International Inter-ministerial Conference South-South Cooperation for Population and Development In post-ICPD and MDGs

PPD’s 10th International Conference on Population and Development 22-23 October 2013, Beijing, China

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Message from Executive Director 04 Opening Ceremony 05-11 Session I Theme : Family Planning for Sustainable Development in the context of Cooperation for post- ICPD and MDGs 12-15 Session II Theme: Integrating Population Dynamics into National Development Goals in the context of South-South Cooperation for post-ICPD and MDGs 16-19 Session III Theme: Investing for Demographic Dividend; lessons learned and implications for South-South Cooperation in the context of post- ICPD and MDGs. 20-24 Session IV Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health for all in the context South-South Cooperation for post- ICPD and MDGs. 25-29 Session V Theme : Presentation of PPD Position Paper on South-South Compiled and Edited by PPD Secretariat Cooperation Priorities for post-ICPD and MDGs beyond 2015. 30-36 Year of Publication Session VI 2014 Adoption of the Beijing Declaration 37-39 Design & Print Session VII redline Closing Ceremony Published by Beijing Declaration 40-42 Partners in Population and Development (PPD) IPH Building, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Tel: +88 02 9881882-3 Annex I: Concept note of the conference 43-46 Fax: +88 02 8829387, +88 02 9880264 Web: www.partners-popdev.org Annex II: Agenda of the conference 47-54 Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/ppdsecretariat Annex III: List of Participants 55-62 © Partners in Population and Development (PPD) Annex-IV: Beijing Consensus 63-68

Conference Report 2013 03 Message from the Executive Director

of expertise . Aiming to this mandate, PPD used it as a unique platform of the South-South Cooperation and in this 10th Inter-Ministerial Conference PPD encouraged the debate and discussion on population and development in the light of post ICPD and MDGs. More than 150 participants including Honourable Ministers of the member countries, Member of the Parliaments, Diplomats, High Level

the UN agencies, NGO Leaders, Scholars, Government Of�icials, and Representatives of Health, Population and Development were attendedResearchers in the and conference. Academics The in the conference �ield of was centered around South-South Cooperation priorities; structured around It is my great pleasure to avail the the themes of Family planning for opportunity to make a brief statement as the Sustainable Development; Integrating organizing host. On behalf of PPD I would population Dynamics into National like to appreciate the Government of China Development Goals; Investing for for providing immense support to arrange Demographic Dividend - Lessons Learned such an unprecedented event of and Implications for South-south Inter-Ministerial c onference. The theme of Cooperation; Sexual and Reproductive the Conference ‘South-South Cooperation for Health for all. Population and Development In Post-ICPD and MDGs.’ Most of you know that PPD is an Inter-Governmental organization of 26 The outcome of the Inter-ministerial Developing Countries, accounting over 59% conference was captured as the Beijing of the world population. The organization Declaration. The Beijing Declaration was established in the line with the concluded with a request to the global recommendation of the International community and the UN General Assembly to Conference on Population and Development recognize the importance of a (ICPD) Program of Action (PoA), as the community-oriented, people-centered Southern- led Southern-run approach, and of South-South cooperation, Inter-governmental organization in 1994. in taking forward the post 2015 After the inception, PPD contributed as the development agenda. unique ‘voice of south’ through policy advocacy and programs implementation among the high level policy makers, scholar Opening mandate of PPD is to promote reproductive Joe Thomas, PhD healthand academics rights of inthe this people �ield. of One the of global the Executive Director south through policy dialogue and exchange Partners in Population and Development (PPD) CEREMONY

04 Conference Report 2013 been sticking to the principle of understanding population and development, actively disasters to human health are still rampant, on their own endeavors for development by and addressing the issue of population from a engaged in experiences sharing and policy and unmet needs in reproductive health and giving full play to their advantages and strategic height, making active efforts to dialogues with other developing countries family planning still exist. The promotion of continuously improve their policies and explore for an appropriate way of population and providing new techniques in population South-South Cooperation in population and strategies of development. At the same time, Opening Speech of H.E. Li Bin, Minister of the National development that accords with the speci�ic projection. China has signed and been development is an important undertaking the content of South-South Cooperation in Health and Family Planning Commission of China reality in China, implementing the implementing memorandums of but we still have a long way to go. The PPD, population should be broadened and its fundamental state policy of family planning, understanding with the PPD and some as an important force in pushing forward cooperative mechanism should be improved. comprehensively tackling the population developing countries on strengthening South-South Cooperation in the �ield of Special attention should be devoted to resulted from it has since become the guide problems and promoting long-term balanced exchanges and cooperation in the �ields of population, has an immense mission to supporting African countries and the least for international population and development of population. Remarkable population, family planning and accomplish. Therefore, we would like to developed countries. development programs. 2014 will mark the successes have been made in China’s reproductive health, provided training for make the following suggestions: 20th anniversary of implementation of the population program, which are demonstrated reproductive health and family planning Fourthly, Mobilizing resources from all ICPD Program of Action. It is at this crucial in that the trend of excessive population program managers and service providers Firstly, Actively taking part in the discussions sectors and endeavoring to build up an time that the Ministerial Conference on growth has been curbed, pressure of from developing countries, supported on post-2014 agenda, and strengthening the effective global partnership. South-South Cooperation in Population and population on resources and environment has developing countries in expanding and status and role of south-south cooperation in Non-governmental organizations and Development is held here for reviewing the been alleviated, the maternal and infant application of new technologies and international population program. We should private organizations have important and experiences gained in South-South mortality rates and other vital indicators are products for reproductive health and family earnestly review the successes and lessons of indispensable roles to play in the promotion Cooperation in the past 20 years and among the best in developing countries, the planning and donated contraceptive supplies South-South Cooperation in population in the of population and development. Effective exploring new goals and strategic focuses for health and literate quality of population have and reproductive health commodities to past 20 years, explore and develop a strategy integration of governmental and the 20 years beyond 2014. The conference is been continuously improved and the number of some African countries. In both the Fifth for south-south cooperation that can be non-governmental forces should be of important and far-reaching signi�icance. people in poverty has been substantially Ministerial Conference of the Forum on incorporated into the implementation plan of promoted and the most wide-spread global reduced. China is the �irst country to realize the China-Africa Cooperation in July 2012 and the ICPD Program of action after 2014. mobilization should be carried out in order South-South Cooperation, of which the MDG on halving the proportion of people in the China-Africa Ministerial Forum on Meantime, further measures should be to integrate resources of all sectors and form history can be traced back to 1950s in the poverty and it is one of the top ten countries Health Development in August this year, adopted to give full play to the backbone role the most effective global partnership in the H.E. Li Bin, Honorable Vice-Chair of PPD last century, is still gaining momentum after whose human development index sees the China announced a series of practical of the PPD in south-south cooperation in the �ield of population. Board and Minister of the National Health fastest increase, indicating that the welfare of measures for cooperation with African �ield of population. and Family Planning Commission of China development for more than half of a century. In the context that the economic aggregate individuals and families in China has been countries. It is my belief that these measures Ladies and gentlemen! Currently, the Chinese of developing countries has accounted for improved notably. The active explorations and will contribute to further promotion of Secondly, Actively carrying out top-level people are working hard to promote the over half of the world’s total, and that great successful practices of China in the �ield of south-south cooperation. advocacy to ensure effective overall development of people, build China Respected Your Excellency Professor Ruhal changes have taken place in the population have enhanced its rapid economic implementation of South-South into a moderate prosperous country in an Haque, Minister of Health and Family international situation, it is of extraordinary and social development, improved people’s Ladies and gentlemen! Population is the Cooperation. We have fully realized that the all-round way and realize the China Dream of Welfare of Bangladesh, signi�icance to achieve the U.N. MDGs, health standards and promoted the welfare of subject of society. Any change in population implementation of South-South rejuvenation of the great Chinese nation. The Respected Ms. Kate Gilmore, Deputy enhance common prosperity, realize people. Meantime, they have also made is bound to effect important and Cooperation in the �ield of population is an realization of common prosperity through Executive Director of UNFPA, sustainable development and promote indispensable contributions to the stabilization far-reaching in�luences on economy and important pathway for achieving the goals strengthening South-South Cooperation is a Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, South-South Cooperation. Since ICPD, of the world’s population and the realization of society. At present, the world’s population in the ICPD Program of Action and the dream of people of all nations and also the Good morning everyone! South-South Cooperation in population and sustainable development of mankind. growth has been slowed down to a certain MDGs. It is therefore important to imperative of development of the time. China development has witnessed rapid extent; however, the total number of incorporate the South-South Cooperation in is willing to work together with all other First of all, I have the honor, on behalf of the development. The PPD, which was formed In the meanwhile, China has been devoting population will continue to grow in the population into the national general nations to support the PPD to play a better National Health and Family Planning during the ICPD, being the world’s only itself to south-south cooperation in the �ield coming decades. The total number of framework and budget for south-south role, to conduct more practical, effective and Commission of China, to express our inter-governmental organization in the �ield of population, and acting as an advocator population will continue to grow in cooperation, to increase investment and to all-win cooperation in the �ield of population warmest welcome to all guests present here of population, has made outstanding and promoter for south-south cooperation. It developing countries, where the con�lict guarantee supply of human, commodity and and to enhance common development. Let us today! I would like to thank the Secretariat contributions to the promotion of is especially true since 1997 when China between population and economy, society, �inancial resources, so as to normalize, make more contributions to the building of a of PPD for its great efforts to make this South-South Cooperation in population. We became a member of the PPD. The resources and the environment will remain institutionalize and systemize South-South world with lasting peace, common prosperity conference possible. appreciate the efforts of PPD in facilitating Government of China has been earnestly acute. One billion people in the world are Cooperation in the �ield of population. and harmony. cooperation among all parties concerned. implementing its commitments made in the still living in absolute poverty and the gap between the developed and the developing The ICPD of 1994 was a milestone historical ICPD Program of Action and the U.N. MDGs, Thirdly, Strengthening capacity building and Lastly, I wish a full success of this ministerial countries is widening increasingly. HIV/AIDS event in the history of population and Ladies and gentlemen! As the most populous extending sustained support to the promoting sustainable development. conference on South-South Cooperation in and other major diseases that bring development and the Program of Action developing country in the world, China has establishment of a global partnership in Developing countries should base themselves population and development.

06 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 07 been sticking to the principle of understanding population and development, actively disasters to human health are still rampant, on their own endeavors for development by year 2015 in Dhaka. This is an immense Family Planning for Sustainable and addressing the issue of population from a engaged in experiences sharing and policy and unmet needs in reproductive health and giving full play to their advantages and opportunity for PPD to improve its pro�ile, to Development, Integrating Population strategic height, making active efforts to dialogues with other developing countries family planning still exist. The promotion of continuously improve their policies and explore the relationship between HIV and Dynamics into National Development Goals, explore for an appropriate way of population and providing new techniques in population South-South Cooperation in population and strategies of development. At the same time, Speech of H.E. Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, MP, Honourable population dynamics, to explore the Investing for Demographic Dividend and development that accords with the speci�ic projection. China has signed and been development is an important undertaking the content of South-South Cooperation in Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, possibility of convergence of STI/SRHR and Sexual and Reproductive Health for All. The reality in China, implementing the implementing memorandums of but we still have a long way to go. The PPD, population should be broadened and its Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and HIV. And �inally, this would also help PPD to conference will also discuss the role of fundamental state policy of family planning, understanding with the PPD and some as an important force in pushing forward cooperative mechanism should be improved. Member, PPD Board mobilize resources. adolescents and young people, and the comprehensively tackling the population developing countries on strengthening South-South Cooperation in the �ield of Special attention should be devoted to ageing population in the post ICPD/MDG problems and promoting long-term balanced exchanges and cooperation in the �ields of population, has an immense mission to supporting African countries and the least Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! development goals. All the thematic areas resulted from it has since become the guide Bangladesh is actively participating in the will be discussed from the Gender, equity and for international population and development of population. Remarkable population, family planning and accomplish. Therefore, we would like to developed countries. Collaboration for ICPD beyond 2014” with global discussions on ICPD beyond 2014, rights perspective. development programs. 2014 will mark the successes have been made in China’s reproductive health, provided training for make the following suggestions: population program, which are demonstrated reproductive health and family planning Fourthly, Mobilizing resources from all support from the PPD Secretariat. The post MDGs and in formulation of the 20th anniversary of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This The outcome of this high level Conference in that the trend of excessive population program managers and service providers Firstly, Actively taking part in the discussions sectors and endeavoring to build up an conference was attended by over 130 ICPD Program of Action. It is at this crucial year, 11-12 March, Bangladesh hosted will be a declaration, adopted by 25 growth has been curbed, pressure of from developing countries, supported on post-2014 agenda, and strengthening the effective global partnership. participants comprised of high level policy time that the Ministerial Conference on “Post-2015: Global Leadership Meeting member countries and conference population on resources and environment has developing countries in expanding and status and role of south-south cooperation in Non-governmental organizations and makers consisted of one Vice-President, ten South-South Cooperation in Population and Population Dynamics in Dhaka”. Delegates participants with commitments and a road been alleviated, the maternal and infant application of new technologies and international population program. We should private organizations have important and Ministers, �ive members of Parliament, one Development is held here for reviewing the Ambassador, senior government of�icials from 51 countries participated in this high map for SSC towards ICPD PoA beyond experiences gained in South-South mortality rates and other vital indicators are products for reproductive health and family earnestly review the successes and lessons of indispensable roles to play in the promotion level discussion and put forward 2014 and MDGs beyond 2015 for RH, among the best in developing countries, the planning and donated contraceptive supplies South-South Cooperation in population in the of population and development. Effective from PPD member countries, development Cooperation in the past 20 years and partners, Non-Governmental Organizations, recommendations in the Dhaka Declaration. Population and Development. I also hope health and literate quality of population have and reproductive health commodities to past 20 years, explore and develop a strategy integration of governmental and exploring new goals and strategic focuses for Civil Society Organizations, academia, This was one of the many high level meetings this year’s declaration will be an invaluable been continuously improved and the number of some African countries. In both the Fifth for south-south cooperation that can be non-governmental forces should be the 20 years beyond 2014. The conference is research institutions, networks of youth and that Bangladesh has co-hosted to facilitate document for planning for the ICPD beyond people in poverty has been substantially Ministerial Conference of the Forum on incorporated into the implementation plan of promoted and the most wide-spread global of important and far-reaching signi�icance. people living with HIV/AIDS, and the the discussions that came up with the Dhaka 2014 and MDGs 2015. reduced. China is the �irst country to realize the China-Africa Cooperation in July 2012 and the ICPD Program of action after 2014. mobilization should be carried out in order private sector. Declaration which is serving as a key South-South Cooperation, of which the MDG on halving the proportion of people in the China-Africa Ministerial Forum on Meantime, further measures should be to integrate resources of all sectors and form document for formulating the SDGs. As like the Chair, PPD Board, I also request history can be traced back to 1950s in the poverty and it is one of the top ten countries Health Development in August this year, adopted to give full play to the backbone role the most effective global partnership in the I am pleased to note that in continuation of the member countries to utilize the last century, is still gaining momentum after whose human development index sees the China announced a series of practical of the PPD in south-south cooperation in the �ield of population. the last International Inter-Ministerial Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! I am declaration to bring necessary changes in fastest increase, indicating that the welfare of measures for cooperation with African �ield of population. development for more than half of a century. H.E. Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, MP, Conference, PPD in partnership with the informed that the scope of South-South their national policies and programs on In the context that the economic aggregate individuals and families in China has been countries. It is my belief that these measures Ladies and gentlemen! Currently, the Chinese Honourable Member of PPD Board and National Health and Family Planning Cooperation in the context of post Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. of developing countries has accounted for improved notably. The active explorations and will contribute to further promotion of Secondly, Actively carrying out top-level people are working hard to promote the Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Commission of the People's Republic of China ICPD/MDG, sustainable development goals successful practices of China in the �ield of south-south cooperation. advocacy to ensure effective overall development of people, build China Welfare, Government of the People’s organised this year’s International will be explored in the thematic areas of I wish for a very successful conference. over half of the world’s total, and that great Republic of Bangladesh Respected Your Excellency Professor Ruhal changes have taken place in the population have enhanced its rapid economic implementation of South-South into a moderate prosperous country in an Inter-Ministerial Conference with the theme Haque, Minister of Health and Family international situation, it is of extraordinary and social development, improved people’s Ladies and gentlemen! Population is the Cooperation. We have fully realized that the all-round way and realize the China Dream of “International Inter-Ministerial Conference Welfare of Bangladesh, signi�icance to achieve the U.N. MDGs, health standards and promoted the welfare of subject of society. Any change in population implementation of South-South rejuvenation of the great Chinese nation. The on South-South Cooperation for Population Respected Ms. Kate Gilmore, Deputy enhance common prosperity, realize people. Meantime, they have also made is bound to effect important and Cooperation in the �ield of population is an realization of common prosperity through Honourable Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and and Development in the Post ICPD and MDGs” in Beijing, China from 22 - 23 Executive Director of UNFPA, sustainable development and promote indispensable contributions to the stabilization far-reaching in�luences on economy and important pathway for achieving the goals strengthening South-South Cooperation is a Gentlemen! October, 2013 Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, South-South Cooperation. Since ICPD, of the world’s population and the realization of society. At present, the world’s population in the ICPD Program of Action and the dream of people of all nations and also the First of all, I want to extend my sincere Good morning everyone! South-South Cooperation in population and sustainable development of mankind. growth has been slowed down to a certain MDGs. It is therefore important to imperative of development of the time. China thanks and gratitude to the Government of Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! I would development has witnessed rapid extent; however, the total number of incorporate the South-South Cooperation in is willing to work together with all other the People’s Republic of China for all the like to take an opportunity to share with you First of all, I have the honor, on behalf of the development. The PPD, which was formed In the meanwhile, China has been devoting population will continue to grow in the population into the national general nations to support the PPD to play a better support and assistance provided in that the Government of Bangladesh through National Health and Family Planning during the ICPD, being the world’s only itself to south-south cooperation in the �ield coming decades. The total number of framework and budget for south-south role, to conduct more practical, effective and of population, and acting as an advocator population will continue to grow in cooperation, to increase investment and to all-win cooperation in the �ield of population organizing this year’s PPD annual events in my ministry took a lead role to support to Commission of China, to express our inter-governmental organization in the �ield Beijing, China. I also want to thank the PPD and other Bangladeshi organizations to warmest welcome to all guests present here of population, has made outstanding and promoter for south-south cooperation. It developing countries, where the con�lict guarantee supply of human, commodity and and to enhance common development. Let us is especially true since 1997 when China between population and economy, society, �inancial resources, so as to normalize, make more contributions to the building of a Government for the hospitality and care bid for organizing the 12thinternational today! I would like to thank the Secretariat contributions to the promotion of rendered to us, the participants of the events. conference on AIDS in Asia Paci�ic (ICAAP) in of PPD for its great efforts to make this South-South Cooperation in population. We became a member of the PPD. The resources and the environment will remain institutionalize and systemize South-South world with lasting peace, common prosperity Government of China has been earnestly acute. One billion people in the world are Cooperation in the �ield of population. and harmony. the year 2015 in Dhaka. Let me share the conference possible. appreciate the efforts of PPD in facilitating In November 2012, the Government of the good news with you, the 12th ICAAP has implementing its commitments made in the still living in absolute poverty and the gap cooperation among all parties concerned. People’s Republic of Bangladesh hosted PPD been awarded to Bangladeshi organizations ICPD Program of Action and the U.N. MDGs, between the developed and the developing Thirdly, Strengthening capacity building and Lastly, I wish a full success of this ministerial The ICPD of 1994 was a milestone historical annual governance events and the with Partners in Population and extending sustained support to the countries is widening increasingly. HIV/AIDS promoting sustainable development. conference on South-South Cooperation in event in the history of population and Ladies and gentlemen! As the most populous International Inter-ministerial Conference Development (PPD) as the local host to be establishment of a global partnership in and other major diseases that bring Developing countries should base themselves population and development. development and the Program of Action developing country in the world, China has on “Evidence for Action: South-South responsible for holding the 12th ICAAP in the

08 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 09 year 2015 in Dhaka. This is an immense Family Planning for Sustainable Speech of Dr. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director, opportunity for PPD to improve its pro�ile, to Development, Integrating Population explore the relationship between HIV and Dynamics into National Development Goals, Programme, UNFPA and Assistant Secretary General of the population dynamics, to explore the Investing for Demographic Dividend and United Nations possibility of convergence of STI/SRHR and Sexual and Reproductive Health for All. The HIV. And �inally, this would also help PPD to conference will also discuss the role of Millennium Development Goal. It is mutually mobilize resources. adolescents and young people, and the reinforcing to guide development and to ageing population in the post ICPD/MDG enhance joint efforts in advancing human Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! development goals. All the thematic areas rights, gender equality, poverty and Bangladesh is actively participating in the will be discussed from the Gender, equity and sustainable development. The treaty gives the Collaboration for ICPD beyond 2014” with global discussions on ICPD beyond 2014, rights perspective. opportunity for strategic re-engaging in these support from the PPD Secretariat. The post MDGs and in formulation of the critical global challenges and opportunities as conference was attended by over 130 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This The outcome of this high level Conference we look forward to the start of the post 2015. participants comprised of high level policy year, 11-12 March, Bangladesh hosted will be a declaration, adopted by 25 The PoA of ICPD called for universal access to makers consisted of one Vice-President, ten “Post-2015: Global Leadership Meeting member countries and conference family planning and sexual reproductive Ministers, �ive members of Parliament, one Population Dynamics in Dhaka”. Delegates participants with commitments and a road health. To promote reproductive health, the Ambassador, senior government of�icials from 51 countries participated in this high map for SSC towards ICPD PoA beyond PoA urges the governments to enhance from PPD member countries, development level discussion and put forward 2014 and MDGs beyond 2015 for RH, gender equality, to promote the partners, Non-Governmental Organizations, recommendations in the Dhaka Declaration. Population and Development. I also hope empowerment of women, including the Civil Society Organizations, academia, This was one of the many high level meetings this year’s declaration will be an invaluable universal access to women in school. research institutions, networks of youth and that Bangladesh has co-hosted to facilitate document for planning for the ICPD beyond the discussions that came up with the Dhaka 2014 and MDGs 2015. people living with HIV/AIDS, and the Dr. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director, The PoA call, a welcome appeal to the Declaration which is serving as a key private sector. Programme, UNFPA and Assistant Secretary international development, addressed the document for formulating the SDGs. As like the Chair, PPD Board, I also request General of the United Nations opportunity and challenges, associated with the member countries to utilize the I am pleased to note that in continuation of the social economic and environmental effects Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! I am declaration to bring necessary changes in the last International Inter-Ministerial generated by population changes, not in informed that the scope of South-South their national policies and programs on Conference, PPD in partnership with the Honourable Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and terms of absolute numbers and in terms of the Cooperation in the context of post Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. National Health and Family Planning Gentlemen! structure, and the world is experiencing this ICPD/MDG, sustainable development goals Commission of the People's Republic of China changes in an unprecedented scale. Our will be explored in the thematic areas of I wish for a very successful conference. organised this year’s International It is such an honour to represent the United future development jointly and separately, Inter-Ministerial Conference with the theme Nation Population Fund, in this forum and to nationally and internationally is bound up in “International Inter-Ministerial Conference also bring you the greetings from the United this inextricable dynamics. We will start the on South-South Cooperation for Population Nations Family. I would like to thank all my period to be narrated by �irst 2015 agenda Honourable Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and and Development in the Post ICPD and colleagues taking time from their busy with the largest generation of young people Gentlemen! MDGs” in Beijing, China from 22 - 23 schedule to come together to consider this we will end up with. October, 2013 important subject— Population and First of all, I want to extend my sincere development, the matter of this meeting of I wish that the next development goal will be thanks and gratitude to the Government of Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! I would course. This high level meeting is intended to presented by the largest generation of older the People’s Republic of China for all the like to take an opportunity to share with you help us all to share, propose and to identify people ever. And in the mean time support and assistance provided in that the Government of Bangladesh through the desired population and development unprecedented migration has seen more and organizing this year’s PPD annual events in my ministry took a lead role to support to outcomes on South-South Cooperation in the more people living in cities, will also drive Beijing, China. I also want to thank the PPD and other Bangladeshi organizations to context of review of the Cairo PoA and indeed unprecedented movement in the �ield of Government for the hospitality and care bid for organizing the 12thinternational the post 2015 development agenda, which is international and national migration. Any of rendered to us, the participants of the events. conference on AIDS in Asia Paci�ic (ICAAP) in being drafted even as I speak. The PoA comes this population changes impact strongly the year 2015 in Dhaka. Let me share the from the ground-breaking conference held in countries’ sustainable development. But In November 2012, the Government of the good news with you, the 12th ICAAP has Cairo in Egypt in 1994, alongside the together, managed their, its how we as a People’s Republic of Bangladesh hosted PPD been awarded to Bangladeshi organizations benchmark added to equally groundbreaking global committee as national authorities, annual governance events and the with Partners in Population and “agenda for change” of ICPD+5 reviewed in local community, young people, International Inter-ministerial Conference Development (PPD) as the local host to be 1999. It directly in�luenced what is now being organization, the people movement, this is on “Evidence for Action: South-South responsible for holding the 12th ICAAP in the globally recognized as a successful how we are determined.

10 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 11 Objective and Background of the Session:

The key objective of the session was to share the success stories of Southern countries on the role of Family Planning in reducing total fertility rates, unmet family planning needs and also success reached on avoiding unwanted pregnancies. The ICPD PoA emphasizes family Planning as the key component to help couples and individuals to meet their reproductive goals, prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce the incidence of high risk of pregnancies as well as morbidity and mortality. London Summit of Family Planning 2012 was a seminal event in the vitalization of the global Family Planning agenda; an extra ordinary pledges made by various actors to put action for supporting the rights of additional 120 million women and girls resided on world’s poorest countries to use contraceptive information, services and supplies without coercion or discrimination by 2020. In such context, post ICPD/MDG development goals, this session aim to review the progress, lessons learned and opportunities for further South-South Cooperation.

Session Chair: H.E. Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, MP, Honourable Member of PPD Board and Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Theme: Family Planning for Sustainable Development in the context of South-South Cooperation for post-ICPD and MDGs. Keynote Speaker: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director UNFPA Dr. Gimore laid emphasis on “ informed choice of the contraceptive usage” by teenage girls in the developing countries. In the presentation, Dr. Gilmore narrated the reality of the adolescent motherhood in the Session developing countries and passionately recounted the case of a teenage mother in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Gilmore reported that approximately 222 million girls cannot exercise the choice of contraceptive use as they are denied of access to modern CHAIR: methods of contraception. Unsafe abortion H.E. Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, MP and uncared deliveries are occurring Dr. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Member, PPD Board and Honorable Minister enormously in the developing countries, Director, Programme, UNFPA and Assistant Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Secretary General of the United Nations 01 Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh specially. Adolescent girls are mostly facing Conference Report 2013 13 Ms Valerie DeFillipo, Director of FP2020

The presentation focused on South-South Cooperation in the post ICPD and MDGs scenario. FP 2020 commits to enabling 120 million additional women and girls to realize their right to choose and practice voluntary family planning by 2020. Dr. DeFillipo claimed that Family planning, a part of reproductive health, is essential for this challenge. When a child (under 18 of choice of chance for the adolescent women. the achievement of development goals age) bears a child, it is a complete Dr. Gilmore further appealed for the gradual and therefore must be prominently deprivation of her childhood. Dr. Gilmore enhancement of the capacity of the decision included in the post-2015 framework pointed out that the opportunity cost of making for contraceptive choice for unmet need is enormous and urged the adolescent women in the developing international community to address this countries. If the need of the FP for the Through Convening, collaboration issue with more relevance and urgency. Dr. adolescent population could be addressed aliging and in FP2020’s Gilmore emphasized that at the heart of the accordingly, the population would be robust, communicating governance Ms Valerie DeFillipo best structure family planning program is the human resilient and sustainable. Director of FP2020 practices, dignity and she appealed for enlarging the innovations, and successes at the Groups global level • Working Group • Reference

High Level Panelists: Ms. Anjali Sen, Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood H E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena. MP, Honourable Federation (IPPF) Minister, Ministry of Health, Government of Socialist republic of Sri Lanka Ms. Sen’s presentation highlighted the role of South-South Cooperation in Family The Honorable Minister presented the Planning in the context of post-ICPD/MDG achievements of the National Family Planning Programme of Sri Lanka. The Developmental Goals. In her presentation country has reduced TFR, unmet need and she suggested that South–South unwanted pregnancies in a remarkable Cooperation be included in donor country manner. The Mean Age at Marriage for aid packages. Ms. Sen called upon the Females is 24.3 years, TFR is 2.17, MMR respective Governments embedding 31.3/ 100,000 LB, Institutional births/ resources and intervention commitments delivery rate 98% and IMR is 9.0 /1000 LB. within the mid-term and long- term Sri Lanka has put in place a Family Planning expenditure frameworks of the Policy in 1997, Population and governments. Revamping South to South Reproductive Health Policy in 1998 and Ms. Anjali Sen, Regional Director, Maternal and Child Health Policy at 2011. Cooperation on FP for youth in view of the International Planned Parenthood Good implementation, supervision driven ripening demographic window of Federation (IPPF) H E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena. MP, opportunity/ dividend is necessary.. Ms. by political will and commitment have Honourable Minister, Ministry of Health, contributed to the success of the Sri Lankan Government of Socialist republic of Sri Lanka Sen suggested for strengthening Planning and establishing more robust Health and Family Welfare programmes. South-South Cooperation for Family health systems.

14 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 15 Session Objective and Background:

The objective of the session was to enhance the understanding regarding integration of South-South Cooperation into strategies and policies to address Population Dynamics for sustainable development. The session will highlight the achievements, challenges and the implications of integrating Population Dynamics in southern countries for ICPD beyond 2014 and post MDGs development Goals. The session was aiming to address the inter-relationship between population dynamics and sustainable development with a focus on population growth rates, birth & death rates, age structures, distribution of population and demographic dividends in the southern countries and the role of south-south cooperation to attain these indicators. The role of adolescent and young people and ageing population as well as gender equity and rights approach is the cross cutting issues across the theme of the session that would be discussed.

Session Chair: Mr. Keshav Deshiraju, IAS Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Keynote Speaker: Theme: Integrating Population Dynamics into National Development Goals in the context of South-South Cooperation for post-ICPD and MDGs. Keynote speaker: Prof. Stephen Owusu Kwankye, Executive Director, Regional Institute for Population Studies, Ghana and Member, PPD Board The interrelationships between population and development were the focus of the presentation. A summary was presented on key achievements made in developing countries particularly in Africa since the 1994 Session ICPD. The opportunities that would generate through integrating South-South cooperation into national-level strategies and policies were explored and recommendations were made to strengthen South-South Cooperation CHAIR: issues related to population dynamics in the post-ICPD and MDGs discourse. Mr. Keshav Deshiraju, IAS Prof. Stephen Owusu Kwankye, Member of Secretary PPD Board and Executive Director, Regional Family Planning is central to integrating Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Institute for Population Studies, Ghana population variables into all sectors of the 02 Government of India economy to achieve the MDGs. Conference Report 2013 17 The ICPD PoA recommendation on population and development integration is 1. Dr. Donatien Beguy, Research Scientist Poverty still valid today and countries particularly & Head of Statistics and Surveys Unit, developing countries to evolve and adopt APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya 8. 2. Partnership Education policies, laws and programmes to ensure that key population issues are taken care of Bringing urbanization to the core of in their development planning activities. national and regional development Moreover, without enactment of legislation strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa has been 7. 3. and effectively implementation, only the Environment FP Gender at the vanguard of development. Since adoption of laws and policies alone would be 2007, more than half of the world‘s meaningless. There is an urgent need to population lives in urban centers. Dr. increase political commitment and will to Beguy reported that though the Sub 6. 4. embrace South-South Cooperation Saharan Africa is predominantly rural, the HIV, Malaria, Child Health Other employing appropriate platforms for urban population will increase 5. Maternal effective information and experience sharing Health among developing countries is immensely to 60% by 2050 important for implementation the ICPD PoA. signi�icantly from the current 37% to close Sub-Saharan Africa must reposition its Dr. Donatien Beguy, Research Scientist & cities as drivers of growth development. Head of Statistics and Surveys Unit, APHRC, Cities drive the region’s economic growth Nairobi, Kenya contributing more than 50 per cent of GDP.

High Level Panelists: South-south collaboration should be working group to identify priority areas; explored as an avenue to pull together share best-practices in the region is long resources to achieve sustainable over due. Efforts should be made to tap Ms. Carole Presern, Executive Director, development in urban areas. Creation of into joint capacity building programs to PMNCH Knowledge-sharing platforms bringing enhance urban health and development. together researchers, government, and The outcomes of this meeting will be very Dr. Presern made a strong case for presenting a remarkable opportunity for civil society will be very useful in useful in harnessing the full African investing in women’s and children’s investing in enhanced women’s and harnessing the urban power optimally. potential through the platform of health as they yield high returns. Further, children’s health. Similarly, creation of an urban health South-South Cooperation. Scaling up family planning by 2035 could prevent up to 54 million unintended pregnancies, 26 million abortions, 79,000 maternal deaths and 1.1 million births. These numbers are very impressive

Proj ected growth of total, urban and slum populations in SSA (in millions)

1,200 1,081

1,000 769 800

600 521 372 400 266 191 200

0 Ms. Carole Presern Total Pop Urban Slum Executive Director, PMNCH 2005 2020

18 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 19 Session Objective and Background:

The objective of the session is to increase the understanding of ‘Demographic Dividend’ as a window of opportunity for the advancement of nations approaching fertility decline in near future. Demographic Dividend is a process of demographic change, which has potential contribution on economic implications due to the change in age structure of the population following a decline in fertility. The session will highlight the challenges and opportunities of population transition of PPD member countries, most of which are experiencing a similar transition and ‘youth bulge’ providing them an opportunity for ‘demographic dividend’. But to ensure the pro�it gain from demographic dividend, countries should adopt conducive policies and programs and make appropriate investment in health and education of the adolescent and young people.

Session Chair: Dr David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa, Honorable Member of PPD Board and Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Government of Zimbabwe

Keynote Speaker:

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Wang Quin, Director General, Department of Service and Theme: Investing for Demographic Dividend; lessons learned and implications for South-South Coopera- Management of migrant Population, tion in the context of post- ICPD and MDGs. National Health and Family Planning Commission of China The keynote paper was presented by Mr. Wang Quin on Family Planning and Demographic Dividend of China. China carried out family planning policy in cities in 1960s and in 1970s in both urban and rural areas. On one hand, China has taken efforts to Session implement the employment policy, expand the resource allocation and achieve rational laborallocation market, of human improve resources. the ef�iciency On the of other Mr. Wang Quin, Director General, hand, China strives to accelerate the Department of Service and Management of accumulation of labor capital, improve migrant Population, National Health and education levels of workers, provide Family Planning Commission of China CHAIR: professional skill training for them and garner Dr David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa demographic dividend optimally. gradually, it is estimated that the population Honorable Minister Large population is still the most important will still increase by over 100 million next Ministry Of Health And Child Welfare basic condition of China. Although the decade. And in 2030, the total will reach the 03 Government of Zimbabwe and Member PPD Board momentum in population growth decreases peak of 1.46 billion. Conference Report 2013 21 High Level Panelists: Ms. Selina Fosuaa Esantsi, Senior Program Of�icer, Population Council, Ghana Dr. Robert W. Gillespie, President and framework of the ICPD and Millennium Chair of Population Communication, Development Goals. All the PPD countries Ms. Esantsi elaborated that Demographic USA, that have yet to achieve replacement level Dividend presents the best window of Opportunity for Development. By political commitments. The population of the PPD countries in harnessing this potential through the TFRs are increasing their �inancial and 1962 at the time of the beginning of most platform of South-South Cooperation, family planning programs was new alliances could be built to ensure 1,662,000,000. When the PPD was founded in 1994 at the ICPD, the PPD contraceptive security, technology countries total population was transfer, capacity building and sharing of 3,262,000,000. The current population of best practices. Another area with great all PPD countries is 4,275,000,000 and the potential is Collaborative research. By population is projected to double by the pooling intellectual resources and turn of the century. The Demographic Dividend has been Ms. Selina Fosuaa Esantsi, Senior Program global south, a new paradigm for developmentsharing research could �inding be envisioned. across the focused on gender equality, primary, Of�icer, Population Council, Ghana achievedsexual and where reproductive suf�icient health, resources youth have empowerment, preventing child marriages, offering birth spacing and Mr. Michael T Mbizvo, Professor, reinforcing the value of each child by eliminating the workforce utility of College of Health Science, University of children and celebrating the birth of a girl Zimbabwe as much as a boy. Dr. Robert W. Gillespie, President and Chair The FP2020 mandate provides an exciting of Population Communication, USA The Presentation focused on the opportunity for strengthening the importance of investing for sexual & South-South cooperation within the agenda, three cross cutting priority issues reproductive health. For de�ining new PPD Countries Bangladesh on ICPD+20 and post-2015, these are Benin were Urgent highlighted need to in reduce processes inequality of re�lecting 4,500 China Colombia Empower girls and women to promote 4,000 Egypt • development Ethiopia • 3,500 The Gambia Ghana unique needs, are essential India • Young people, and ful�illment of their 3,000 Indonesia Mr. Michael T Mbizvo, Professor, College of Jordan Health Science, University of Zimbabwe 2,500 Kenya Mali 2,000 Mexico % Distribution of the World’s Population by Age Groups Morocco (Medium Variant) 1,500 Nigeria 2013 2050 Pakistan 0-14 15-59 60+ 0-14 15-59 60+ 1,000 Senegal

Population in Millions Population South Africa World 26 62 13.7 21 58 25.1 500 Thailand Africa 41 54 5.9 32 59 9.8 Tunisia Asia 25 64 12.3 18 58 28.3 0 Uganda Europe 16 62 27.5 15 51 43.5 Vietnam L. A. & Caribbean 27 63 12.6 18 57 30.7 1962 1994 2013 Yemen N. America 19 61 23.7 18 54 35.1 Zimbabwe Oceania 24 60 18.9 20 56 29.2

22 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 23 Mr. Nazmul Huda, Golden Girl Project, Bangladesh

The presentation was made on safe motherhood project implementing in Bangladesh Named ‘Golden Girl’ project; through the project high school girls has been educated about safe motherhood and facilitate them to help a few pregnant women as a volunteer in their communities to experience better pregnancy outcome. Adolescent Girl builds up functional relationship with Family Welfare Assistant, receive best experiences on practical safe motherhood issues, gather most practical information about from where and how to get pregnancy related services. Finally Pregnant women been educate and aware to utilize ANC, delivery by trained midwives and other services. The holistic Mr. Nazmul Huda, Golden Girl Project, approach helped to reduce Maternal and Bangladesh neonatal morbidity decreased.

Maternal morality rate In Bangladesh

574

320 Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health for al in the context South-South Cooperation for post ICPD and MDGs. 194 143

Y1990 Y2001 Y2010 Y2015 (Target) Session

CHAIR: H.E. Mr. Matia Kasaija Honourable Minister of State for Finance Planning and Economic Development Government of the Republic of Uganda and Member, PPD Board 04 24 Conference Report 2013 Session Objective & Background: Southern Africa) and in Central and The objective of this session is to highlight the overall priorities for South-South • South Nearly America all abortions remain in Africaunsafe (outside (97%) of • developing Adolescent countriesgirls (10-19) account for at Cooperation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population and Development beyond ICPD least 2.2-4 million unsafe abortions in and post MDG Development Goals. The ICPD Program of Action (PoA) acknowledges countries (8 out every 10) to increase are shockingly high, with estimates that • access The high to commitmentcomprehensive expressed SRH services by for South-South Cooperation (SSC) as a key strategy for achieving its goals and important • case Deaths fatality from ofabortion abortion in inAfrica Africa and is 800Asia women and men needs to translate into instrument of development and technical cooperation among developing countries that times that seen in the USA action, esp. in the most remote areas. should play a vibrant role for implementing ICPD PoA beyond 2014 in the context of the Millennium Development Goals for SRH. The wealth of experiences in southern countries is uniquely suited to assist scale-up efforts in other developing countries. South-South Cooperation would be highly effective model in addressing cross border and encounter culturally homogenous challenges in poor resource set up. While South-South Cooperation cannot be seen as replacement for North to South High Level Panelist: collaboration, it is a strategic and key pillar for scaling up innovative, cost effective and quality programs for population & reproductive health for sustainable development in Mr. Pape A Gaye, President and CEO, developing countries within the context of post ICPD/ MDG development goals. Intra-Health, USA

The WHO recommends at least 2.3 health workers per 1,000 people

constituency • How many health workers serve your people • How many health workers per 1,000 Session Chair: H.E. Mr. Matia Kasaija, Member of PPD Board and Honourable • are How in many your paiddistrict posts are vacant Minister of State for Finance, Planning and • How many health professional schools Economic Development Government of the Republic of Uganda

Mr. Pape A Gaye, President and CEO Keynote Speaker: Intra-Health, USA Keynote Speaker: Mr. Aries Hoekman, Country Representative, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), China Direct costs: Reduce proportion The presentation focused on why we need to cost sharing of the costs and fees Include covered redouble our efforts to family planning, in other maternal health and pointed out the priority services areas of South South Cooperation. Why redouble the efforts in Family Planning Extend to Current pooled funds globally only declined modestly (from non-covered • 20.7% Unmet inneed 1994 for to modern 18.5% methodsin 2014). Services: which services are covered? Population: who is covered? Mr. Aries Hoekman, Country unmet needs Representative, United Nations Population • 36% of reproductive age women have Three dimensions to consider when moving towards universal coverage Fund (UNFPA), China < 10% • CPR in extremely poor countries remains

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26 Mr. William N. Ryerson, President, Dr. Martin Weber, Regional Adviser, Population Media Centre Making pregnancy safer and partner and donor agencies Reproductive Health, WHO/SEARO • It coordinates its activities with UN The discussion was based on the linkage The role of WHO/SEARO is to between large families and poverty. He Coordinating regional activities in sexual, also explained the power of media and reproductive, maternal and newborn also presented the way of working health. The out the effort to Highlighting approach of population media centre (PMC). PMC is working in 47 countries and they are effectively address the speci�icinfections neglected (HIV, syphilis), topics like genital abortion cancers and requirement of family planning of the post-abortionand adolescent care, sexual sexually and reproductive transmitted people because they focuses in countries health. with highest need, use local producers and writers and works with national & to work local broadcasters The opportunity of WHO regional of�ice is well placed to promote sexual and Mr. William N. Ryerson, President, • reproductive Through its country health issuespresence, in WHO is Population Media Centre countries

coordinating activities and sharing Dr. Martin Weber, Regional Adviser, Making • successful The regional examples of�ice has a role in pregnancy safer and Reproductive Health, Dr. Yasmeen Sabeeh Qazi, Senior that Malala make an example against the WHO/SEARO Country Advisor, Population Program, denial of the right of the young girl and promote them with countries the David and Lucile Packard Malala established the right of education • It can highlight areas of need and Foundation, Pakistan of the young girl. Women are specially disadvantaged The Session set out these Priorities for cervical cancer and 275,000 women In her presentation she begins with the because of the gender norms that are die of it each year, with great majority example the story of Malala, she referred being setup in the society, because of the (242,000) in developing regions. that Malala brought positive news for the kind of a behavior of the society and that South-South Cooperation in the context of women and young girls, she mentioned behavior is directly linked with the life Post-ICPDMaternal Healthand MDGs beyond 2015: invasive cancer among women cycle approach of women that ICPD • representing Breast cancer close is the to most 23% common of all. Close introduced.so the discrimination begins to half a million women die each year of breast cancer the day she is born. Now a day’s • Maternal morbidity; An estimated world discrimination started even before she 2-3.5 million women live with Priorities for South-South Coopera- born. Sex selection abortion is taking obstetric �istula in the developing tion: ASRH place; as soon as a girl born the • complications. Every day, 800 women die due to discrimination starts within the to SRH information, education and household and within the larger pregnancy and childbirth-related inequitable across regions, among • services Adolescents’ are not and fully young realized peoples’ right community. She is discriminated against • rural Access and to MHpoor services women highly (in part by the nutrition, against the health care, shortage of health workers and EmOC against her right to access the educational facilities in 58 countries in which 91% • giving 16 million birth girls before age they 15 to turn 19 years18. give facility. She is pushed to the marriage of maternal deaths occur) birthAdolescent every birthyear, withrates one are inhighest �ive girls in cycle very early and she end up into the poor countries reproductive cycle without much in maternal deaths since 1990, in large information, bearing multiple pregnancy • part 26 countries due to deaths experienced related anto increaseAIDS pregnancies result from and having few choices and opportunities. • A signi�icant proportion of adolescent of death among adolescent girls in adolescent pregnancies take place in She mentioned the crucial issues of developing countries the context of early marriage demand and supply side of the life cycle • Maternal mortality is the leading cause non-consensual sex, while most Dr. Yasmeen Sabeeh Qazi, Senior Country approach and urged more attention to Sexual reproductive health (SRH) have greater health risks for mother Advisor, Population Program, the David and work on it carefully for the SRHR of the and child, and girls who become Lucile Packard Foundation, Pakistan • Pregnancies occurring at young ages adolescent girls of the South Asia and increase in STIs pregnant tend to drop out of school, other poorer region of the world. limiting their future opportunities • Since 1994, there has been a 40% • Over 0.5 million women develop

28 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 29 Session Objective & Background:

This session objective is to form consensus and generate commitments of organizational, member country and development partners on the priorities and road map for SSC on reproductive health, population and development in the post ICPD and MDG. The priorities and road map should be based on recommendations from a consultative process with PPD member countries, development partners and other stakeholders as well as would re�lect the review of global trends in population, development and population and lessoned learned from SSC. The session will provide a platform for expert discussions to �inalize the PPD position paper and road map for South–South Cooperation for ICPD beyond 2014 and MDGs beyond 2015.

Session Chair: H.E. Bongi Maria Ntuli, MP, Deputy Minister, Minister for Social Development, Government of the Republic of South Africa

Keynote Speaker:

Theme: Presentation of PPD Position Paper on South-South Cooperation Priorities for ICPD beyond 2014 and post MDGs Keynote speaker :Dr. Swarup Sarkar, PPD Consultant

The presentation was focused on closing the Gaps: Positioning PPD in Post ICPD era. The paper was designed by the result of Key Informant Interviews, review of literature

which was responded by the Country Session Coordinatorsand the �illed responseof PPD. of questionnaire Globally there has been a decline in the funds available for family planning. What little is allocated often comes with CHAIR: conditions and cannot be used in certain regions, countries or for purposes such as H.E. Bongi Maria Ntuli, MP Dr. Swarup Sarkar, PPD Consultant abortion services. PPD is unique in not Deputy Minister Minister for Social Development tying its work to any political, religious or 05 Government of the Republic of South Africa other taboo. Conference Report 2013 31 High Level Panelist: Program: A Demand and Supply • Perspectives. Developing a Grass-root Based FP/RH 2007 African 2013 Mr. Naoyuki KOBAYASHI, Deputy Regional 25 countries, Director General and Group Director structures is an important agenda. It is National and Local Decision Makers. 58% of pop • related The issue to ofUHC, changing in particular, demographic health • Advocacy of FP/RH Programs for Kampala for Health Group 2,Human of�ice in Development Department, JICA FP/RH Programs: Developing a Programme services for different age groups, • Strategic From Subsidized Social Marketing to Self-Reliance Program. 2002 �inancingespecially for the sustaining elderly, of basicthe population. health China2006 The presentation explained how the in NY of�ice in FP/RH Programs. Liason of�ice a new stage for international • Building Community Leadership in development.South-South Cooperation It also drew is the evolving attention into FP/RH Services. 1999 2009 that a Comparative Advantages of • Quality Improvement Program in 994 +5 2000 +15 The expected collaboration from SSC Cairo review MDGs review effectively deployed and also pointed member countries would be the sharing of thatSouth-South the measures Cooperation may need should to be be lessons learnt and best practices, among considered to strengthen the role of PPD countries for topics like 1994 PPD is formed, Implementation of Population and Family Rockefellar / UNFPA 10 member countries planning Program under Regional 57% population South-SouthThe Way Forward Cooperation for Post ICPD and MDGs Autonomy /Decentralization, inclusion of Family Planning program in the national the reduction of MMR/IMR and health insurance basic coverage, • reproductive Un�inished business health wouldon MDGs be such as Planning and Reproductive Health, developing a strategic partnership with maintained. Development, and Gender Equity in the religious and community institution in the Family Planning and Reproductive Health, This training program offers developing a strategic social marketing Positioning strategy for PPD emphases on the Universal Health Mr. Naoyuki KOBAYASHI, Deputy Director basis of partnership and mutual bene�it. • Coverage Japan’s Global as key Health to enabling Diplomacy all the General and Group Director for Health Group FP/RH including RTI, HIV/AIDS, Planning and Reproductive Health and people to have access to basic health • Maternal Strategic CommunicationHealth and ARH: Programs Developing for providingprograms youthto improve friendly self-reliance sexual and in Family services. Key Principles Strategic guidance 2,Human Development Department, JICA a Social Communication Network. reproductive health, education and services 1. Equity Between north and south Policy lobby for international resources, similar standards, evidence base, IP issues, advocacy

2. Equity Between PPD countries • Supported recommendations by PPD through for smart soln • Peer review of policy and Prof Fasli Jalal, O’Neill Institute for of SSC International Training Program, National & Global Health Law, USA Challenges of the Population and • Commodity access Family Planning program and the • Human resource posting The presentation gave a picture of expectation of future SSC among PPD • Resource gap estimated 3. Equity within each PPd country member countries. Disproportionate burden areas Cooperation Priorities for ICPD beyond He mentioned about the International • Smart tailored solution offered, 2014Indonesia and PostExperience MDGs. Heon gaveSouth-South a picture of Training Program (ITP) developed in • Real time monitoring at highest level the achievement of Indonesia Population order to strengthen international identi�ied and Family Planning programs, progress collaboration in Population, Family

32 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 33 Program: A Demand and Supply • Perspectives. Developing a Grass-root Based FP/RH • position Quality paper for PPD stakeholders • for Develop managing an inter-governmental quality and access National and Local Decision Makers. • Advocacy of FP/RH Programs for coalition, various others FP/RH Programs: Developing a • Input from UNITAID, RH supplies • Strategic From Subsidized Social Marketing to Self-Reliance Program. • Lower Product Costs FP/RH Programs. stakeholders to access lower priced • Building Community Leadership in • products Develop strategies (information for supportingcapacity PPD buildingnegotiation) FP/RH Services. • Quality Improvement Program in The expected collaboration from SSC strategies with suppliers member countries would be the sharing of • Input from UNITAID for negotiation lessons learnt and best practices, among PPD countries for topics like • are New needed Products in the market & Global Health Law, USA Implementation of Population and Family Mr. Paul Lalvani Dean & Director, Empower • Identify which new critical products Prof Fasli Jalal, O’Neill Institute for National School of Health planning Program under Regional overlap between RH and 3 diseases Autonomy /Decentralization, inclusion of • UNITAID and PPD to explore areas of Family Planning program in the national health insurance basic coverage, Planning and Reproductive Health, developing a strategic partnership with Development, and Gender Equity in the religious and community institution in the List of Priority lifesaving Commodities for Family Planning and Reproductive Health, women and Children This training program offers developing a strategic social marketing basis of partnership and mutual bene�it. 19 FP/RH including RTI, HIV/AIDS, Planning and Reproductive Health and Maternal health commodities Child health care commodities • Maternal Strategic CommunicationHealth and ARH: Programs Developing for providingprograms youthto improve friendly self-reliance sexual and in Family

a Social Communication Network. reproductive health, education and services • • • Oxytocin- (post-partum • Amoxicillin-(pneumonia)(diarrhea) hemorrhage) hemorrhage- PPH) • Oral rehydration salts (ORS)- • Misoprostol- (Post-partum • Zinc- (diarrhea) • Reproductive health Magnesium Sulfate- (eclampsia commodities Newborn and severe health pre-eclampsia) commodities • Female condoms

• sepsis) • planning/ contraception) • Injectable antibiotics-(newborn • (preterm respiratory distress Contraceptive implants-(family Mr. Paul Lalvani Dean & Director, down the next steps that PPD and planning/ contraception) • Antenatalsyndrome) corticosteroids (ANCs)- • Empower School of Health UNITAID can take in the near future. Emergency contraception-(family Prof Fasli Jalal, O’Neill Institute for of SSC International Training Program, care) Source: Report (2012): UN Commission • Chlorhexidine- (newborn cord National & Global Health Law, USA Challenges of the Population and The presentation was based on the scope asphyxia) and Children Family Planning program and the of PPD and UNITAID Collaboration in • Market intelligence • Resuscitation devices- (newborn on Life-Saving Commodities for Women The presentation gave a picture of expectation of future SSC among PPD Ensuring Access to Commodities for • What are PPDs stakeholder needs member countries. Saving Lives of Women and Children. Cooperation Priorities for ICPD beyond He mentioned about the International The presentation gave an idea of the list • Which products and which information 2014Indonesia and PostExperience MDGs. Heon gaveSouth-South a picture of Training Program (ITP) developed in of Priority lifesaving Commodities for on�irst critical gaps the achievement of Indonesia Population order to strengthen international women and Children. • Leverage existing activities and focus and Family Planning programs, progress collaboration in Population, Family The presentation was aimed to chalk Child, other partners and UNITAID • Coordinate with Every Woman Every

34 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 35 Dr. Armando De Negri Filho, MD, Coordinator World Social Forum on Health and Social Security on behalf of the Steering Committee of the FCGH Campaign

The presentation was on Advancing Health Equality and Equity in the

ThePost-2015 presentation Agenda: drew A Framework the attention of the crucialConvention issues on of Global Southern Health leadership - FCGH. to ensure that global treaty achieves its potential and responds to Southern needs, and is not weakened by other agendas. The recognition that a populations and development approach can make possible Dr. Armando De Negri Filho, MD, the political understanding of a Coordinator World Social Forum on Health and Social Security on behalf of the convention on global health and that the Steering Committee of the FCGH Campaign convention could make possible the aims of PPD itself. The presentation also mentioned the opportunity for PPD initiative, initiate WHO, UN processes to members to use diplomatic power to explore potential for an FCGH support achieve great health equity gains and populations’ involvement in determining drive potentially historic global health contents of treaty.

Adoption of the Beijing Declaration

Session

CHAIR: Dr. Boniface O. K’Oyugi MBS, Director General National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, Kenya and Secretary, PPD Board 06 Conference Report 2013

36 Moderators: Reaf�irm our commitment to the goals Integrate, where appropriate, systems and principles of the ICPD Programme and programmes for sexual and of Action 1994 and the ICPD +5 review reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, maternal, newborn, child and Dr. Joe Thomas, Executive Director, PPD 1999, and to implement the Director, ARO, PPD recommendations of the ICPD beyond adolescent health. Dr Jotham Musinguzi, Regional 2014 global review consultations. Recognize the importance of identify and address the interaction Forgebetween multi-sector social, economic partnerships and to environmental factors and population, community-orientedguiding principles in theand ICPD beyond health and sustainable development. people-centred2014 global review development process: equity, and the Emphasize the importance of human rights, security, and investment in human capital, including sustainability. addressing the needs of adolescents, Resolve older people, and marginalized Cooperation, as recommended in the communities, thereby increasing ICPD, by tosharing strengthen knowledge, South-South best countries’ potential for social and Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, PPD practice and experience, leveraging economic development and their Consultant technologies, building professional and capacity to respond to the demographic institutional capacities, and serving as a transformation and optimize the platform for advocacy and strategic demographic dividend. and private sector to take forward the policy dialogue. Ensure that PPD activities focus on Session Chair: Dr. Boniface O. K’Oyugi, MBS, ICPD agenda. Honorable Secretary of PPD Board and Propose to accelerate progress and those areas that bring highest added sustainable development through four value to member states. Reiterate our commitment to Director General, National Coordinating implement the recommendations of the Agency for Population and Development, pathways: Support PPD to carry out these Kenya ICPD global review and the goals and 1) Integrating population dynamics into activities through advocacy for its principles set out in this Beijing global and national development plans Declaration. and processes; 2) Achieving universal and request the PPD secretariat to BEIJING DECLARATION: Beijing access to family planning, sexual and mission, adequate and secure �inancing, Request the global community and the Declaration was adopted at the reproductive health services; 3) UN General Assembly to recognise the Promoting gender equity and realizing Callsubmit for a strengthened �ive-year strategic partnerships action plan women’s rights; and 4) Strengthening betweenfor 2015-2019. national governments, UN Internationalfor Population Inter-Ministerial and Development in the importance of a community-oriented, the capacity of communities, families agencies, bilateral, multilateral donor ConferencePost ICPD and on MDGsSouth-South on 23rd Cooperation October people-centredforward the post approach, 2015 development and of and individuals to respond to agencies, academia, media, civil society 2013 and approved at the 18th Annual demographic changes. South-Southagenda. cooperation, in taking Board Meeting of Partners in Population and Development (PPD) on Encourage member states to ensure 24th October 2013 that policies and programmes are informed by demographic planning and We the delegates assembled here in forecasting based on robust data and Beijing, from 22 to 24 October 2013, for information systems including civil registration and vital statistics, census and surveys, health management thefor Population“International and Inter-ministerial Development in the information systems and others. Conferencepost ICPD and on MDG”:South-South Cooperation Promote access to sexual and Acknowledge the strategic value of reproductive health, including family Partners in Population and planning, through: comprehensive Development, which includes 25 information and education; secure supply member countries representing 58% of of good quality, affordable commodities; the world’s population. and reliable, high quality services.

38 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 39 Speech of the Chair in closing session: submitted to the United Nations General Distinguished Board members, Honorable Assembly Special Session on ICPD Beyond Parliamentarians, Diplomatic Core, PCCs, 2014 in September 2014. Senior Government Of�icials from PPD Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I Member countries and friends from print observed with immense interest that the and electronic media, all other appropriate scope of South-South Cooperation in the protocols observed context of post ICPD/MDG, sustainable development goals was extensively explored in the areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Family Planning for Sustainable Development, Integrating Population Dynamics into National Development Goals, Investing for Demographic Dividend and Sexual and Reproductive Health for All. The role of adolescents and young people, and the ageing population in the post ICPD/MDG development goals were also discussed from the gender, equity and rights perspective. I am sure that all the discussions and recommendations that were made during the sessions have been captured in the Beijing Declaration. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gave Session Chair: H.E. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, me immense satisfaction that the Dhaka Chair of PPD Board and Honourable Declaration which was adopted following Minister, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India the International Inter-ministerial conference in Dhaka last year was implemented by the PPD member countries. For the �irst time PPD conducted a survey to document progress of the Closing Ceremony Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, implementation, which was presented It is my pleasure to chair the closing session during the annual PCC meeting this year. of this international inter-Ministerial I would call upon the member countries, my conference on “South-South Cooperation in colleagues the Honorable Board Members the Post ICPD and MDGs” and Partner Country Coordinators to I am particularly happy that this ensure that the commitments/ international inter-ministerial conference recommendations made in the Beijing has discussed most of the essential elements Declaration would also be implemented in of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and their respective countries. I am sure; PPD Session Rights which would be of immense will also monitor the progress of the importance for planning for the ICPD implementation of the Declaration in its beyond 2014 and MDGs beyond 2015. member countries. I was also happy to notice that the draft I congratulate all the resource persons, PPD position paper on ICPD Beyond 2014, participants, National Population and MDG Post 2015 – South- South Cooperation Family Planning Commission of China and CHAIR: Development Goals was discussed during PPD on a very successful completion of this H.E. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad the conference for �inalization. I was told important international inter-ministerial Chair, PPD Board and Honourable Minister that the �inal position paper will be conference. Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 07 Government of India Conference Report 2013 41 Beijing Declaration Annex I: Concept Note BEIJING DECLARATION - adopted at the International Inter-Ministerial Conference on "South-South Cooperation for Population and Development in the Post ICPD and MDGs" in Beijing, China, 22-23 October 2013 Partners in Population and Development, South-South Cooperation to National Health and Family Planning Commission achieve ICPD Goals of the People’s Republic of China

We the delegates assembled here in Beijing, Promote access to sexual and reproductive International Inter-Ministerial Conference from 22 to 24 October 2013, for the health, including family planning, through: on comprehensive information and education; “SSC for Population and Development in the Post ICPD and MDGs” secure supply of good quality, affordable (10th International Conference on Population and Development) “InternationalDevelopment in Inter-ministerial the post ICPD and Conference MDG”: on commodities; and reliable, high quality services. AcknowledgeSouth-South Cooperation the strategic for value Population of Partners and in Integrate, where appropriate, systems and Jointly Organized by Population and Development, which includes 25 programmes for sexual and reproductive health, The National Health and Family Planning Commission of China member countries representing 58% of the world’s population. adolescent health. And Partners in Population and Development Reaf�irm our commitment to the goals and ForgeHIV/AIDS, maternal, new-born, child and principles of the ICPD Programme of Action address the interaction between social, Venue: Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing, 6 Southern Road Capital Gym, 1994 and the ICPD +5 review 1999, and to economic multi-sector and environmental partnerships factors to identify and and implement the recommendations of the ICPD population, health and sustainable development. Haidian District, Central Area Beijing, China Beyond 2014 global review consultations. Emphasize the importance of investment in Date: 22-23 October 2013 Recognize the importance of human capital, including addressing the needs of adolescents, older people, and marginalized development and the guiding principles in the communities, thereby increasing countries’ Partners in Population and Development to over 57% of the world’s population. community-orientedICPD beyond 2014 global and people-centredreview process: equity, potential for social and economic development human rights, security, and sustainability. and their capacity to respond to the Organization formed during the demographic transformation and optimize the International(PPD) is an Inter-Governmental Conference on Population and Resolve demographic dividend. meansPPD re�lects towards the attainment international of universalacceptance of as recommended in the ICPD, by sharing Development (ICPD) in 1994, for promoting accessSouth-South to Sexual Cooperation Reproductive (SSC) Health as a vital and knowledge, to strengthen best practice South-South and experience, Cooperation, Ensure that PPD activities focus on those areas that bring highest added value to member states. Rights (SRHR) and sustainable development. leveraging technologies, building professional Reproductive Health, Population, and It has built a well acknowledged and and institutional capacities, and serving as a South-South Cooperation (SSC) in the �ield of Support PPD to carry out these activities Development. documented credible reputation for high platform for advocacy and strategic policy through advocacy for its mission, adequate and dialogue. The mission of PPD is to form and promote level advocacy, policy dialogues, exchange of knowledge, best practices, technical Propose to accelerate progress and sustainable development through four pathways: secure �inancing, and request the PPD developing countries to improve the quality cooperation, capacity building and operation Callsecretariat for strengthened to submit a partnerships �ive-year strategic between action ofan lifeInter-Governmental of people through Alliance sustained of advocacy, research to assist both its member and 1) Integrating population dynamics into global plan for 2015-2019. and national development plans and processes; national governments, UN agencies, bilateral, capacity building, networking, knowledge 2) Achieving universal access to family planning, multilateral donor agencies, academia, media, sharing and management and transfer of ICPD PoA within the broader framework of sexual and reproductive health services; 3) civil society and private sector to take forward thenon-member MDGs countries in implementing the Promoting gender equity and realizing women’s the ICPD agenda. health, population and development within rights; and 4) Strengthening the capacity of Reiterate our commitment to implement the technology in the �ield of reproductive communities, families and individuals to recommendations of the ICPD global review are a peer review mechanism for the respond to demographic changes. PPD’s current membership of 25 developing memberPPD’s annual countries Inter-Ministerial on all aspect conferences of and the goals and principles set out in this the framework of South-South Cooperation. Encourage member states to ensure that Beijing Declaration. countries (Bangladesh, Benin, China, population and development issues. These policies and programmes are informed by Request the global community and the UN Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, events are an opportunity to review the demographic planning and forecasting based on General Assembly to recognise the importance challenges, opportunities of the member robust data and information systems including of a community-oriented, people-centred Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, countries and to identify the lessons to be civil registration and vital statistics, census and approach, and of South-South cooperation, in SouthGhana, Africa, India, Thailand,Indonesia, Tunisia, Jordan, Uganda,Kenya, Mali, learned from other member countries in a surveys, health management information taking forward the post 2015 development Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe), are home systems and others. agenda. ‘South-South Cooperation (SSC) frame work. 42 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 43 4. Sexual and Reproductive Health for All Session II the understanding of ‘Demographic mechanisms for policy makers from the 25 The role of adolescents and young people, Dividend’ as a window of opportunity for The Inter-Ministerial Conferences are a Integrating Population Dynamics into the development of a nation, which opens up and the ageing population in the post National Development Goals (Developing a and build consensus on priority standards of ICPD/MDG development goals will be of when fertility rates decline. Demographic PPD alliance member countries to de�ine critical issues affecting population and special interest for the Global South. Gender, Dividend is a process of demographic development in their respective countries. systematically integrating population change, which has potential economic equity and rights approach will be explored dynamicsSouth- South into Cooperation the Southern perspective countries’ in These commitments guide the actions by as cross cutting themes. implications, due to the changes in the age governments and other stakeholders in national development strategies and structure of the population following a improving the sexual and reproductive The one and a half days conference will have policies) decline in fertility. health of individuals and couples in the The session will highlight the challenges and southern countries. They provide impetus speaker and high level panel discussion. Session Objective and �ive major sessions each with key note opportunities of population transition in the for adopting and enhancing laws, policies Background PPD member countries, most of which are and programmes that bring about Session I experiencing a similar transition and ‘youth sustainable development. This includes, The objective of the session is to increase Family Planning for Sustainable bulge’ providing them an opportunity for addressing the challenges of population the understanding about the integration of Development (Family Planning as a key ‘demographic dividend’. When these young dynamics, attaining sustainable population component of Universal Access to people enter the workforce, they create the growth through, voluntary family planning, strategies and policies to address population Reproductive Health for All: Progress, South-South Cooperation into national level potential for economic growth. But to ensure ensuring universal access to sexual and dynamics for sustainable development. The Lessons learned and Opportunities for session will highlight the achievements, the demographic dividend, countries need reproductive health services, gender and enabling policies and programs and to social equity and rights of every individual challenges and the implications of integrating population dynamics into invest in health and education of the to the enjoyment of the highest attainable South-South Cooperation) adolescent and young people. standard of health. The member countries Session Objective & southern countries strategies and policies share expertise and resources in the spirit of Background for ICPD beyond 2014 and MDGs beyond SSC. 2015. The session will address the The session objective is to share success Session IV stories from southern countries about the dynamics and sustainable development with Sexual and Reproductive Health for All conference of PPD will be held at a critical role of Family Planning in reducing total ainter-relationship focus on population between growth population rates, birth & (Population and Development implications: stageThe 2013, of the 10th global annual dialogue inter-ministerial on the fertility rates, unmet need for family death rates, age structures, distribution of development goals of post ICPD and MDGs. planning, and unwanted pregnancies. The population and demographic dividends in beyond 2014 and MDGs beyond 2015) ICPD PoA emphasizes ‘Family Planning as the southern countries and the role of SSC. South-South Cooperation priorities for ICPD development partnership has emerged as an key to helping couples and individuals effectiveThe ‘South-South strategy inCooperation addressing (SSC)’ population meet their reproductive goals, preventing The role of adolescents and young people, Session Objective & dynamics challenges including population unwanted pregnancies as well as reducing the ageing population, gender, equity and Background stabilization, family planning, sexual and rights approach will be explored as cross the incidence of high risk pregnancies, The objective of the session is to highlight reproductive health and sustainable maternal morbidity and mortality. The cutting themes. development. Technical cooperation, sharing recent 2012 London Family Planning Special emphasis will be given to identifying Cooperation in Sexual and Reproductive of best practices, pooling of resources, Summit was a seminal event in the areas and new ways for strengthening SSC Health,the overall Population priorities and for Development South-South for the shared advocacy and global diplomacy have vitalization of the global Family Planning on issues related to Population Dynamics in post ICPD and MDGs. emerged as some of the means for achieving agenda. The extra ordinary pledges made the post ICPD and MDGs. the goals of SSC. by various actors need to be put into action The ICPD Program of Action (PoA) The scope of South to South Collaboration in to support the rights of an additional 120 Session III (SSC) as a key strategy for achieving its goals the context of post ICPD/MDG, sustainable million women and girls in the world’s andacknowledges an important South-South instrument Cooperation of development goals will be explored in the poorest countries to use contraceptive Investing for Demographic Dividend: development and technical cooperation following thematic areas. information, services and supplies, without Lessons Learned and Implications for coercion or discrimination, by 2020. In the among developing countries, that should 1. Family Planning for Sustainable context of the ICPD beyond 2014 and play a pivotal role in the implementation of Development MDGs beyond 2014, this session will South-South Cooperation. the ICPD PoA beyond 2014 in the context of 2. Integrating Population Dynamics into review the progress, lessons learned and Session objective and the Millennium Development Goals. National Development Goals opportunities for further strengthening background The wealth of experiences in southern 3. Investing for Demographic Dividend The objective of the session is to increase countries is uniquely suited to assist South-South Cooperation.

44 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 45 beyond 2015 for RH, Population and Development. Annex II: Agenda highlyscale-up effective efforts modelin other in developingaddressing cross bordercountries. and South-South culturally similar Cooperation context can be a challenges in resource poor countries. While Conference participants

replacement for North to South will be attended by ministers of health, collaboration,South-South Cooperation it is a strategic cannot and be key seen pillar as The high level Inter-Ministerial conference for scaling up innovative, cost effective and the 25 PPD member countries. The quality population & reproductive health conference�inance and will population also be attendedand planning by other from programs for sustainable development in developing countries within the context of of parliaments, development partners, the National Health and Family Planning Commission the ICPD PoA MDGs. academia,high ranking researchers, government civil of�icials, society members of the People’s Republic of China organizations including Indigenous and International agencies. Session V For more information about the conference, PPD Position Paper on South –South please send an email to: Cooperation Priorities for ICPD beyond [email protected], visit: the PPD PROGRAMME 2014 and MDGs beyond 2015 International Inter-Ministerial Conference contact the PPD leadership at the following On address:website: www.partners-popdev.org; or SSC for Population and Development Session Objective & in Post ICPD and MDGs Background (10th International Conference on Population and Development) This session objective is to build consensus Dr. Joe Thomas and generate organizational, member Executive Director Jointly Organized by country and development partners The National Health and Family Planning Commission of China commitments on the priorities and road Partners in Population and Development And map for SSC for reproductive health, (PPD) Partners in Population and Development IPH Building (2nd Floor), Mohakhali, population and development in the post Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing ICPD and MDG. The priorities and road map 6 Southern Road Capital Gym, Haidian District, Central Area Beijing, China shall be informed by recommendations from Dhaka-1212. Bangladesh 22-23 October 2013 a consultative process with PPD member Phone: 0088 02 9881882-3 (Ext. 101) countries, development partners and other Cell: 0088 01711 593362 stakeholders as well as review of global Email: [email protected] Fax: 0088 02 8829387, 9880264 trends in population, development and Skype: joethomas123 population and lessoned learned from SSC. The session will provide a platform for

position paper and road for South –South Cooperationexpert discussions for ICPD to �inalizebeyond the2014 PPD and MDGs beyond 2015 The organization is a Permanent United Nations Observer Conference outcome The outcome of the Conference will be a declaration, adopted by 25 member countries and conference participants with commitments and a road map for SSC towards ICPD PoA beyond 2014 and MDGs An Inter-governmental Organization for Promoting South-South Cooperation

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46 Session I Theme: Family Planning for Sustainable Development in the context South-South cooperation for post ICPD and MDGs. (Family Planning is a key component of Universal Access to Reproductive Health for all. Progress, Lessons learned and Opportunities for South-South South-South Cooperation (SSC) for Population and Cooperation) Development in Post ICPD and MDGS Time 10:20 – 11:40 Chair: H.E. Prof. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, Rapporteur: MP, Member, PPD Board and Honor- Day One able Minister, Ministry of Health and Partner Country Coordinator Family Welfare (MOHFW), Govern- • (PCC) Mr. Saikou Gambia JK Trawally, & Director PPD of Tuesday, 22 October 2013 ment of the People’s Republic of Population Affairs, National Bangladesh. Population Commission President, Govt. of the Gambia Keynote Speaker : Ms. Kate Gilmore, Secretariat, Of�ice of the Vice Deputy Executive Director UNFPA Consultant OPENING CEREMONY • Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, High Level Panelists: 9:00 – 11:00 Welcome Remarks: Rapporteur: 1. H.E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, MP, •Session PPD Objective and background: The session objective is to share H.E. Dr. Li Bin, Vice-Chair, PPD Mr. Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, PPD Honorable Minister, Ministry of Health, Government of the success stories from southern Board and Honorable Minister, PCC Tunisia & Director, Technical countries on the role of Family Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka • National Health and Family • Cooperation, National Board of Planning in reducing total fertility Planning Commission of China Family and Population, Govt. of 2. Ms. Valerie DeFillipo, Director of rates, unmet family planning needs, (NHFPC) Tunisia FP2020. H.E. Prof. A. F. M. RuhalHaque, MP Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, 3. Ms. Anjali Sen, Regional Director, The ICPD PoA emphasizes ‘Family andPlanning avoiding as key unwanted to help couplespregnancies. and Member, PPD Board and Consultant International Planned Parenthood individuals meet their reproductive • Honorable Minister, Ministry of • PPD Federation Health and Family Welfare pregnancies and reduces the (MOHFW), Government of the • goals,incidence prevent of high unwanted risk of pregnancies People’s Republic of Bangladesh and morbidity and mortality’. The Dr. Kate Gilmore, Deputy executive recent 2012 London Summit of Director, Programme , UNFP and • Assistant Secretary General of the in the vitalization of the global Family Planning wasagenda. a seminal The extra event United Nations ordinary pledges made by various actors need to be put into action to support the rights of an additional 10:00 – 10:20 TEA / COFFEE BREAK 120contraceptive million women information, and girls services in the world’s poorest countries to use discrimination, by 2020. In the andcontext supplies, of post without ICPD/MDG coercion or

developmentand opportunities goals, for this further session will 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK reviewSouth-South the progress, Cooperation. lessons learned

48 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 49 Session II Session III Theme: Integrating Population Dynamics into National Development Theme: Investing for Demographic Dividend; lessons learned and Goals in the context of South-South cooperation for post ICPD and MDGs implications for South-South Cooperation in the context of post ICPD (Developing a South to South Collaboration -perspective in and MDGs. systematically integrating population dynamics in southern countries’ national development strategies and policies) 14:00-15:20 Rapporteur: Dr. Betty Kyadondo, PPD PCC andChair: Honorable Dr David Minister, Pagwesese Ministry Of Uganda &Head of Family Health 14:00-15:30 Chair: Mr. Keshav Desiraju, IAS Rapporteur: HealthParirenyatwa, And Child Member Welfare, PPD Board • Department, Population Secretary, Ministry of Health and Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Kenya & Deputy Director, National Family Welfare, Government of India Planning & Economic • Council Mr. Charles for PopulationN. Oisebe, PPD and PCC KeynoteGovernment Speaker: of Zimbabwe Development, Govt. of Uganda Keynote Speaker: Development (NCAPD), Govt. of Kenya Mr.WANG Qian, Director-General, Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, Department of Services and Manage- Consultant Executive Director, Regional Institute Consultant ment for Migrant Population , • PPD forProf. Population Stephen Owusu Studies, Kwankye, Ghana and • Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, National Health and Family Planning Member, PPD Board Commission of China (NHFPC) Session• Objective and background: •Session PPD Objective and background: The objective of the session is to High Level Panellists: The objective of the session is to High Level Panelists: increase the understanding of 1. Ms.Carole Presern, Executive increase understanding about the integration of South-South 1. Dr. Robert W. Gillespie, President Director, PMNCH and Chair of Population of opportunity for development of a Cooperation into strategies and ‘Demographic Dividend’ as a window policies to address Population Communication, USA, Population rates decline. Demographic Dividend School of Sociology and Dynamics for sustainable Communication isnation a process that opens of demographic up when fertility change, 2. Population Prof. ZHAI Zhenwu, Studies, RenminDean of the 2. Michael T Mbizvo, Professor, University of China highlight the achievements, College of Health Science implications, due to the change in 3. Dr. Donatien Beguy, Research development.challenges and The the session implications will of integrating Population Dynamics in thewhich age has structure potential of theeconomic population Scientist & Head of Statistics and southern countries for ICPD beyond Surveys Unit, APHRC, Nirobi, 2014 and post MDGs development 3. Ms.University Selina FosuaaEsantsi,of Zimbabwe, Senior Kenya Zimbabwe following a decline in fertility. - lenges and opportunities of popula- Discussion Population Council, Ghana Goals.population The dynamicssession will and address the Program Of�icer Thetion sessiontransition will of highlight PPD member the chal inter-relationship between 4. Mr. Nazmul Huda - encing a similar transition and birth & death rates, age structures, Golden Girl Project, Bangladesh sustainable development with a ‘youthcountries, bulge’ most providing of which them are experian focusdistribution on population of population growth and rates, demographic dividends in the Discussion opportunity for ‘demographic southern countries and the role of dividend’. When these young people south-south cooperation. The role of adolescent and young people and ageing population, and a toenter ensure the workforce,the demographic they create dividend the gender, equity and rights approach countriespotential forneed economic conducive growth. policies But and programs and appropriate the above themes. A special investment in health and education will run as a cross cutting issues in of the adolescent and young people. emphasisin issues related will be to given Population to identify possibleDynamics areas in the and post new ICPD/MDG forms of SSC development Goals 13:00 – 16:00 TEA / COFFEE BREAK 15:20 – 15:40 TEA / COFFEE BREAK

50 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 51 Session IV Theme: Sexual and Reproductive Health for all in the context Day Two South-South cooperation for post ICPD and MDGs.(Population and 13:00 pm, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 Development implications; South-South Cooperation priorities for post ICPD / MDG Development Goals)

15:20 – 17:00 Chair: H.E. Mr. Matia Kasaija, Rapporteur: Session V Member, PPD Board and Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Plan- Thailand & Director, Family Theme: Presentation of PPD Position Paper on South-South Cooperation ning and Economic Development • Planning Dr. KittipongSaejeng, and Population PPD Division, PCC Priorities for ICPD beyond 2014 and post MDGs Government of the Republic of Ministry of Public Health, Govt of Uganda Thailand Consultant Chair: Ms. Bongi Maria (BM) Ntuli, Keynote Speaker: Mr. Arie Hoekman, 13:00 – 14:20 Rapporteur: • Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, MP, Deputy Minister, Minister for UNFPA Country Representative, Session Objective & Background: Social Development, Government of China •The PPD objective of this session is to the Republic of South Africa • National Dr. MunyaradziMurwira, Family Planning PPD Council, PCC highlight the overall priorities for Zimbabwe & Executive Director, High Level Panellist: South-South Cooperation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, 1. Mr. Pape A Gaye, President and and Development beyond ICPD and Consultant ConsultantGovt. of Zimbabwe CEO, Intra-Health, USA post MDG Development Goals. The Presented by: Dr. SwarapSarkar, PPD • PPD 2. Mr. William N. Ryerson, President, ICPD Program of Action (PoA) High Level Panelists: Population Media Centre, Session• Objective & Background: Shelburne, USA Cooperation (SSC) as a key strategy This session objective is to build for achieving its goals and important Honourable Chairperson, National acknowledges South-South 1. Prof. Fasli Jalal, MD, PhD, SPGK consensus and generate organiza- 3. Dr. Yasmeen Sabeeh Qazi, Senior instrument of development and Population and Family Planning Country Advisor, Population technical cooperation among Board and Board Member, PPD tional, member country and develop- ment partners commitments on the Program, The David and Lucile developing countries that should Government of Indonesia Packard Foundation, Pakistan play an important role in the priorities and road map for SSC for implementation of the ICPD PoA 2. Mr. Naoyuki KOBAYASHI, Deputy reproductive health, population and 4. Dr Martin Weber, Regional beyond 2014 in the context of the Director General and Group development in the post ICPD and Adviser – Making Pregnancy Safer Millennium Development Goals. Director for Health Group MDG. The priorities and road map and Reproductive Health, 2,Human Development shall be informed by recommenda- WHO/SEARO southern countries is uniquely tions from a consultative process 3. Professor Paul Lalvani, Dean and - Discussion Thesuited wealth to assist of experiences scale-up efforts in in other developing countries. DirectorDepartment, JICA opment partners and other stake- South-South Cooperation can be a with PPD member countries, devel highly effective model in addressing trends in population, development Delhi, India cross border and culturally similar andholders population as well asand review lessoned of global learned context challenges in resource poor 4. ArmandoEmpower DeSchool Negri of Filho, Health, MD, New countries. While South-South Coordinator World Social Forum platform for expert discussions to Cooperation cannot be seen as on Health and Social Security on from SSC. The session will provide a replacement for North to South collaboration, it is a strategic and key behalf of the Steering Committee road for South–South Cooperation pillar for scaling up innovative, cost of the FCGH Campaign for�inalize ICPD the beyond PPD position2014 and paper MDGs and effective and quality population & beyond 2015. reproductive health programs for Discussion sustainable development in

context of post ICPD/ MDG developingdevelopment countries goals. within the

52 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 53 10 Dr. Carole Bridget Presern 18 H.E. Mr. Matia Kasaija Annex III: List of Participants Executive Director, Partnership for Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Honourable Chairperson, National Regional Director Economic Development, and 26 Population Prof. Fasli Jalal, and MD,Family PhD, Planning SPGK Board 31 PartnersDr. Jotham in Musinguzi Population and Development (PMNCH) Board Member, Partners in Population and Board Member, Partners in Population and Session VI Maternal, PMNCH Secretariat, Newborn &World Child Health Health Development (PPD) Development (PPD) Colville Street Plot 9, P.O.Box 2666 Kampala, Organization (WHO) Government of the Republic of Uganda, Government of Indonesia UgandaAfrica Regional Of�ice Adoption of declaration Kampala, Uganda. Email: - [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 27 Mr. Naoyuki KOBAYASHI 11 Dr.E-mail: Donatien [email protected] Beguy Deputy Director-General, Human Partners in Population and Development (PPD) African Population and Research Center Email: �inance@�inance.go.ug ; [email protected]; Development Department Executive Director, Partners in Population 14:20- 15:40 Chair: Dr. Boniface O. K’Oyugi, MBS, Rapporteur: 32 Dr. Joe Thomas 19 Florence.Tatamba@�inance.go.ugMr. Pape A Gaye and Development (PPD) Director General, National Coordi- Inter-Ministerial Conference on Road President & CEO, Intra-Health 5-25 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Dhaka, Bangladesh nating Agency for Population and & Head, Population and “South-South Cooperation in the Post ICPD and MDGs” E-mail:APHRC [email protected], Manga Close Off Kirawa 6340 Quadrangle Drive, Suite 200 Japan International Cooperation Agency Email: [email protected] Development, Kenya and Secretary, • Development Ms. Esther Co�ie, Unit, PPD National PCC Ghana Annual Board Meeting, Executive Committee Meeting, PCC Meeting Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Program Planning and Development Committee Meeting PPD Board Population Council, Government Tokyo 102-8012, Japan 33 Dr. Boniface O. K’Oyugi Finance and Risk Management Committee Meeting Honorable Minister, Ministry Of Health And 28 Mr. Paul Lalvani of Ghana MBS, Director General Beijing, China, 20 to 24 October 2013 12 Child H.E. Dr Welfare David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa Dean & Director Moderators: Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari President, Population Media Center National Coordinating Agency for PPD 20 P.O.Mr. WilliamBox 547, Newton Shelburne, Ryerson Vermont 05482 Board Member, Partners in Population and Population and Development, Kenya • USA 29 Dr. Armando De Negri Filho, Director, ARO, PPD Development Government of (PPD) Zimbabwe Empower School of Health and Secretary PPD Board 1. Dr Jotham Musinguzi, Regional • List of Resource Persons E-mail: [email protected] MD, Coordinator World Social Forum on Health 21 Mr. Aries Hoekman 34 Mr. Hu Hongtao PPD No. Name and Address and Social Security on behalf of the Steering 13 Mr.E-mail: Wang [email protected] Quin Country Representative PCC and Commissioner, 2. Dr. Joe Thomas, Executive Director, 1 H.E. Dr. Li Bin Committee of the FCGH Campaign Director General, Department of Service United Nations population funds (UNFPA) Department of International Cooperation Honorable Minister Yapa Sirisena and Management of Migrant Population China National Health and Family Planning National Health and Family Planning 5 MinisterH.E. Mr. Pallewatta of Health, GovernmentGamaralalage of Maithripala the 30 Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) Commission (NHFPC)) Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Freelance Consultant Commission of China 22 Dr. Yasmeen Sabeeh Qazi Government of the People’s Republic of Vice-Chair, Partners in Population and 117 Wijerama Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. Senior Country Advisor, Population Development (PPD) E-mail: [email protected] 1-1-538, Gandhi Nagar, Hyderabad, India China 14 Dr. Robert Gillespie Program C-17 Balaji Towers Government of the People’s Republic of -500080 Email: [email protected], President, Population Communication The David and Lucile Packard Foundation China E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 1250 East Walnut Street, Suite 160, Karachi, Director, Family Planning 2020 Email: [email protected] 2 H.E. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad 6 UnitedMs. Valerie Nations Jean Foundation DeFillipo Pasparakis E-mail: [email protected], Session VII [email protected] Honorable Minister, Union Ministry of 23 Dr Martin Weber Health and Family Welfare 15 Mr. Michael T Mbizvo Regional Adviser Closing Ceremony Chair, Partners in Population and 7 Email:Ms. Anjali vde�[email protected] Sen Development (PPD) Regional Director Ex Director Reproductive Health Research, WHO , Geneva for South-East Asia Government of India International Planned Parenthood World Health Organization, Regional Of�ice Professor, College of Health Science Indraprastha Estate, Mahatama Gandhi Time Closing Remarks: Rapporteur: Email: [email protected] 15:40 – 16:30 H.E. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chair, Mr. Md. ZakirHossain, PPD PCC E-mail: [email protected] PPD Board and Honourable 3 H.E. Prof. AFM Ruhal Haque, MP Federation, E-mail: [email protected] South Asia Regional Of�ice Marg, New Delhi – 110002, India New Delhi, India University of Zimbabwe • Minister, Union Ministry of Health • Ministry of Health and Family Honorable Minister, Ministry of Health and 24 H.E.E-mail: Ms [email protected] Maria Ntuli and Family Welfare, Government Welfare,Bangladesh Govt. &Joint of Bangladesh Secretary, Family Welfare (MOHFW) 8 Mr. Keshav Desiraju Deputy Minister of the Department of Social Board Member, Partners in Population and Secretary, Health and Family Welfare 16 [email protected] Selina Fosuaa Esantsi of India Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari, Development, Development (PPD) Government of India Consultant Ministry of Social Development, South Government of the People’s Republic of Population Council Africa Director, PPD • PPD Senior Program Of�icer Bangladesh Accra-Ghana Department of Social Development, • Dr. Joe Thomas, Executive Nirman Bhaban, New Delhi-110011, India E-mail: [email protected] South Africa Vote of thanks: Dr. Boniface O. Master• of Ceremony: Mr Hu Hongtao, Executive Director, National Population K’Oyugi, MBS, Director General, Commissioner, Department of 4 Dr.Email: Kate [email protected] Gilmore 9 Council Dr. Stephen Kwankye 17 Dr. Sk Nazmul Huda National Coordinating Agency for International Cooperation, NHFPC Deputy Executive Director Government of the Republic of Ghana Special Adviser to the Hon’ble Minister E-mail: [email protected] Population and Development, Kenya United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Board Member, Partners in Population and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & UNITAID Secretariat and Secretary, PPD Board 605 Third Avenue Development (PPD) GAVI Alliance 25 WorldDr. Swarup Health Sarker Organization E-mail:[email protected]

New York, New York 10158 USA Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 54 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 55 10 Dr. Carole Bridget Presern 18 H.E. Mr. Matia Kasaija Executive Director, Partnership for Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Honourable Chairperson, National Regional Director Economic Development, and 26 Population Prof. Fasli Jalal, and MD,Family PhD, Planning SPGK Board 31 PartnersDr. Jotham in Musinguzi Population and Development (PMNCH) Board Member, Partners in Population and Board Member, Partners in Population and Maternal, PMNCH Secretariat, Newborn &World Child Health Health Development (PPD) Development (PPD) Colville Street Plot 9, P.O.Box 2666 Kampala, Organization (WHO) Government of the Republic of Uganda, Government of Indonesia UgandaAfrica Regional Of�ice Kampala, Uganda. Email: - [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 27 Mr. Naoyuki KOBAYASHI 11 Dr.E-mail: Donatien [email protected] Beguy Deputy Director-General, Human African Population and Research Center Email: �inance@�inance.go.ug ; [email protected]; Development Department Executive Director, Partners in Population 32 Dr. Joe Thomas 19 Florence.Tatamba@�inance.go.ugMr. Pape A Gaye and Development (PPD) Road President & CEO, Intra-Health 5-25 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Dhaka, Bangladesh E-mail:APHRC [email protected], Manga Close Off Kirawa 6340 Quadrangle Drive, Suite 200 Japan International Cooperation Agency Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tokyo 102-8012, Japan 33 Dr. Boniface O. K’Oyugi Honorable Minister, Ministry Of Health And 28 Mr. Paul Lalvani 12 Child H.E. Dr Welfare David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa Dean & Director MBS, Director General President, Population Media Center National Coordinating Agency for 20 P.O.Mr. WilliamBox 547, Newton Shelburne, Ryerson Vermont 05482 Board Member, Partners in Population and Population and Development, Kenya USA 29 Dr. Armando De Negri Filho, Development Government of (PPD) Zimbabwe Empower School of Health and Secretary PPD Board E-mail: [email protected] MD, Coordinator World Social Forum on Health 21 Mr. Aries Hoekman 34 Mr. Hu Hongtao and Social Security on behalf of the Steering 13 Mr.E-mail: Wang [email protected] Quin Country Representative PCC and Commissioner, 1 H.E. Dr. Li Bin Committee of the FCGH Campaign Director General, Department of Service United Nations population funds (UNFPA) Department of International Cooperation Honorable Minister Yapa Sirisena and Management of Migrant Population China National Health and Family Planning National Health and Family Planning 5 MinisterH.E. Mr. Pallewatta of Health, GovernmentGamaralalage of Maithripala the 30 Mr. Isaac Inestone Noble Thalari National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) Commission (NHFPC)) Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Freelance Consultant Commission of China 22 Dr. Yasmeen Sabeeh Qazi Government of the People’s Republic of Vice-Chair, Partners in Population and 117 Wijerama Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. Senior Country Advisor, Population Development (PPD) E-mail: [email protected] 1-1-538, Gandhi Nagar, Hyderabad, India China 14 Dr. Robert Gillespie Program C-17 Balaji Towers Government of the People’s Republic of -500080 Email: [email protected], President, Population Communication The David and Lucile Packard Foundation China E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 1250 East Walnut Street, Suite 160, Karachi, Director, Family Planning 2020 Email: [email protected] 2 H.E. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad 6 UnitedMs. Valerie Nations Jean Foundation DeFillipo Pasparakis E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Honorable Minister, Union Ministry of 23 Dr Martin Weber Health and Family Welfare 15 Mr. Michael T Mbizvo Regional Adviser Chair, Partners in Population and 7 Email:Ms. Anjali vde�[email protected] Sen Development (PPD) Regional Director Ex Director Reproductive Health Research, WHO , Geneva for South-East Asia Government of India International Planned Parenthood IndraprasthaWorld Health Estate,Organization, Mahatama Regional Gandhi Of�ice Email: [email protected] Professor, College of Health Science

3 H.E. Prof. AFM Ruhal Haque, MP Federation, E-mail: [email protected] South Asia Regional Of�ice E-mail: [email protected] Marg, New Delhi – 110002, India New Delhi, India University of Zimbabwe Honorable Minister, Ministry of Health and 24 H.E.E-mail: Ms [email protected] Maria Ntuli Family Welfare (MOHFW) 8 Mr. Keshav Desiraju Deputy Minister of the Department of Social 16 [email protected] Selina Fosuaa Esantsi Board Member, Partners in Population and Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Development, Development (PPD) Government of India Ministry of Social Development, South Government of the People’s Republic of Population Council Africa Senior Program Of�icer Bangladesh Accra-Ghana Department of Social Development, Nirman Bhaban, New Delhi-110011, India E-mail: [email protected] South Africa Executive Director, National Population 4 Dr.Email: Kate [email protected] Gilmore 9 Council Dr. Stephen Kwankye 17 Dr. Sk Nazmul Huda Deputy Executive Director Government of the Republic of Ghana Special Adviser to the Hon’ble Minister E-mail: [email protected] United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Board Member, Partners in Population and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & UNITAID Secretariat 605 Third Avenue Development (PPD) GAVI Alliance 25 WorldDr. Swarup Health Sarker Organization E-mail:[email protected]

New York, New York 10158 USA Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 56 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 57 18 Dr. Boniface Omuga Oyugi Participant List Senior Lecturer Ta (Honourable Minister Of National Population Studies and Research Institute 27 Planning) Mr. Ibidapo Olufemi Oyewole No. Name and Address (University of Nairobi) National Planning Commission Abuja, Nigeria. 1 Mr. Md. Zakir Hossain 19 Mr. Charles N. Oisebe PCC and Director of Population Affairs PCC and Deputy Director E-mail: [email protected] Health and Family Welfare 10 NationalMr. Saikou Population JK Trawally Commission Secretariat National Council for Population and JointGovernment Secretary of (FWthe People’s & Prog.), Republic Ministry of of Development (NCAPD) Bangladesh State House, Banjul, The Gambia Nairobi, Kenya Of�ice of the Vice President 28 NationalMrs. Nwamaka Planning Rita Commission Okocha, '[email protected]' [email protected] Abuja,Desk Of�icer, Nigeria. PPD Email: [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected]; Email: [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected] 2 Mr. AUSM Saifullah 11 [email protected]; Mr. Nyakassi M.B. Sanyang [email protected] Statistician General Assistant Director in Charge of 29 Mr. Magaji Micheal Ibrahim Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Gambia Bureau of Statistics Communication Advocacy 20 Mr. Peter Arisi Nyakwara Technical Adviser to the Supervising Hon. JointGovernment Secretary of Bangladesh E-mail: [email protected] National Council for Population and Development (NCAPD) Minister Nairobi, Kenya National Planning Commission Email: [email protected]; Partner Country Coordinator (PCC), Partners Abuja, Nigeria. 3 [email protected] Dr. Sree Sushanto Ghosh 12 in Miss Population Esther Co�ie and Development (PPD) E-mail: [email protected] Chairman, Maternal Mortality Reduction Head, Population and Development Unit, 21 EMAIL:Mr. Adama [email protected] Noumpounon Diarra (MMR) Project National Population Council Director- General, National Solidarity Fund Rotary Club Of Satkhira Government of the Republic of Ghana Ministry of Social Development Solidarity Director-General, Population Program Wing and Ageing People, Government of Mali 30 MinistryDr. Shafqat of JawaidNational Shiekh Health Services, Road, Satkhira-9400 Regulation and Coordination Polashpole,E-mail: [email protected] Shaheed Kazol Saroni, New Court 13 E-mail:Ms. Anuradha estherco�[email protected] Gupta Government of Pakistan PCC and Additional Secretary & E-mail: [email protected] ; Islamabad, Pakistan Mission Director (National Rural Health 22 [email protected] Dr. LAHLOU Khalid ; Area Manager, Nalta Hospital & Community Mission) PCC and Director of Population, 4 Health Mr. Nittanondow Foundation Biswas Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health 31 Dr. Bocar Mamadou Daff Nalta, Kaligonj, Satkhira, Bangladesh. Government of India Direction de la population Directeur de la Sante de la Reproduction Et Survie de l’enfant [email protected] Ministere de la Sante et de L’action Sociale Email No : [email protected] Email: [email protected]; Email:[email protected] [email protected] ; Dakar, Sénégal Web site : www.naltahospital.org.bd 14 Dr Sharad Chauhan [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected] Golden Girl Project PS to the Honorable Minister 23 Dr. TALEB Abdellah DOCTOR, Physician responsible for [email protected] 5 DhakaMiss. Rowshanara 1000, Bangladesh Parvin Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India coordinating [email protected] Ministry of Health - Morocco E-mail: [email protected] Department of Social Development Email: [email protected]; 32 GovernmentMs Gwendoline of South Imogene Africa (GI) Nelson 6 Ms. Saima Huda 15 Dr. Wendy Hartanto, MA New Delhi-110011, India 24 H.E. Ambassador Yuguda Alhaji Bashir HSRC Building, North Wing, 134Pretoria Golden Girl Project PCC and Deputy for Population Management Supervising Honourable Minister/Deputy Street, Pretoria, South Africa Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh National Population and Family Planning Chairman Email: [email protected] Board National Planning Commission Government of Indonesia Government of the Federal Republic Nigeria Chief Director, Population and Development 7 Dr. AKM Shahidul Islam Board Member, Partners in Population and 33 DepartmentMr. Jacques Van of Social Zuydam Development, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh Development (PPD) E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected] Partner Country Coordinator, Partners in [email protected]; Population and Development (PPD) 8 Dr. Lucien Toko International Cooperation Division 25 Mr. Faniran Sanjo Oladepo Government of the Republic of South Africa PCC for Benin, Ministele de la SANTE 16 NationalMs Jusni Population Meirida, and Family Planning PCC Nigeria BP 05 709, Cotonou, République du Bénin Board National Planning Commission Email: [email protected] Government of Indonesia Abuja, Nigeria. [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]; 9 Dr. Osama Mahmoud Refaat Sherif 34 Ms Mmamotlanthe Emily Bapela 17 Jakarta,Mr. George Indonesia Alusa Kichamu 26 Mr. Bassey Okon Akpanyung University Ag. Director General Director, International Cooperation National Population Training Coordinator InternationalTechnical Adviser Master to the Trainer, Minister’s Johns Assistant, Hopkins National Council For Population And National Planning Commission Department of Social Development ,Republic Ministry of Health and Population, Development (PPD) Abuja, Nigeria. of South Africa Government of Egypt E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

58 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 59 44 Mr. Charles Zirarema 52 H.E. Dr. Ahmed Ali Bourji 60 Mr. Khandaker Humayun Kabir Roberts Director, Population Secretariat Member, PPD Board and Head of IT 35 AssistantMrs Hester Director Magrieta Johanna Elizabeth Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Secretary General, Technical Secretariat, Partners in Population and Development Department of Social Development Development, Kampala, Uganda National Population Council, Council of (PPD) South Africa Email: [email protected] Ministers, Amran Road , Sana’a ,Yemen Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 45 Dr. Betty Kyadondo [email protected] 61 Ms. Masuma Billah Head of Family Health Department Email: [email protected] ; Department of Social Development, Partners in Population and Development Population Secretariat (POPSEC) 53 Mr. Motahar Ahmed Zabarah 36 GovernmentMr Muchaviseki of the Shakespear Republic of(MS) South Mboweni Africa Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic (PPD) Advocacy and Communications Of�icer Assistant Secretary General, Email: [email protected] Development Technical Secretariat of National Population Partner Country Coordinator, Partners in Council (NPC/TS) 62 Mr. Mohammad Zayedul Hoque Population and Development (PPD) Council of Ministers, P.O Box 12551, Sana'a, 37 MinistryMs. Ntombenhle of Social ConstanceDevelopment Skweyiya Government of the Republic of Uganda Executive Associate Republic of Yemen HeadSouth of Africa Of�ice, , Pretoria Of�ice of the Deputy Minister Kampala, Uganda Partners in Population and Development E-mail: [email protected] email: [email protected] (PPD) Email: [email protected] 38 Mr. Thulaganyo Patrick Mothusi General Manager: Financial Accounting Email: [email protected]; 63 Mrs. Catherine Musinguzi 46 [email protected]; Dr. Duong Quoc Trong Honorable Minister, Ministry Of Health And South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) 54 Child H.E. Dr Welfare David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa Director, COMMAT Uganda E-mail: [email protected] Board Member and General Director of E-mail: [email protected] Planning (GOPFP) Board Member, Partners in Population and 64 Mr. Abdelylah Lakssir Development Government of (PPD) Zimbabwe Deputy Director-General GeneralGovernment Of�ice of for the Population-Family Socialist Republic of 39 DepartmentDr. Narong Saiwongse of Health Vietnam Partners in Population and Development Ministry of Public Health Email: [email protected] International Program Of�icer Nonthaburi, Thailand E-mail: [email protected] Email : [email protected] 47 Mr. Dinh Huy Duong E-mail: [email protected] Africa Regional Of�icer PCC and Deputy Director of Personnel 55 Family Dr. Munyaradzi Planning Murwira Council Department of 40 Dr. Kittipong Saejeng ExecutivePartner Country Director, Coordinator Zimbabwe (PCC) National PCC and Director, Family Planning and 65 PartnersMr. Patrick in MugirwaPopulation and Development Planning (GOPFP) Population Division Programe Of�icer Government of the Socialist Republic of Department of Health General Of�ice for Population-Family Government of Zimbabwe Vietnam Ministry of Public Health 56 Fax:Dr Mridula 263 04 Bandyopadhyay 620280E-mail: [email protected] Africa Regional Of�ice Mother & Child Health Research 66 E-mail:Dr. Blessing [email protected] Uchenna Mberu Nonthaburi, Thailand Research Scientist [email protected] La Trobe University Email: [email protected] ; African Population and Health Research [email protected] 48 Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hong Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Center (APHRC) E-mail: [email protected] ; Director, MY DUC International Medicine Email: [email protected], 41 Prof. Majed ZEMNI [email protected] Road, P.O. Box 10787-00100 President, Director-General The Socialist Republic of Vietnam APHRCNairobi, Campus, Kenya. Kirawa Road, off Peponi National Board for Family and Population Pharmacy Hanoi, Vietnam Joint Stock Company Email: [email protected] Treasurer, Partners in Population and Deputy Executive Director Development (PPD) 49 Mr. Nguyen Van Tan, 57 PartnersDr. Lorna in Tumwebaze Population and Development Tunis, Tunisia Deputy Director General, (PPD) www.aphrc.org E-mail: [email protected] Dhaka, Bangladesh UNITAID Secretariat Planning (GOPFP) Email: [email protected] 67 WorldMr. Frédéric Health Jean Organization Martel 42 Mr. Adnene Ben Haj Aissa GeneralGovernment Of�ice of for the Population-Family Socialist Republic of Director, Technical Cooperation Vietnam 58 Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam National Board of Family and Population, Program Manager Geneva, Switzerland Tunisia 50 Mr. Pham Vu Hoang Partners in Population and Development Working Group Program Coordinator/ Policy Email: [email protected] Engagement & Communications Director of the Centre for Population (PPD) 68 Ms. Jessica Susan Klein Brinton Research, Information and Documentation, African Population & Health Research Center 43 Mrs. Mary Kasaija Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh (APHRC) Spouse of Minister of State for Finance, Planning (GOPFP) Email: [email protected] Nairobi, Kenya Planning and Economic Development, and GeneralGovernment Of�ice of for the Population-Family Socialist Republic of Board Member, Partners in Population and Vietnam 59 Dr. Mahbubur Rashid Development (PPD) Email: [email protected], Government of the Republic of Uganda 51 Mr. Mai Xuan Phuong Partners in Population and Development Deputy Director, IEC Dept. (PPD) Senior Program Of�icer 69 AfricanDr. Joyce Population Mumah and Health Research [email protected] Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow Email: �inance@�inance.go.ug ; Planning (GOPFP), Vietnam Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] General Of�ice for Population-Family Florence.Tatamba@�inance.go.ug 60 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 61 70 Mr. Bhopinder Singh Co- Founder and President Director, Department of Ageing and Life Annex- IV: Beijing Consensus MAITRI NGO 80 Course Dr. John Beard WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Outcome Document: 71 Email:Mrs. Winnie [email protected]; Singh Co- Founder Executive Director Beijing Consensus MAITRI NGO 81 DrE-mail: Gibson [email protected] Mhlanga South South Cooperation: seizing an opportunity to create new hope for the Global South Principal Director-Preventive Services 72 Mr. Abdul Habib Eimal Latif Ministry of Health and Child Care advocacy to galvanize coordinated collective Adviser to Minister I. Preamble: Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan E-mail: [email protected] Recalling our Commitments made at the Ministry of Public Health, Great Massoud Government of Zimbabwe earlier ICPD and MDG high level platforms, action while aspiring to achieve quality of Square, Kabul - Afghanistan 82 Mujahed Ahmed Al-Sha’ab The Conference unanimously resolved to E-mail: [email protected] Commitment of the Heads of the States and life at par with the global north. G. Director of Population Information Governments at the Millennium Summit consolidate the gains of the past and build on the best practices for moving on to the 73 Mr. Avinash Chandra Srivastava Education and Communication Department 2000 on the MDGs and those agreed upon at International Planned Parenthood National Population Council-Technical the General Assembly in 2005 and 2010 and next level of achievements. The Delegates secretariat, Republic of Yemen also placed on record their appreciation for Republic of Yemen, Sana’a , Al-Hassabah, Population and Development) the national governments, UN Agencies, Federation, Email: [email protected] South Asia Regional Of�ice Amran Street, National Population those of our own PPD( Partners in bilateral, multilateral donor agencies and New Delhi, India Council – Technical Secretariat. 74 Dr. Shyama Sosamma KURUVILLA We the delegates assembled here in Beijing E-mail: [email protected] pronouncements in this context; successful implementation of the ICPD and for International Inter-ministerial civilMDG society agenda. who participated in the Child Health (Secretariat hosted by WHO) 83 Dr Islene Araujo de Carvalho Conference on South-South Cooperation for The20 avenue Partnership Appia, for 1211 Maternal, Geneva Newborn 27, and PPD (Partners in Population and Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser Population and Development in the Department of Ageing and Life Course Post-ICPD and MDGs, Beijing, on this day the 23rd October, 2013, the eve of the Permanent Observer Status at the UN Switzerland Family, Women and Children’s Health Development)General Assembly was through conferred its withResolution No 75 E-mail:Dr. Nana [email protected] Taona Kuo Cluster, World Health Organization Every Woman Every Child Team Leader historicby according 68th United highest Nations urgency Day, to reaf�irmpost- 2014 provide strategic leadership for the E-mail: [email protected] ourICPD political engagement will and and national post 2015 commitments MDG focus, 57/29attainment in November of ICPD goals 2002, and empowering MDGs among it to 84 DonMail: Ahangama [email protected] Liyanage Chaminda its member states. Executive Of�ice of the UN Secretary General Mangala Liyanage through our redoubled support, 76 Mr. Dominic Christopher Kemps participation and commitment to attaining Director, Positive Action for Children Fund the ICPD and MDG goals and the public ViiV Healthcare II. The Context: Medical Of�icer, Ministry of Health goods therein through South-South E-mail: Cooperation for the enhancement of human [email protected] ColomboSuwasiripaya, 10 Ven.Baddegama Wimalavansa Sri Lanka. Mawatha, life in the Global South. on population and development, the 77 Dr. Armando Antonio De Negri Filho Email: [email protected], South-South Cooperation is a unique 1. After two decades of global commitment World Social Forum on Health and Social [email protected] mechanism for fostering solidarity among world community eagerly awaits its E-mail: [email protected] the Global South through shared vision and 85 Professor Paljit Singh Paul Lalvani progress and looks forward to solutions Security / Member JALI SC collective coordinated action for delivering Dean and Director thatstill challengeswill shape itsto bedestiny. addressed Much and gaps 78 Mr. Bidhan Krishna Sarker achievement, notwithstanding, there are Research Investigator experience and application of appropriate global situation has considerably Centre for Reproductive Health, icddr,b techniques,public goods technologies through sharing and methodologiesof knowledge, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Centre for India Empower School of Health to be �illed. In the last twenty years the Reproductive Health, icddr New Delhi Dhaka-1212 development and common prosperity. changed;scenarios haveeconomic emerged. slowdown The key has towards attaining holistic human E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] diminishedchallenge is ODA;to avert and these new threatsdisease and helped successful implementation of Under-Secretary of Health, Department of optimize the demographic dividend. It is 79 Mr. Zahid Hussein Speci�ic South-South partnerships have 86 Health Dr. Janette L. Garin against this background of altered President supports member countries develop Government of the Republic of the Sustainable Resource Foundation (SuRF) policies,programmes. share PPD resources, fosters exchangepartnerships; 617 D, Askari 10, Airport Road, Lahore Cantt Philippine Lahore, Pakistan San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue realities that the world community E-mail: [email protected] Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines and innovation for the global South. explores new solutions to consolidate experience,South-South transfer Cooperation knowledge, employs technology high level theattaining success; ICPD new and strategies MDG commitments. to combat the challenges and a new road map to

62 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 63 2. Despite daunting challenges, 11. We dedicate ourselves unreservedly to required by the emerging job markets. South-South Cooperation has been at the addressing the challenges, constraints Expansion of technical education, vanguard of delivering hope to its 5. Inobligations this direction, for achieving �ive pathways sustainable have and obstacles to the attainment of our beendevelopment:1) identi�ied to Integrating accomplish Population the global commitments to the ICPD goals and a valuable move in harnessing the technical national commitments translating the Dynamics into National Development MDGs and beyond. revampingcapital of the curriculum human resource and syllabi base. would be citizens.aspirations Unstinted of the people political into will essential and public goods are the hallmarks of the Planning, Sexual and Reproductive South-South Cooperation. Articulating process;Health Services 2) Universal 3) Gender access Equity to Family and IV a. Integrating Population and skill development are the key these aspirations, PPD member states ； 4， Dynamics into National 17. Aware that in the short-term, workforce have taken the lead in exploring We urge our member states to approach strategies for approaching the post-2014 andWomen 5) South-South Empowerment Cooperation for Development Process: drivers of the knowledge economies and scenarios for achievement of the ICPD StrengtheningPopulation and Family Development. Capacity building; 12. Revisiting our commitments as laid in emerging global trends in process Pretoria, Agra and Wuhan Declarations thisoutsourcing. national Notingasset in that line additional with the realm of South-South Cooperation. identifying the importance of the goals and MDGs beyond 2015 within the IV. Beijing Consensus: Population dynamics as decisive in the demographic dividend, We 3. Partners in Population and Development shaping development, We recommend economicrecommend investments our member would governments maximize (PPD), an alliance of developing 6. We the delegates hereby give the clarion integrating population dynamics into the to consider implementing policies that call that ICPD goals and Millennium national development goals. address these issues. Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Middle Development Goals are intricately interlinked and need to be approached countriesEast and the from Latin Asia America, and the representsPaci�ic, in an urgent yet coordinated manner for 13. Recalling that investing in human capital 18. Recognize that the special populations the attainment of the goals. such as the adolescents and the elderly dividend, We see great potential in 58%of population of the world’s and development. population. PPD has 7. Recognizing that the full willstrengthening increase opportunity our human forresource demographic capital special attention, emphasis to cater to madeRepresenting signi�icant close contribution to 4 billion in people, the area implementation of the Programme of through appropriate economic policies. are increasing over the years; they need PPD has demonstrated that PPD Action and the key actions for its further member states to include these details implementation, including in particular member countries’ performance has population and less dependency offer theirinto their speci�ic national needs. development We urge our goals. been better than the non-PPD countries, the commitment to achieve universal Increased proportion of the working in the areas of infant and child mortality access to sexual and reproductive health by human capital. by 2015, is integrally linked to global 19. Observe that Migration, both internal countries an opportunity to be bene�itted efforts to eradicate extreme poverty, and 14. Recognizing that and all population maternal deaths have reduced from ensure sustainable development. perspective and integrated into the reduction. In the past twenty years dynamics are central to development in andnational external, developmental needs to be goals seen to in guide a new percent drop both in MMR and in 8. Further recognizing the critical its entirety, We urge our member nations the outcomes. We recommend setting up eightabsolute million numbers. to four Child million, deaths a �ifty have to capture the subtle and complex support ad enabling mechanisms to also reduced by a similar proportion. interdependence of population dynamics positively uphold the migration process. Strong trajectories of population inter-linkagesdevelopment and between their centralpopulation and vis-à-vis poverty, health, education and dividend evident in most PPD countries economicimportance growth to addressing and sustainable the challenges access to social amenities, in their 20. Emphasize that robust collection of data indicate positive gains as a result of and priorities especially in improving national planning endeavors. on vital registration, good quality the quality of life, promoting strategic programming. census, morbidity and mortality data are key to demographic planning and combating sexually transmitted diseases treasured national assets, We forecasting. Hence, member states are reproductive health and rights; recommend that this valuable human 15. Acknowledging that people are our called upon to support and strengthen III. Historic Opportunity for gender based discrimination. resource be nurtured for high including HIV and AIDS; and eliminating this data architecture. SSC and PPD to lead from 9. We are united in our thought and demographic dividend. We also the front: concur that by approaching through recommend approaching the have effected changes in occupational 4. The scope of the South-South of the ICPD Commitments and almost Cooperation in the context of post –2014 21. Acknowledge that forces of globalization these �ive streams nearly three-fourths demographic dividend scienti�ically with and survival strategies among the ICPD and MDGs beyond 2015 is vital to member countries to look at the de�initive timelines to derive the optimal communities resulting in urbanization the attainment of the global employment opportunities for engaging preferences, new economic aspirations half of MDG goals will be realized. Hence bene�its. We also recommend that our and related relocation putting burden on commitments. Hinging on this pivot, the focus on the following �ive streams. rural labour force more productively. South-South Cooperation in conjunction committed to the recommendations the local governance and infrastructure. 10. Wecontained declare in further this Beijing that we Declaration are as 16. Propose that greater investments in It is recommended that national ingredient for delivering tangible technical education, job creation and skill development goals capture these very withregional MDG and 8 on national partnership actions is forthe the key the adherence of these upgradation be taken up to match the important and emerging patterns of attainment of ICPD goals and MDGs. underrecommendations. and that we will actively follow population dynamics.

labour force with employable skills 64 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 65 IV. b Universal access to Family guide the regional and national human /cutting, through adopting and enforcing Planning, Sexual and resource development activities. Urge the national governments to not only 32. structures, Aware that Wegender call uponequity our and member women’s Reproductive Health Services: invest in strengthening national empowermentcountries to take are up byproducts legislation ofand social social lawshealth that consequences. prohibit such practices and 22. Reinforcing our commitments of change activities to address the restrictive creating awareness around the harmful 38. Recommend that national actions, strengthening Family Planning capacities but also draw on the vast These changes need to be supported by including legislation and public sensitization be taken up for curbing Yogyakartaprogrammes and and Pretoria, streamlining We reaf�irm delivery knowledge,South-South technology Cooperation and for expertise Adolescent, activitiesfostering enablingand forces conditions against women. and mechanisms for improved access to thatSexual is readilyand Reproductive available within Health the inclusive mechanisms in favor of Gender Sexual and Reproductive Health interventions. violence against women, halting child 33. Recognizing that Women’s supplies and services that enable Equity and Women’s empowerment. marriages, preventing traf�icking in women to create a safer environment for individuals and couples make informed Commodity Security is very important Services. Family Planning deals with transformation, economic optimal empowerment of women. 27. Acknowledgeand crucial to thatachieving Reproductive universal Health sexual choices about their family size. Services empowerment is central to social include information dissemination and and reproductive health. We call upon IV. d Strengthening Family our member nations to strengthen counseling related to family size empowerment through micro-credit, Capacity Building: regulation. Choice and practice of these stocking, supply and distribution aspects micro-�inance and self-help mechanics, of the Reproductive Health commodities. 39. Recalling the emphasis laid out in the methods help families attain the ideal a new women-centred economy could be ICPD PoA, on strengthening capacity of family size responsibly. ad`opted. Such a measure would not the family in the background of rapid 28. Emphasize the focus on adolescent onlyfamily uplift economy the women and hence economically the family but demographic changes, We underscore 23. Recalling that Universal access to quality reproductive health and gender for signi�icantlydevelopment. contribute to improving the need for strengthening the role and sexual and reproductive health services, curbing teenage and adolescent health capacity of the family in the region. The including family planning services is risks that have catastrophic 34. Further recognizing that the realization role, the rights, composition and central to achieving Millennium demographic and health outcomes. We of human potential depends upon structure of the family are undergoing Development Goals, We the delegates call concur, that through strengthened guaranteed rights including freedom serious transformation due to for upgrading the programmes and community resilience, risks faced by the demographic processes such as services so that SRH gets the priority at youth and adolescent populations could health, education, employment, shelter the national, provincial and community be minimized. fromand decent violence; livelihoods, the right through to development, employment patterns. These have levels. redressing the mal-distribution of migration, urbanization and new 29. Encourage integration of Reproductive and its ability to respond. 24. Recommend that all family planning health services and HIV/AIDS ensuring full utilization of human capital impacted the ways of family formation policies and programmes be inclusive, programming. By such integration wealth and increasing opportunities, 40. Recognizing the need to strengthen participatory and tailored. By family capacity to respond to migration introducing customized family planning, be achieved, besides reaching the target to advance socio-economic bene�its. oriented family trauma, We recommend sexual and reproductive health services, greatergroups directly.bene�its for the communities can that our member states develop national 35. Adoptparticipation Women’s in theempowerment labor force forstrategy their policies for making migration safe and to facilitate greater women’s requirements of the target communities, family economy. We recommend institutionalizing communication and necessary that effective family-friendly with variations catering to the speci�ic economicimproving empowerment access to resources and improved for of inclusive access and utilization could 30. Acknowledgeinformation dissemination the importance mechanisms of bene�icialcounseling, to tracking the family. and It enabling is also mechanisms be put in place to support includingbe built. the marginalized, a new idiom for behavior change, health promotion, informal business sectors for their risk reduction and increased the families affected by the migration women in the rural, farming and process. 25. Emphasize the role of local participation in the Adolescent, Sexual governments, communities and civil and Reproductive Health programmes. economic empowerment. society organizations in remaining offshoot of rapid economic and 36. Review,customs revise, that have amend discriminatory or abolish all impact 41. Acknowledgingindustrial development that urbanization is challenging an IV. C Gender Equity and Women laws, regulations, policies, practices and for many families, We recommend that alignedachievement with theof universal emerging access priorities to for Empowerment: ensure that the provisions of multiple sustainedfamily planning, action sexualtowards and the reproductive on women, youth, especially girls, their policies of urbanization and without distinction of any kind, and health services. 31. Re-emphasizing our commitment to the memberinclude the countries family dimension review and as revise an global cause of Gender Equity and integral part of urban planning and local 26. Recommit ourselves to translating the legal systems comply with international human rights regulations and laws. governance. Effective registration, Family planning, sexual and recommend accelerated actions to and girls by eradicating all harmful reproductive health linkage into a Women’s Empowerment, We 37. Protectpractices, the including dignity andearly rights and/or of womenforced enable families become the driving force and politically. marriages, female genital mutilation trackingfor development. and counseling services will empower women, socially, economically community empowerment dynamic to 66 Conference Report 2013 Conference Report 2013 67 42. Develop special strategies to address the valuable political commitment into requirements of the youth and budgetary allocations for sustained adolescent through life-skill education engagement. and putting in place responsive counseling and guidance mechanisms in 47. Recommend undertaking South-South place to nurture this very important human resource. secondly at the South-South Cooperation dialoguelevel. While at two the formerlevels: Global addresses level the and more universal problems and the the economic, social and development 43. Recognizingaction, We recommend the strong linkagesestablishing between more immediate regional and multi-ministerial taskforces among resourcecross-border �low, programme the latter will negotiations attend to and joint action. being of the families and its members. It member countries to improve the well family-friendly development system to trans-boundary issues to engage multilateral mechanisms, We accord isenable imperative families that realize we also their build full a 48. Aware that Health is one of the �irst potential of performance and security. high priority to the development of South –South Cooperation 44. Integrate government, market and methodologies for addressing issues of community resources to strengthen inequity related to access to affordable life saving drugs, diagnostics, treatment family security and support commodities to sharpen the regional mechanisms. We call upon our member dimension to health diplomacy to states to effectively integrate existing resources including the community organizations ad voluntary sector 49. bene�itRecognize the the members urgent states.need for setting up coordination mechanisms and IV. e South-South Cooperation South-South Cooperation to facilitate methodologiestechnology transfer, speci�ic exchange to the of for Population and Development experience shared, internalized and 45. The importance of South-South practiced among member countries. to population and development and Dialogue, in dealing with issues related agencies, bilateral, multi-lateral agencies healthy population forms the core of all 50. Strengthenand civil society partnerships to coordinate with UNjoint healthdevelopment.. governance Negotiating is very signi�icant health and as action for consolidating appropriate development hence are very important aspects of the modern-day development attainment of global commitments. dialogue. Representing the voice of 58% technical and �iscal resources for We the delegates once again reiterate our mandate to promote highest health commitment to the ICPD/PoA and MDGs and populationstandards and of the equitable world, PPDdevelopment has the for the population of the region. By - will give our utmost attention and focus advocating external actors, PPD is able towardsmethodology the attainment to approach of thethese global commit goals aligningto champion with the its memberscause of South-South states and ments.through At South-South PPD, we have partnership, made it our political strategic Copoperation for optimal advantage for its member states. engagement. will, national resilience and community 46. Recognizing the importance of - South-South Cooperation in population munity and the UN General Assembly that and development, We recommend that We would like to appeal to the global com the critical component of political commitment central to development is we are ready to share our experience of South-Southattainment of Cooperation the post 2014 for ICPD re�ining and the MDGs states are encouraged to nurture the globalbeyond strategies 2015 actions. together for de�initive harnessed ef�iciently. Hence member

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