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Bangladesh Country Advocacy Brief – Comprehensive Sexuality Education: The Way Forward

Published in 2017

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Bangladesh – the 8th most densely populated country in the world – has a population growth rate of 1.37%, TFR of 2.3, contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 62%, and adolescent birth rate of 113 per 1,000 women. The largest reproductive segment (15-24) who are adolescent and young, constitute 19% of the total population. This demographic […]

ARROW for Change: Gender, SRHR and the Post-2015 Agenda (Nepali)

Published in 2017

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The process to formulate the post-2015 development agenda was unleashed upon the world in early 2013. In order to create an ambitious new global development agenda— which will influence national development strategies, global discourse, and purportedly, to be so transformational as to ‘leave no one behind’—governments, NGOs, civil society stakeholders, UN agencies and inter- governmental […]

Call for Action to integrate sexual and reproductive health and rights for all into the education and health sector policies of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Published in 2017

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This Call for Action publication contains key data and statistics on Mongolia such as the quantification of gender inequality, work force participation, female representation in politics and decision-making, the MDGs implementation, and SRHR indicators. The publication also contains much of the targets and indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), means of implementation, financing methods […]

Reclaiming & Redefining Rights – ICPD+15: Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Asia

Published in 2017

Source: Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

ARROW’s ICPD+15 monitoring report on the status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia paints a picture of uneven progress across 12 countries. It includes input from country partners and thematic research papers which would provide an overarching look at the critical issues affecting the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights in […]

Myanmar/Burma Country Study on Advocating SRHR: Burmese Edition

Published in 2017

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Political developments in Myanmar/Burma prompted ARROW in 2013 to undertake a small-scale scoping study to re-evaluate and refine its advocacy strategies for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and to strengthen partnerships for advocacy with civil society organisations (CSO) working on SRHR in the country. The study aimed to identify the status of and the […]

Understanding Catholic Fundamentalism in the Philippines: How conservative religious teachings on women, family and contraception are wielded to impede the Reproductive Health Law and other reproductive health policies

Published in 2017

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Philippines remains a Catholic state in practice despite being a secular state by proclamation; the Catholic Church has great power over Philippine politics and society in the past until the present, as manifested in the country’s moral values, way of life and behaviour in social and public activities. Catholic Fundamentalism in particular have opposed Sexual […]

Right to Sexuality: Intersections with Education, Employment, Law and Citizenship

Published in 2017

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This paper examines the intersection between sexuality and education, employment, law and citizenship. The fluidity of sexuality and its capability of affecting people in multiple ways means that there is a very real need for enactments and implementations of effective laws and policies that are inclusive and prevents violence and abuse. Access to rights-based Comprehensive […]

An Advocates Guide: Integrating Human Rights in Universal Access to Contraception

Published in 2017

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This guide, as the name suggests, is meant for use by advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at the country level. The guide uses the recommendations made to national governments in the publication “Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: Guidance and recommendations” published by the World Health […]

arrow for change – sexuality, srhr and the internet (spanish)

Published in 2016

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What are the relationships and interdependencies influencing the promises of being online: voice, visibility, and power? This ARROW for Change (AFC) issue on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and the internet documents some of these dynamics. Information technologies are now part of the chemistry of activism. The struggle for digital sovereignty and freedoms online […]

commercial surrogacy: a contested terrain in the realm of rights and justice

Published in 2016

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This paper examines the phenomenon of surrogacy as an industry in India and provides an overview of its operations. An understanding of this industry will be strengthened through an analysis of the regulatory framework in India, and within the broader Asian context. The paper focuses on the way the ideology of family and patriarchal notions […]