Woodrow Wilson Center
5th Floor Conference Room, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC

Featuring:

Sultan Aziz
Director, Asia and Pacific Division, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Carla Makhlouf Obermyeyer
Adjunt Associate Professor on Population and Aging, Harvard School of Public Health; and
Scientist, HIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva

The conference series provided an in-depth look at the intersection of reproductive health and gender issues in the Islamic world, addressing the range of religious adherence to Islam and the impact of such diverse views on reproductive health policy and programming.

Dr. Aziz spoke on the role of men and specific on-the-ground programming.

Dr. Obermyer spoke on the HIV/AIDS in the region.

This series was sponsored by The Middle East Program and Environmental Change and Security Project at The Woodrow Wilson International Center, and is supported by USAID's Office of Population and Reproductive Health and the Interagency Gender Working Group.