THE CAIRO PROGRAMME OF ACTION – The Action Program of UN International Conference on Population and Development Cairo, 1994

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, where 179 governments adopted a landmark Programme of Action which set out to empower women and girls for their sake, and for the benefit of
their families, communities and nations.

Women Deliver is a leading global advocate that champions gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women.

Inspire is the partnership of organisations that act together inside and from Europe to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. We want to be a catalyst for action and progress in the field of SRHR. The BOCS Foundation is a member of Inspire since 2006.

EPF is a network of members of parliaments from across Europe who are committed to protecting the sexual and reproductive health of the world’s most vulnerable people, both at home and overseas.

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

“All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder — and ultimately impossible — to solve with ever more people.”

– Sir David Attenborough, Patron of Population Matters

Global Footprint Network, an international nonprofit organization founded in 2003, envisions a future where all can thrive within the means of our one planet. They enable their vision through their mission: to help end ecological overshoot by making ecological limits central to decision-making.

Founded in response to the horrors of war in Europe, the IFOR has taken a consistent stance against war and its preparation throughout its history. The BOCS Foundation is a member of IFOR since 1995.

The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection to Military Service (EBCO) was set up in 1979 as an umbrella organisation to promote collective campaigns for the release of imprisoned conscientious objectors and to lobby European governments and institutions for full recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service.