The ICPD Programme of Action
The Core of ARHA's Work
In 1994, a consensus was reached by 179 countries, including Australia, which committed to promoting the ICPD 20-year Programme of Action (PoA). The conference had a clear focus of empowering women and providing them with more choices.
The PoA calls for family planning to be made universally available by 2015, or sooner, and provides estimates of the levels of national resources and international assistance that will be neeeded.
The PoA includes goals in regard to education, especially for girls, and for the further reduction of infant, child and maternal mortality levels. It also addresses issues relating to population, the environment and consumption patterns; the family; internal and international migration; prevention and control of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; information, education and communication; and technology, research and development.
UNFPA - International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)
2009 marked the 15th anniversary of the ICPD. ARHA attended many of the ICPD+15 events aroudn the world
Key Points of the ICPD for ARHA
ARHA's core mission is to promote support within Australia and the region for these goals and principles, by directly promoting the ICPD and the broader issues and themes relevant to the ICPD Program of Action. This includes gaining support for ICPD activities within Australia's overseas aid program, producing information and education resources to support this work and undertaking awareness raising on issues of population, development and reproductive health.
On the domestic front ARHA monitors the Australian Government’s commitment to ICPD issues, raising awareness of these commitments and tracking progress towards meeting them. ARHA also has partnerships with similar organisations and works with them to further the goals and principles of the PoA.
Internationally ARHA works in partnership with regional alliances and networks, sharing information and working with global partners to advance the PoA. We are invited to present papers and attend international conferences and we use our ECOSOC status to input into UN meetings and resolutions.
Member of ACFID & Signatory to the ACFID Code of Conduct.
NGO Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations