UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
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| UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) |
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"ICPD 94"
April 1994
Number 14
Newsletter of the International Conference on Population and
Development
Cairo, Egypt, 5-13 September 1994
NEWS FROM THE NGOS
How to ensure media coverage of population issues was the focus of
a three-day national workshop in New Delhi, organized in February
by Women's Feature Service. Some 22 journalists and others took
part.
"The media, when it addresses the issue of population, focuses
on the differing perspectives of North and South," commented Anita
Anand, director of Women's Feature Service. "The substantive issues
have, unfortunately, never received the focus and space they
deserve."
To provide participants with a better understanding of the
issues, medical professionals and development experts delivered a
series of issue briefings on family planning counselling and health
services, abortion, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, migration,
reproductive health technologies, and population from a women's
health perspective.
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To fully involve Turkish NGOs in ICPD, the Family Planning
Association of Turkey organized a February meeting of 11 NGOs and
government representatives to discuss the country's national
report to ICPD and make recommendations regarding the Conference
Programme of Action.
Participants agreed to continue working as a permanent NGO
committee to deal with ICPD preparatory activities and follow-up.
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Enda Third World (Environment and Development in the Third
World), a Paris-based NGO, plans to produce a daily
French-language newspaper, "Vivre autrement", in Cairo during
ICPD. The paper will provide a platform for Southern NGOs to
exchange information. Enda Third World published similar papers
during the 1992 Earth Summit and last year's World Conference on
Human Rights.
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