The event
“At the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, representatives of 179 governments gathered in Cairo and adopted the ICPD Programme of Action, which recognized reproductive health and the empowerment of women and gender equality as pillars of sustainable development.
Twenty-five years later, in November 2019, the Nairobi Summit, also known as ICPD+25, was held in Nairobi, Kenya, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Cairo Conference at the same time the international community was working towards meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Kenya hosted the Nairobi Summit, which brought together governments, United Nations agencies, private sector organizations, women’s groups, and youth networks to discuss and agree on initiatives to further advance the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action.” UN Website excerpt
