ICPD and Human Rights: 20 years of advancing reproductive rights through UN treaty bodies and legal reform

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ICPD and Human Rights: 20 years of advancing reproductive rights through UN treaty bodies and legal reform
Document Type: 
Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
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(2013)
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This document contains a series of fact sheets on the progress that states have made with respect to human rights since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action. The fact sheets examine the extent to which the goals laid out in the Programme of Action have been realized, with brief overviews of the following areas: maternal mortality and morbidity; contraceptive information and services; abortion; sexual and reproductive health education and information; the situation of adolescents and youth; the situation of individuals belonging to marginalized and under-served populations; HIV/AIDS; violence against women; and harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage. The document includes examples of how states have progressed since 1994 in each of these areas, and makes recommendations for guaranteeing these rights going forward.