Commitments & progress
Reproductive health commitments:
Dhaka Declaration. UN, 2013
Bali Global Youth Forum Declaration. ICPD, 2012
Summary of Commitments. London Summit on Family Planning, 2012
Istanbul Statement of Commitment. IPCI, 2012
Resolution of the 45th session of the Commission on Population and Development. UN, 2012
Laxenburg Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development. IIASA, 2011
Ouagadougou Declaration. UAPS-UEPA, 2011
Framework for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health. DFID, 2011
Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health. UN, 2010
Muskoka Initiative for Maternal, Newborn and Under-Five Child Health. G8, 2010
Action Plan for the Implementation of the Continental Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy Framework. Maputo. African Union, 2006
Maputo Plan of Action. UNFPA, 2006
Millennium Development Goals. UN, 2000
Platform for Action. UN Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995
International Conference on Population and Development. UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), 1994
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). UN, 1979
Progress on population-related issues:
2012
Progress
- Day of 7 billion receives major press coverage with a focus on sustainability issues
- First major study on population from the Royal Society for 20 years is published
- First feature length documentary on population, Mother, shown in UK with our support
- Bill promoting abstinence sex education for girls in UK dropped
Absence of progress
- Coercive sterilizations reported in Uzbekistan, India
- United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability fails to call for population stabilization
2011
Progress
- Teenage pregnancy rate in UK falls to 40-year low
- We run advertising campaign in London Underground on population
- Attempt to stop abortion providers from offering counselling in UK fails
- Population Matters survey show most UK adults think population levels are too high
- UCL/Leverhulme Trust mounts major international conference on population
- Population Matters rebrands itself with new name and website
Absence of progress
- UN increases global population projection to 10 billion by 2085
- UK population growth hits 50-year high
- Number of UK births highest for 40 years
- Proportion of UK youth having unprotected sex with new partner rises
2010
Progress
- Every Woman Every Child campaign launched by UN — goals include preventing 33 million unwanted pregnancies
Absence of progress
- UN conference at Nagoya on biodiversity omits consideration of population growth
- UN summit at Cancun on climate change omits consideration of population growth
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