In any case, if this conference was ultimately a success for women all over the world, that was mainly thanks to the realism and resistance of the poorest countries, which were able to by-pass Western ideological polemics about sexuality to promote practical measures against poverty - like 'micro-credit' , against international trafficking in women and against lack of education and medical provision.
Hvorom alting er, hvis denne konference endte som en succes for kvinder i hele verden, så skyldes det hovedsageligt de fattigste landes realisme og modstandskraft. De var nemlig i stand til at sætte sig ud over de vestlige landes ideologiske polemikker om seksualiteten og konkret arbejde for forholdsregler mod fattigdommen - såsom "mikrokredit" - mod den internationale handel med kvinder eller mod manglen på uddannelse og lægehjælp.