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Commentary

The 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development drew on three decades of experience to reach a new consensus for the decades ahead.

The Conference broadened the approach by emphasizing progress towards equality for women, reducing maternal and child mortality, and ensuring access for all girls and women to basic education and health services - including reproductive health and family planning.

In an article on the following page, Judith Bruce and Anrudh Jain examine how family planning services are, or should be, affected by the Cairo consensus.