Creating a New Consensus on Population: The Politics of Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, and Women's Empowerment

Population growth, reproductive health and reproductive rights are amongst the most pressing issues facing governments and the international community. Since the world's governments agreed for the first time on far-reaching and enlightened population policies at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a good deal of progress has been made on these issues, but major challenges remain.

This fully updated edition of Creating a New Consensus on Populatio...