ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/INF.1
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: 2030 Agenda and SDG Coordination
Focus Area: Inclusive development, Population dynamics & migration
Initiatives: Sustainable urban development
SDGs: Agenda 2030
Keywords: Population, Population dynamics, Social development, Development, Women, Youth, Sustainable development, Persons with disabilities, Ageing persons, Poverty
Arab regional review five years after the 2013 Cairo declaration
January 2019
It highlights major demographic trends in the Arab region and relates them to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, adopted in 1994. It outlines major challenges in the region to achieve sustainable development as well as progress made with respect to poverty alleviation, women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, sexual and reproductive health, mobility and environmental sustainability, and enabling environment. It concludes with showing the way forward and summarizing the key messages from the Arab regional review.
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It highlights major demographic trends in the Arab region and relates them to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, adopted in 1994. It outlines major challenges in the region to achieve sustainable development as well as progress made with respect to poverty alleviation, women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, sexual and reproductive health, mobility and environmental sustainability, and enabling environment. It concludes with showing the way forward and summarizing the key messages from the Arab regional review.
