World Delegates Discuss Population Control
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Science, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights, Demographics, Population
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, Middle Eastern History, Worldwide
- Geographical Location: Egypt, Middle East
- Date: September 5-13, 1994
Article abstract: An international conference sponsored by the United Nations emphasized links among population control, economic development, and the advancement of women.
The Cairo Conference
The United Nations sponsored a conference in Cairo, Egypt, in September, 1994, with the intent of creating a twenty-year master plan for population control. Although conferees agreed to roughly 90 percent of the draft document in advance of the conference, debate and controversy reflected fundamental differences on a variety of difficult issues. These issues...
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