Sex & Poverty
Attainment of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is a fundamental prerequisite for the Millenium Development Goals to be achieved. The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the eight development goals jointly adopted by members of the United Nations in the year 2000. They are concerned with the reduction of poverty and improvement of global development, with target year 2015. Today, the goals are regarded as representing the guidelines for the development work of the UN. During the UN summit of September 2005, member nations met to follow up and reinforce the Millennium Declaration. The document issued after the conference affrmed the importance of achieving reproductive health for all by the year 2015, and stated that it should be integrated into strategies for achieving the MDGs.
IFPA demands:
- That sexual and reproductive health and rights are clearly linked to the UN Millennium Development Goals.
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