Increasing awareness of link between status of women and demographic dynamics

The aim is to increase awareness of the fundamental links between improving the status of women and demographic dynamics, particularly through women's access to education, primary and reproductive health care programmes, economic independence and the access to effective, equitable participation in all levels of decision-making.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Promoting education about women's issues
2. Fostering linkages between family planning and social welfare

1. Strengthening comprehensive health care for women
2. Providing vocational training for women
3. Protecting against health hazards of motherhood
4. Giving special attention to informing women on demographic impacts
5. Assessing links between demographic factors and sustainability

1. Raising awareness of demography in sustainable development planning
2. Improving status of women
3. Documenting population trends

1. Unaware
2. Status
3. Awareness