Girard, Françoise

Cairo + Five: Reviewing Progress for Women Five Years After the International Conference on Population and Development

In 1999, five years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), 170 countries and 200 NGOs met to examine the successes and failures of implementing the ICPD's Programme of Action (POA). This article briefly reviews the findings of this meeting. The author explains what the POA is and highlights five of its commitments to improve women's sexual and reproductive health.