This section of the web, Using Culturally Sensitive Approaches, was last updated in October 2004.

Using Culturally Sensitive Approaches
to Achieve Universal Goals

Despite diverse histories, circumstances and cultures, almost every country in the world has agreed on the same set of goals for achieving a better future.

UNFPA has been given the task of implementing some of these goals that touch on the most sensitive and intimate spheres of human existence, including reproductive health and rights, gender relations and population issues.

Success, we have learned, requires patience, a willingness to listen carefully and a respect for cultural diversity. This is part of what we mean by a culturally sensitive approach. The approach comes to life through the nine case studies we have collected. more

	Cultural Sensitivity Key to Development, New Report Shows
	Cairo and Beyond: Reproductive Rights and Culture
	Women and Religion: Advancing Gender Equity in a Globalized World -- Women's Rights are Human Rights
	Six Billion-Growing Population and Sustainable Development: Will Population Issues Undermine the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction?
	"Building Bridges for Human Development" -- Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.