251 Arrow Publications
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This Advocacy Brief aims to lay the foundation for and stimulate further work by local CSOs, relevant government departments, statisticians, researchers, gender advocates and the international community on operationalizing the SGDs in Pakistan through effective indicators. Focused on the pivotal area of establishing e ective indicators for actions that enable rigorous monitoring of progress on […]
Published in 2016
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Declining investments in public health sector negatively impact the health care access to the marginalised sections of the society. High maternal mortality in some states3 such as Uttar Pradesh (MMR-292), Rajasthan (MMR-255), Madhya Pradesh (MMR-230) and Orissa (MMR-235) and failure in achieving the targets related to reducing child and infant mortality underscore the neglect by […]
Published in 2016
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Through the ratification of several international treaties, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), endorsement of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) and commitment to […]
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Despite of successful democratic election in Indonesia, the political instability due to transnational investment and global economy climate affecting macro- economic indicators, as for first quarter of 2015 there has been decrease of GDP by -2% which affecting government ownership over social, development and human rights issues as consequences of national budget cut. Therefore, domestic […]
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The Post 2015 framework is addressing the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals and targets must build on the achievements as well as on the weak points of countries, particularly least developed and developing countries from achieving these targets. The framework are far beyond the MDGs and consists of 17 sustainable […]
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ກອບວຽກງານຫຼັງປ 2015 ແມ່ນບໍ່ສີ້ນສ ດຂອງເປ ້າຫມາຍສະຫະສະວັດແຫ່ງການພັດທະນາ. ເປ້ າ ຫມາຍດັ່ງກ່າວ ຕ້ອງສ້າງບົນພື້ຖານຜົນທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບ ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບ ຈ ດພິເສດຂອງແຕ່ລະປະເທດ, ໂດຍສະເພາະ ປະເທດທີ່ກໍາລັງພັດທະນາ ແລະ ປະເທດ ດ້ອຍພັດທະນາເພື່ອບັນລ ເປ ້າຫມາຍດັ່ງກ່າວ. ກອບເຮັດວຽກ ແມ່ນຍັງຫ່າງໄກສໍາລັບເປ້ າຫມາຍສະຫະສະຫວັດ ແລະ ປະກອບດ້ວຍ 17 ເປ ້າຫມາຍ ສໍາລັບ ການພັດທະນາແບບຢ ້ງຢ ນ ແລະ 169 ກ ່ມເປ ້າຫມາຍ, ຊຶ່ງລວມທັງ ຄວາມກ້າວຫນ້າ ໃນການ ຫລ ດຜ່ອນອັດຕາການຕາຍຂອງເດັກເກີດໃຫມ່, ເດັກ ແລະ ແມ່ ແລະ ຮັບປະກັນການເຂົ້າເຖິງການ ບໍລິການສ ຂະພາບຈະເລີນພັນທ ກຖ້ວນຫນ້າ, ລວມທັງ ການວາງແຜນຄອບຄົວ, ຂໍ້ມ ນຂ່າວສານ, ແລະ ການສຶກສາ […]
Published in 2016
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SRHR are an often vaguely-understood and overlooked component in development; yet their role is fundamental to achieving “sustainable well-being for all” in “the world we want”— two popular catchphrases in the post-2015 debate. Although SRHR proponents have been advocating for the full recognition of these rights for years, they have yet to be given their […]
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Bangladesh is a country that has been facing increasing incidences of religious extremism that in turn have been influencing the development of policies, despite its proclamation of secularity as one of the four fundamental principles of state policy. Amidst several socio-economic issues, the country still lacks a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights education […]
Published in 2016
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This study, comprising of a desk review focusing on the national level and a field study in a southern state of India using qualitative and quantitative methods, aims to explore how religious fundamentalism affects the implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in India. The desk review component of the study shows that there is an […]
Published in 2016
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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 […]