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young people of asia: what is the status of our sexual and reproductive health and rights?
Published in 2014
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Young people make up nearly half of the global population, with approximately 88% living in developing countries.1 The Asia-Pacific region alone accounts for 60% of the youth population, amounting to approximately 750 million persons. In Asia, young people are heterogeneous, and have come from all walks of life. They are in-school and out of school, […]
an advocacy brief: post 2015 development agenda – asia-pacific regional brief
Published in 2014
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The sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) agenda was affirmed in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994. The agenda included, promoting gender equality, empowerment of women, equal access to education for girls and the provision of universal access to family planning and […]
setting the adolescent and young people SRHR agenda beyond icpd+20
Published in 2014
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These Global South Adolescent and Young People Fact Sheets, have been developed as part of the ICPD+20 Global South SRHR Monitoring and Research Initiative steered by ARROW in partnership with Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASTRA), Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN), Egyptian Initiative for […]
SRHR in the post-2015 agenda (hindi)
Published in 2014
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SRHR in the post-2015 agenda policy brief – bangla
Published in 2014
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SRHR in the post-2015 agenda (tamil)
Published in 2014
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sexual and reproductive health and rights for all – now!
Published in 2013
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In 1994, one hundred and seventy nine (179) governments committed to advance the Programme of Action of the landmark International Conference for Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. The Programme of Action has put women’s empowerment, reproductive health, reproductive rights and sexual health at the centre of development. It has also shifted the paradigm from […]
ICPD+20 status of SRHR in asia-pacific
Published in 2013
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2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action, one of the landmark consensus documents, in which governments agreed to and signed off on commitments towards improving women’s sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Monitoring government achievements and performance is a critical way of holding governments and […]
beyond ICPD and MDGs: NGO strategizing for SRHR in asia-pacific
Published in 2012
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At the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, representatives from governments, civil society, UN Agencies, and international institutions worked together on a Programme of Action (PoA) that was to be a landmark document in the history of international development. In adopting the ICPD PoA, 179 countries, including those of the Asia-Pacific, […]
reclaiming & redefining rights – maternal mortality and morbidity in asia
Published in 2012
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Sex and reproduction are contentious issues: the divide between those who advocate for granting greater individual autonomy and those who argue for greater social control is evident at all political levels. To confer rights connected to the issues of sex and reproduction, UN conventions and conferences, such as the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination […]