Yemeni Family Care Association holds conference [Archives:2004/736/Local News]

By Fahmia Al-Fotih
For the Yemen Times
After 10 years of holding the Cairo Conference for Population and Development, Yemeni Family Care Association (YFCA) along with Arab World Regional Office and the European Union (EU) organized on Saturday a 2-day conference on 8-9 May in Sana'a.
The workshop that was held under the motto of “From recommendations to commitment and implementations” took place at the Palace of Youth.
Mr. Ahmed Sofan, the vice prime minister and the minister of planning & Int. Cooperation along with a host numbers attended the conference.
Sofan delivered a speech in which he said “The population issue has been representing a challenge that all of us have t deal with.
He concluded “Yemen participation in Cairo conference in 1994 represented the importance that Yemen has paid to the regional and international work involving in development process.”
The conference focused, through the submitted papers, on 5 As (ADIS, Adolescence, Abortion, Access to productive health services and Advocacy).
Mr. Abdualmalik Al-Tihami, the executive manger of YFCA, told Yemen Times “I want to point out that this conference today on population, development and reproductive health to evaluate what has been achieved 10 years ago after the international conference that was held in Cairo in 1994. Through this conference a number of working papers will be submitted aiming at evaluating what has been fulfilled and what is the role of the government, society, non-governmental and international associations is. In addition these papers display the difficulties and impediments that hinder the fulfillment of the Cairo Conference goals. “He added “Moreover, we want through this conference to come up with a clear working paper for YFCA and recommendations for government and non-governmental associations.”
Gamila Al-Sharea, the program officer at YFCA also told Yemen Times “The Yemeni Family Care Association organizes on 8-9 May the national conference in Sana'a. The International Union for Family Planning, four Arab associations; Sudanese, Bahrain, Egyptian and Djibouti as well as representatives of the international institutions and governmental and non-governmental bodies participated.
She concluded “We expect that we can come up with suggestions and a working plan for the upcoming years.”A show for the media contributions related to population, reproductive health and family planning will accompany the conference. It is worth mentioning that a press conference will be held at the end of the conference in which experts from YFCA, the EU and the International Union for Family Planning representatives participated.
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