President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses delegates during the official opening ceremony of ICPD 25 at KICC in Nairobi. PHOTO | PSCU
The Largest United Nations Summit on Sexual and Reproductive Health in 25 years is underway in Nairobi, Kenya.
It's facing Significant Pushback from conservative and Religious Groups that Oppose its Agenda.
The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, which started Tuesday, Marks a Quarter Century since the First International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, which is Credited with Shifting Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy toward a more Rights-based, Women and Girl, Centered Approach.
Before the Summit in Nairobi began, Anti-Abortion Protesters Marched through the City, Carrying Signs, that were Branded with the Logo of a Spain-based Conservative Advocacy Group.
On Monday, a Kenyan Government Official assured Faith Leaders that Abortion and LGBTI Rights would Not be on the Summit Agenda, a Message that the Conference's Organizers Rejected.
"This is a global summit — it's not a Kenyan summit. Everything is on the table and these are issues that need to be discussed," said UNFPA Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships Arthur Erken, Speaking at the same Press Conference as the Kenyan Official.
Monday saw the Launch of a New Report from Family Planning 2020, a Global Partnership focused on Family Planning, which Found that 53 Million more Women and Girls are using Modern Contraceptives over the past Seven years, Short of the Partnership's Target, but 30% Higher than Projections before the Launch of the Global Effort.
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UPDATE
The Nairobi Statement on ICPD25 is a Non-Binding Statement that Outlines the Goals of Eliminating Preventable Maternal Deaths, Gender-based Violence, and Harmful Practices like Child Marriage, and Meeting the Needs of People who want Contraceptives but aren't using them, All by 2030.
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