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Haz click aquí para leer esta historia en español.   From June 30th to July 4th, fifteen Member Associations and Collaborative partners joined IPPF ACRO secretariat as a delegation to attend the 5th Regional Conference on Population and Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (RCPD). The RCPD brought together regional UN Member States, representatives of the UN system and civil society organizations to evaluate achievements and challenges in the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus, a regional roadmap essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   In our region, IPPF has been following up the Population and Development agenda through Cairo +30 as well as the Montevideo Consensus +10, advocating for more concrete progress at national, regional and international levels, including demanding adequate financing and accountability processes. For IPPF ACRO, following up on the Population and Development agenda means also advocating for legislative changes that support sexual and reproductive rights. This goes hand in hand with monitoring public policies to ensure that national and subnational governments provide sexual and reproductive health services that are available, accessible, acceptable, and of high quality.  This year, the IPPF ACRO delegation was comprised of representatives of Member Associations and Collaborative Partners in Antigua, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as a regional office team with Eugenia López Uribe, our regional director, Kamilah Morain, MA Support and Development Director, Ela Urquijo, Youth Networker and Gabriela García, Architect of Cooperation for the Americas.   Together we organized three side events and for the first time, we endeavored in an Advocacy School for Youth, in collaboration with Profamilia and FP2030, aiming to strengthen their advocacy skills.   Besides, since historically, the Caribbean region has been left aside from high-level spaces in our region, IPPF ACRO showed in Cartegena its commitment to changing the landscape  “Because of the dynamic nature of the Caribbean, it is extremely important to have the Caribbean represented in forums like the RCPD,” says Natasha Jervier-Carbon, Executive Director of the Dominica Planned Parenthood Association (DPPA), IPPF Member. “The only way the Caribbean can be truly reflected is by having the actual presence of the Caribbean in the spaces and allowing individuals who live the life, and who understand the nature of the Caribbean to speak on behalf of the Caribbean.”