The UK has experienced a difficult few years, politically speaking. High Government turnover and cuts to overseas development assistance (ODA) have had devastating consequences for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). While the UK has made progress in championing SRHR in global spaces, financial support...
The Countdown 2030 Europe Consortium welcomes the second report of the High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Follow-up (HLC), focusing on using sexual and reproductive justice as the vehicle to deliver the Nairobi Summit commitments. Countdown especially welcomes the deepened focus on sexual and reproductive justice, which was...
No matter where you live, who you love or the content of your wallet, you have the right to the highest attainable standard of health, to gender equality and to health equity. Everyone has the right to access the care they need without fearing they will go bankrupt when they do. To...
Restricted civil society access Every year country-delegates and civil society representatives from all over the world meet for the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) to follow-up on the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The Commission is one of the...
As spring is setting in, the annual UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD) will take place in New York. I have the privilege to attend another physical gathering in New York and be part of the Dutch government delegation to the CPD. This year, United Nations member states will...