It’s Time to Revisit the Cairo Consensus

The Journal of Population and Sustainability

Christopher Tucker¹ 

[1] American Geographical Society;

关键词: Cairo Consensus;    Population Growth;    Ecological Destruction;    Women’s Empowerment;    Fertility Reduction;    Sustainable Population;   

DOI  :  10.3197/jps.2021.5.2.63

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Just over a quarter century ago, the so-called ‘Cairo Consensus’ was forged, fundamentally improving how governments worldwide, international organisations, and the NGO community approached women’s reproductive health and reproductive rights on the world stage. Yet, the deafening silence this consensus offered on issues of runaway population growth has had massive repercussions on the world we live in today, with the ever-increasing human footprint fuelling climate change and ecological destruction on a scale that was entirely predicted. Given what we know now about how empowering, just and ethical strategies focused on women and girls can effectively bend the global population curve, it is time that we revisit the Cairo Consensus.

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