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The Asia-Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. According to the World Disaster Report 2009, 40.5% of global disasters between 1999 and 2008 occurred in Asia, and 84.5% of those affected during the same period lived in the region. While comparative statistics for the Pacific is low given these island nation’s […]
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The impulse to strictly conform to sacred texts and moral codes dates back a long time. To comprehend why and how such impulses arise, discussions on religious fundamentalisms and their historical contexts are necessary. More pragmatically, a fuller understanding of the dynamics of religious fundamentalisms—especially as they affect women’s rights—helps identify and create potential spaces […]
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Continue reading arrow for change – keeping the faith: overcoming religious fundamentalisms (urdu) at Arrow.
Published in 2008
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As part of our commitment to strengthening the women’s movement through building regional partnerships for advocacy, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) periodically organizes regional strategic planning meetings. At these events, our partners participate in identifying emerging challenges to women’s health and rights, and facilitate regional cooperation aimed at enhancing the national […]
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While the ARROW-organised symposium at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSH) looked at Catholicism, Hinduism and Islam, we saw many convergences in the excellent presentations showing all too 1graphically what religious exceptionalism is, and what impact it can have. I will summarise these convergences around six points: Rhetoric: […]
Published in 2007
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Continue reading arrow for change – rural women’s SRHR (tamil) at Arrow.
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Sexuality has been and still is considered as a sensitive and taboo issue in Vietnamese society. Yet this does not mean that Vietnamese people do not talk about sexuality. Sexuality issues are discussed in daily life, but mostly in the form of jokes or sexual innuendoes. Talking about sexuality as a serious issue in communications, […]
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Rural women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are not simple and straightforward issues that can be addressed effectively and efficiently through universal blueprints developed in urban centers. They represent a complexity and dynamism that need to be understood because strategies to address the concerned issues would have to be placed within the domain […]
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ແນວທາງການດຳເນີນວິຖີຊີວິດທາງເພດ (Sexuality) ມຢີ ຫູ່່ າຼ ກຫາຼ ຍດວ້ ຍກນັ . ບນັ ດາ ແນວທາງທ່ີໃຊ້ຫຼາຍທ່ີສຸດແງ່ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ ດາ້ ນ “ສຂຸ ະພາບ” ແລະ “ການປອ້ ງກນັ ການ ໃຊຄ້ວາມຮນຸແຮງ” , ຊງ່ືຖກືຢນືຢນັແລວ້ວາ່ເປນັ ຈດຸເລມ່ີຕນ້ົ ທເ່ີປນັປະໂຫຍດໃນການປະຕບິດັ ວຽກງານດາ້ ນວຖິ ຊີ ວີ ດິ ທາງເພດ ແລະ ເປນັ ເລອ່ື ງ ຂດັ ແຍງ່ ໃນສງັ ຄມົ ອະນລຸ ກັ ນຍິ ມົ ຫາຼ ຍ ແຫງ່ . ແຕວ່ າ່ ຍອ້ ນບນັ ດາແນວທາງທງັ ສອງ ນ້ັນມີເປ້ົາໝາຍທ່ີສະເພາະເຈາະຈົງເພ່ືອສ່ົງ ເສີມສຸຂະພາບຫືເຼພ່ອືປ້ອງກັນຄວາມຮຸນແຮງ […]
Published in 2007
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There are many ways to approach work on sexuality. The most common approaches are from health and violence prevention perspectives, which have proven to be useful entry points for work on sexuality that can be controversial in many of our conservative societies. However, because these approaches have specific purpose—to promote health or to prevent violence—they […]