Global Commitment by Govt. of Pakistan

  • The government of Pakistan has ratified an international agreement; The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) that includes a legally binding commitment to provide health and social services to pregnant women.


  • Pakistan is the signatory of the International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994, presented a Program of Action (PoA) which had pledges to achieve the goal of universal access to reproductive health (RH) services for every one in all countries till 2015.


  • Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 and 5 also reinforce to reduce maternal deaths and provide universal access to reproductive health care. For more details, click this link.


  • Pakistan has signed United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on ‘Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights’ which urges government to take notice of the unacceptably high maternal mortality rate and treat it as a human rights issue.