This dialogue aims to bring visibility to the urgent challenges that prevent indigenous women and girls from enjoying their right to sexual and reproductive health. It will highlight the progress that has been achieved since 1994, the barriers that stand in the way, and the critical elements required for ensuring a rights-based and culturally acceptable approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights for indigenous peoples. Expect an intercultural exchange that puts the rights, voices, and choices of indigenous women and girls at the centre of the conversation.
The design and capacities of the health workforce are major determinants in the quality of sexual and reproductive health care. This session will address the specific needs of the health workforce, including: optimizing the role of the midwife as the backbone of sexual and reproductive health services; encouraging and enabling collaboration among health-care professionals; and exploring the needs of policy and health infrastructure to support health-care for mothers and their newborns. This event will be convened by the International Confederation of Midwives and UNFPA.
Engage in an intimate conversation with the leaders of the ICPD. At the same time in the Pamoja Zone, join a Community Conversation on Youth participation to accelerate the promise to the ICPD (11:30).
Member States & Other Stakeholders Commitment Statements
Fashion and ICPD: Discover brands that use fashion as a platform to ignite radical change, destigmatizing and reclaiming periods through a celebration of femininity. At the same time in the Pamoja Zone, join a Community Conversation on Fight for the right to decide over our bodies (Spanish 12:15) in the Community Corner. In the Karibu Lounge, interact with inspiring people and discover the power of stories during our Human Library (12:00).
