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UNFPA discusses culture, gender and human rights with Flemish UN Association

Brussels - UNFPA presented its State of the World Population 2008 report “Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights” to members of the United Nations Association Flanders Belgium (Vereniging voor de Verenigde Naties, VVN).

The presentation by Sietske Steneker, Director of UNFPA Brussels Office, and Ivan Hermans, Senior External Relations and Policy Advisor, was part of VVN’s programme of lunchtime conferences on UN themes, and was followed by a lively discussion with UNA members on the issues addressed in the report, such as the potential of change through religions, the danger of cultural relativism and the relation between human rights and population issues. A detailed report on the meeting will be published shortly in the VVN monthly newsletter “Wereldbeeld”.