Unravelling inequality

The ICPD Programme of Action emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War, a time of upheaval and uncertainty. That year, 1994, saw both the end of apartheid in South Africa, which held its first multiracial democratic election in April, and the eruption of genocide in Rwanda that same month. Sweden legalized civil unions between same-sex partners – making it the third country ever to do so – as the global rate of new HIV infections was reaching its highest-ever peak (UNAIDS, n.d.). The promise of collective action, and the perils of failing to take such action, could not have been more prominent in the minds of ICPD attendees in Cairo.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Good Health and Well-Being

Gender Equality

Reduced Inequalities