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  • Title: [Revolution at Cairo and by Cairo].
    Journal: GIRE; 1998 Mar; (16):1. PubMed ID: 12349305.
    Abstract:
    The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo and the two preceding conferences in Bucharest and Mexico City all addressed the negative relation between population growth and economic development in the developing countries. World population nearly quadrupled in the 20th century, from 1.6 billion to 6 billion. Existing economic and social systems have not been capable of offering even the most urgently needed goods and services to all of the world¿s inhabitants. Each conference has produced a Program of Action committing the member nations. The Cairo conference was distinguished by the reduced weight given to technical issues and the introduction of women¿s perspective and reproductive rights. In Cairo, representatives of the international women¿s movement were able to discuss with governments the most humane and rational manner of managing demographic growth, not by imposing goals of population control, but by facilitating the decisions of women. Not all governments were in agreement with the entire Program of Action, with the Vatican in particular expressing numerous reservations. In 1999, the UN Population Fund will convene ¿Cairo plus Five¿, halfway between the Cairo conference and the fourth conference projected for 2004. The concrete results in each country in implementing the Program of Action will be assessed, financial obstacles will be explored, and countries will be encouraged to complete their programs.
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