A re-examination of women's role and status. Muslim men and women together can reach a consensus on their roles in modern Islamic societies. Keynote speech
Sadik, N.
Integration 1996(47): 6-7
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0916-0582 PMID: 12347314 Document Number: 306024
The author, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund, is pleased that Turkey is focusing upon improving service provision and broadening its approach to reproductive health including family planning, as recommended at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Both the ICPD and the Fourth World Conference on Women emphasized that family planning is an integral part of reproductive health, which was recognized as essential to the goals of gender equality and the empowerment of women, issues perceived to be cornerstones of population and development programs. Reproductive health and family planning programs, the need for a comprehensive approach to reproductive health, and reaching a consensus upon the roles of men and women in contemporary Islamic societies are discussed.