MANILA RESOLUTION ON WOMEN, GENDER, POPULA-
TION AND DEVELOPMENT

13 February 1996
12th Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting on Population and Development
Manila, Philippines

Preamble

　　　　We, Parliamentarians of Asia, concerned with Population and Development met in Manila to devise a strategy to achieve a brighter future for the family of Asian nations, the world community as a whole, and our Mother Earth.

　　　　Aware of the international trends flowing from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, 1 994), the World Summit for Social Development (WSSD, 1 995) and the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW, l 995) we have gathered for three successive years (in Beijing, Tokyo, and Manila) to deliberate on the theme "Women in the 2lst Century ~ A Strategy for Peace and "Prosperity.

　　　　Based on our conviction that women's full involvement is crucial to the solution of population issues which threaten the quality of life for millions of people across Asia as well as the natural environment, we make the following set of recommendations to our parliamentary colleagues and our respective governments believing that such recommendations will lead to greater empowerment of women in all spheres of life, thereby enabling them to be more effective partners in the family and community, more able to realize their full potential in life, and more articulate in identifying and working with others to fulfill their unmet needs.

　　　　Notwithstanding the vastness of our region, our rich cultural, religious, political, and economic diversity, the wide variation in our development experience and stages of development, we act together in proposing the following:




Introduction

　　　　We affirm that without full and equitable partnership of women and men, it will be impossible to solve population issues and attain social development and sustainable economic development in harmony with the global environment. Achieving