ICPD+30 Global Youth Dialogue report
Image Credit: Nelson Opany, World Scouts Bureau. Over 300 young people convened in Cotonou for the Global Youth Dialogue at the call of UNFPA to celebrate 30 years since the launch of the Program of Action at the first ICPD in Cairo, Egypt and to take stock of the met commitments. The event concluded with young people coming up with the Cotonou Youth Agreement, a document with recommendations on how countries should approach their commitments in the Program of Action taking into consideration the needs of young people. I was selected as one of the three young persons from Zimbabwe. Context. 30 years ago, in Cairo 179 countries gathered together to map a way forward towards how the world responds to issues of women empowerment, gender equality, maternal mortality, family planning and population management. The outcome of this event became known as the program of action. This tool is a framework of how nations are to address the issues that I have mentioned above. Follow...