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arrow for change – food security (hindi)
Published in 2014
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arrow for change – food security
Published in 2014
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Poverty eradication, food security, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) have been in the development discourse for a while now. However, discussions have been fragmented, and little effort has been made to connect this triad of issues. Moreover, discourses on addressing poverty and food security have also been mainly gender-blind, largely ignoring the […]
arrow for change – labour migration, gender, and SRHR
Published in 2013
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Migration and population mobility has become a permanent facet of a rapidly globalising world, and the Asia-Pacific region is no exception. In 2010, Asia accounted for 27.5 million international migrants, representing close to 13% of the total global figure of 214 million. Women constituted 48% or almost half of that On the other hand, the […]
arrow for change – youth SRHR movements
Published in 2012
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Sex and sexuality, especially in relation to young people remain contentious issues. Young people receive conflicting messages about sex and sexuality. Sexuality education and health information programmes, where they exist, tend to paint sex and sexuality in a negative light, relating it to “guilt, fear and disease.” In the eyes of peers, sex is described […]
arrow for change – strategizing for SRHR in asia and the pacific post-2014
Published in 2012
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There are certain points in history that are considered pivotal: this is one of those times. There is a seeming seismic shift in power with the overthrow of some authoritarian leaders and governments, and a concretisation of that power, at a first glance, within two groups—the small, elite, cross-border extremely rich on the one hand, […]
arrow for change – health sector response to gender-based violence and SRHR
Published in 2011
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Gender-based violence (GBV) violates human rights and affects sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Widely prevalent and socially silenced in most Asian-Pacific countries, GBV is increasingly recognised as a major public health concern in the region. GBV restricts choices and decision-making of those who experience it, curtailing their rights across their life cycle to access critical […]
arrow for change – repoliticising financing: re-energising political support for women’s health and SRHR
Published in 2011
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The road to self-reliance? Development aid, with its rapidly changing trends and cut–backs, has been a matter of extreme concern for hundreds of civil society organisations (CSO) involved in bringing social justice to vulnerable populations. The pursuit of the right to development and the role of people’s organisations in achieving this, including for sexual and […]
arrow for change – MDGs: a critical look and some proposals for the post-2015 development framework
Published in 2010
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In the year 2000, governments around the world re-committed to the ideas of universal development and that no human being should be left behind. Out of the Millennium Declaration emerged the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were to encapsulate these global aspirations and achievements into what could be considered key performance indicators. On the one […]
arrow for change – 15 years after cairo: taking stock, moving forward in asia and the pacific (bahasa indonesia)
Published in 2009
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Lima belas tahun setelah Kairo, kita perlu mengetahui paradigma sosial politik yang mempengaruhi realisasi hak seksual dan hak reproduksi (SRHR) seluruh umat manusia, khususnya yang miskin dan terpinggirkan. Continue reading arrow for change – 15 years after cairo: taking stock, moving forward in asia and the pacific (bahasa indonesia) at Arrow.
arrow for change – the importance of SRHR interventions for ethnic youth
Published in 2009
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The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) resulted in the Programme of Action (POA), a landmark agreement which put an emphasis on increasing respect for women’s empowerment and human rights. It was also the first international document to recognise the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescents, youth and young people. […]