1. promoting the reproductive rights agenda
1975 – Declaration of
Mexico on the Equality of
Women and their Contribution to Development and
Peace and Plans of Action
1968 – Final
Act of the
Tehran
Conference
on Human
Rights
1994 – International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and
Programme of Action
1993 – World Conference on Human
Rights adopted the
Vienna Declaration
and Programme of
Action
section 16 “Parents have a basic human right
to decide freely and responsibly on the number
and spacing of children and a right to adequate
education and information in this respect”. The
General Assembly endorsed the Final Act in
December 1968.10
The 1975 Declaration of Mexico on the
Equality of Women and their Contribution to
Development and Peace confirms the principle of equal rights within the family and the
principle of inviolability of the human body
as per Principle 12, “[e]very couple and every
individual has the right to decide freely and
responsibly whether or not to have children as
well as to determine their number and spacing,
2000 – Millennium
Summit and the Millennium Declaration –
and subsequent Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
1995 – Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – IV
World Conference
on Women
2005 –
World
Summit
Outcome
and to have the information, education and
means to do so”.11
In 1993, the World Conference on Human
Rights adopted the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, another document
signalling a worldwide consensus on the
right to sexual and reproductive health.
Section 3 of the Programme of Action12
deals with women’s rights and their right
to accessible and adequate health care and
the widest range of family planning services,
as well as equal access to education at all
levels, including sexuality education.
11 UN Doc. E/CONF. 66/34.
10 UNGA Resolution 2442 (XXIII).
12 UNGA Resolution A/RES/48/121.
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