251 Arrow Publications
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 […]
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 […]
Published in 2016
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This Call for Action was produced as part of the “Global South Youth Strategizing Meeting” that was organized by ARROW on the 24th of January 2016, prior to the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2016 in Bali, Indonesia. This meeting brought together Global South partners from the AIDS Accountability International (AAI); African Youth and […]
Published in 2015
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Sexuality is a defining aspect of being human. How individuals choose to express their sexuality has ramifications on their health, well-being, participation in, and contribution to societal development (Hawkins, Cornwall, & Lewin 2011). While it holds the potential to tackle tenacious issues such as eradicating poverty and hunger, mainstream development discourse has largely ignored issues […]
Published in 2015
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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 […]
Published in 2014
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Continuum of care has recently been highlighted by the Partnership for Maternal and Neo-Natal and Child Health (PMNCH) and UNICEF as a core principle of programmes for reproductive, maternal, adolescent, newborn, and child health. This modality of care is necessary throughout one’s lifecycle – adolescence, preconception, pregnancy, childbirth, the postnatal period, and childhood – regardless […]
Published in 2014
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Food sovereignty, including food and nutrition security2, along with sexual and reproductive health and rights3 are fundamental development issues, which until today remain a challenge across the region. Based on the 2014 UNDP Human Development Report, there are 2.2 billion people (more than 15 percent) living in multidimensional poverty4 across the globe who are more […]
Published in 2014
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Demands to governments, non-governmental bodies, young people, and other stakeholders based on young people’s experiences in Asia. Continue reading ICPD+20 asia youth fact sheet at Arrow.
Published in 2014
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In the Pacific region 56% of the population is under the age of 25. Pacific young people have diverse needs, opportunities and experiences, living as they do across 20,000 islands around the Pacific ocean. This dynamic group of young people live in urban and rural areas, on remote islands and in large cities. They have […]
Published in 2014
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The Asia-Pacific region has made impressive gains in poverty reduction during the past three decades. The proportion of poor almost halved during this period: in 2011, less than 20% of the region’s population lived on US$1.25 per day or less, as compared to more than 50% in 1990. The absolute number of people living in […]