Kenya is hosting a United Nations-coordinated conference on population and development this week in Nairobi. Over 6,000 delegates from 160 nations, including heads of state, are attending the three-day forum to discuss reproductive health rights, ending gender-based violence, and sustainable development.
The U.N.'s International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) opened Tuesday with repeated vows made at the first summit in Cairo, twenty-five years ago.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, a co-host of the conference, underscored the significance of the summit.
"I think we can all agree that ICPD was a turning point, a defining moment in our history," Crown Princess Mary said. "In Cairo, the world articulated a bold new vision about the relationship between population, development and individual well-being and the empowering of women and meeting people's needs for education and health, including sexual and reproductive health, are necessary for both individual advancement and balanced development."