- the influence of the program of action on the Netherlands' gender and security policy in the south.
Program of Action International Congres on population and Development Cairo 1994
1994 Cairo: UN International Conference on Population and Development
Cairo
The Cairo Conference moved population policy and programmes away from a focus on human numbers to a focus on human lives. It put the emphasis where it should be: on improving the lives of individuals, and increasing respect for their human rights. Delegates from all regions and cultures agreed that reproductive health is a basic human right.
