The ICPD fits hand in glove with many of our key national strategies such as the National Development Strategy (NDS 1) and National Health Strategy. It calls for women’s reproductive health and rights to take centre stage in national and global development efforts. It also recognizes that reproductive health and women’s empowerment are intertwined, and that both are necessary for the advancement of our society.

The European Union, has been a proud partner in this journey over the past decade. Together with partners like UNFPA, the EU is proud to have contributed to Zimbabwe's sexual and reproductive health rights and gender equality endeavours, notably with the Health Development Fund ( 2016-2021) and the  Health Resilience Fund (HRF 2022-2025) - multi-donor health programs aimed at improving primary healthcare and ess...

2024 is a milestone year for the global community as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The ICPD conference, held in Cairo in September 1994, marked a pivotal moment in the global discourse on population and development. At this landmark conference, 179 member states, including Zimbabwe, agreed to the visionary Programme of Action which recognised...