Key Actions. Second is the universal recognition that the effective implementation of the Programme of Action requires commitment of financial resources. And third is the acknowledgement that full implementation of the Cairo agenda is essential to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
More Documentations...
- ICPD 10th Anniversary: Africa Regional Review Report
Year: 2004 - Final Declaration ECA Ministerial Conference on ICPD at 10
Year: 2004 - The ICPD 10 Anniversary: Africa Regional Review Report
Regional Ministerial Review Conference on Implementation of the Dakar/Ngor Declaration and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development-ICPD at 10 Year: 2004
DND/ICPD@15 Review
Year 2009 will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the ICPD i.e. ICPD[at]15[dot] The AUC Executive Council during its 12th Session meeting in Addis Ababa took note of the decision of the 6th Ordinary Session of the General Assembly of the African Population Commission and subsequently requested the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to coordinate the 15-year review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD@15) in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other partners.
In order to fulfil the AUC and the UN General Assembly Mandates, the AUC and ECA will jointly undertake a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the DND and the ICPD Programme of Action in Africa. As part of this ongoing process, in the 2008-2009 biennium, the AUC and ECA are planning to adopt a regional and sub-regional process to review and report on the regional and national implementation of the commitments, with particular emphasis on issues also covered in the MDGs as well as emerging issues on the current international agenda, such as energy and food crisis, climate change, international migration and ageing, etc.