In an ideal world, the spread of family planning and the slowing down of population growth would therefore be a byproduct of,rather than the motivation for,the meeting of women's basic rights and needs.
It is an important event for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as for the whole of the international community committed to the idea that the social sciences have a major contribution to make to the development and implementation of development policies that are sustainable and that respect the needs of peoples andbasic human rights.