At that conference, 179 governments adopted a Programme of Action, recognising that reproductive health, women's empowerment and gender equality are the pathway to sustainable development.

Some of the commitments made by the South African government fall under

• Achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health as part of universal health coverage (UHC)
• Address gender based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation.
• Mobilise the required financing to finish the ICDP Programme of Action and sustain the gains already made.
• Draw on demographic diversity to drive economic growth and achieve sustainable development.
• Uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care even in humanitarian and fragile contexts.

See the full commitments made at the summit