¹This article is an extract of The Corner House Briefing 31, which can be found on The Corner House website: www.thecornerhouse.org.uk. It came out of a joint project between Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) and The Corner House exploring issues related to 'Women, Population Control, Public Health and Globalisation'. The joint project aimed to provide analysis and information for those confronted with these issues and challenges, to generate debate, and to bring about change within policy circles, NGO networks and public media.

Abstract

This article looks critically at the paradigm shift that so many claim occurred at Cairo. It summarizes the thinking of some of the key critical thinkers in the current debate on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of neo-liberalism.