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reclaiming & redefining rights – poverty, food security, SRHR
Published in 2012
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We explore the linkages of poverty, food security, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. We underscore the need to take a synoptic view regarding the vulnerability of women’s lives in the Asia-Pacific region when assailed by poverty while simultaneously accounting these factors in SRHR. We suggest ARROW action pathways borne from the world views […]
sex & rights: the status of young people’s SRHR in southeast asia
Published in 2012
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In 2015, approximately 1.8 billion young people will be living in the Asia-Pacific region according to the UN. This is a diverse and dynamic group of citizens who will be occupying the frontlines of our societies in the years to come in all sectors. Our governments and our societies need to be cognisant of ensuring […]
reclaiming and redefining rights guidance series: analysing SRHR under the CEDAW
Published in 2012
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The Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) along with our partners at the national and regional levels are working towards reaffirming women’s agency to claim sexual and reproductive health and rights. Towards this endeavor, ARROW is actively engaging in research, monitoring, knowledge management and advocacy at national, regional and international levels around […]
action for SRHR: strategies for the asia-pacific beyond ICPD and the MDGs
Published in 2012
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In Asia-Pacific, women are lagging behind in terms of decision-making and political power; and female economic activity declined since 1990 in Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, India, Thailand, and Vietnam despite overall national economic growth. The evidence demonstrated what we have already heard from our partners working on the ground that, after all these years, governments’ uptake of […]
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, […]
continuum of quality care south asia working paper
Published in 2012
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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 of location. Care can be […]
diabetes: a missing link to achieving sexual and reproductive health in the asia-pacific region
Published in 2012
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In recent years, it has become very evident that noncommunicable diseases adversely affect large numbers of women. Gender differentials in access to healthcare, screening services and treatment make women particularly vulnerable to specific noncommunicable diseases. Women are said to account for half the people living with diabetes, and in some countries they have preponderance over […]
rights based continuum of quality care for women’s reproductive health in south asia
Published in 2012
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The South Asian sub-region accounts for a substantial part of preventable maternal deaths in the world. Maternal mortality estimates remain high particularly in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of Bangladesh stands at 194, India 212, Nepal 281, and Pakistan 276. As many countries in South Asia do not have a […]
kuala lumpur plan of action to accelerate the achievement of SRHR in asia and the pacific
Published in 2012
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On 2-4 May 2012, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), in partnership with the German government through GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), convened two regional meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These meetings were: “Beyond ICPD and the MDGs: NGOs Strategising for Sexual and Reproductive […]
leadership experiences of young women in south east asia
Published in 2012
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In a world where the opposition to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) grows from strength to strength, the progressive advocates of the SRHR movement have yet to achieve effective, sustainable and reliable transition systems for the next line of leadership development by handing down resources, experience and institutional support from generation to generation. […]