Launch of the 2022 Report by the High-Level Commission on the ICPD+25 Follow-up
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is on a two-day visit in Zanzibar as member of The High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 Follow-up and the launch of the Commission’s new report.
Read about ICPD+25 and the visit here.
Read about ICPD+25 and the visit here.
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held in Cairo in 1994 and was the largest intergovernmental conference on population and development ever held. The outcome of the conference was the Programme of Action, where human rights, population, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and sustainable development merged into a global consensus that placed individual dignity and human rights, including the right to plan one’s family, at the very heart of development.
As a global frontrunner on sexual and reproductive health and rights, Denmark together with Kenya and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 25 years later co-hosted the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 to celebrate the remarkable progress made, but also to accelerate the promises made in the Cairo Programme of Action. In November 2019, more than 8,000 delegates gathered in Kenya where they made some 1,300 clear, concrete commitments to advance the goals of the ICPD and secure the rights and dignity of all.
The High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 Follow-up was created to monitor and report on progress towards fulfilling the commitments made at the Nairobi Summit.
Yesterday, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark together with other ICPD+25 Commission members and UNFPA staff went on two site visits in Zanzibar in the margins of the first face-to-face meeting of the High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 Follow-Up. The members of the Commission went to observe how the ICPD+25 commitments are being advanced on the ground.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark first visited the Sebleni Primary Health Unit. Together with the two Co-Chairs of the Commission, Former President of Tanzania H.E. Jakaya Kikwete and former Governor General of Canada H.E. Michaëlle Jean, she was introduced to the health facility’s work to improve reproductive, maternal, and new-born health services, including family planning at the community level. The visit provided an opportunity for dialogue and interaction with health workers, community health volunteers, and users of the facility. Denmark has supported the facility bilaterally through the Zanzibar Health Basket Fund.
The second visit was to CUBE Innovation Hub Zanzibar, a start-up and business enabler that offers incubation services, financing and business acceleration support to start-ups and small businesses in Zanzibar. Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and other Commissioners got the opportunity to interact with young entrepreneurs, learn about the CUBE’s strategies for youth empowerment, and explore solutions to tackling ICPD-related challenges through innovative products and technologies.
Tanzania has committed to act towards accelerating the progress on the ICDP promises and it was two enriching visits for the Commission members, who had the possibility to observe good practices, lessons learned and challenges faced by those who drive the commitments forward.
To learn more about Nairobi Summit, the commitments and the High-Level Commission, please see here
As a global frontrunner on sexual and reproductive health and rights, Denmark together with Kenya and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 25 years later co-hosted the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 to celebrate the remarkable progress made, but also to accelerate the promises made in the Cairo Programme of Action. In November 2019, more than 8,000 delegates gathered in Kenya where they made some 1,300 clear, concrete commitments to advance the goals of the ICPD and secure the rights and dignity of all.
The High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 Follow-up was created to monitor and report on progress towards fulfilling the commitments made at the Nairobi Summit.
Yesterday, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark together with other ICPD+25 Commission members and UNFPA staff went on two site visits in Zanzibar in the margins of the first face-to-face meeting of the High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 Follow-Up. The members of the Commission went to observe how the ICPD+25 commitments are being advanced on the ground.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark first visited the Sebleni Primary Health Unit. Together with the two Co-Chairs of the Commission, Former President of Tanzania H.E. Jakaya Kikwete and former Governor General of Canada H.E. Michaëlle Jean, she was introduced to the health facility’s work to improve reproductive, maternal, and new-born health services, including family planning at the community level. The visit provided an opportunity for dialogue and interaction with health workers, community health volunteers, and users of the facility. Denmark has supported the facility bilaterally through the Zanzibar Health Basket Fund.
The second visit was to CUBE Innovation Hub Zanzibar, a start-up and business enabler that offers incubation services, financing and business acceleration support to start-ups and small businesses in Zanzibar. Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and other Commissioners got the opportunity to interact with young entrepreneurs, learn about the CUBE’s strategies for youth empowerment, and explore solutions to tackling ICPD-related challenges through innovative products and technologies.
Tanzania has committed to act towards accelerating the progress on the ICDP promises and it was two enriching visits for the Commission members, who had the possibility to observe good practices, lessons learned and challenges faced by those who drive the commitments forward.
To learn more about Nairobi Summit, the commitments and the High-Level Commission, please see here