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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 […]
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 […]
repoliticizing sexual and reproductive health and rights
Published in 2010
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In June 2008, a group of long-time activists and researchers in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) came together in London, UK for a brief (1.5 day) meeting organized by Reproductive Health Matters (RHM). The subject of the meeting was the state of the sexual and reproductive health and rights field/movement. […]
understanding the critical linkages between gender-based violence and SRHR: fulfilling commitments towards MDG+15
Published in 2010
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The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than 60% of the world’s population and is a culturally, economically and politically diverse region. Gender disparities persist in access to health, access to sexual and reproductive health and services, education, employment and income, political participation and within the family. The outcomes are significantly worse for women and […]
understanding the critical linkages between gender-based violence and SRHR: fulfilling commitments towards MDG+15 (urdu)
Published in 2010
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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. […]
arrow for change – affirming sexuality: a counselling programme for young people in vietnam
Published in 2007
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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, […]
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (laotian)
Published in 2007
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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 […]
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality?
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 […]
arrow for change – youth sexual and reproductive health situation and programmes in laos
Published in 2007
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The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) has a young population structure, with 54% of its 5.6 million population below 20 years of age, and 23.7% being 10-24 years of age. This makes issues related to adolescents and young people, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), of extreme significance. Several factors affect the attainment of […]