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ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – philippines (2004)
Published in 2004
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The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) marked an important moment in the history of women’s reproductive health and rights the world over, as well as the further recognition that women’s empowerment and full participation in political, social and economic life were necessary conditions for development and progress to take place. Indeed with […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – china (2004)
Published in 2004
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There has been considerable progress in China in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. Following on the ICPD, the Chinese Government collaborated with NGOs to make a number of policy changes that relate broadly to family planning, public health, and […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – nepal (2004)
Published in 2004
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The State of the World Population Report 2003 (UNFPA) estimates that Nepal’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has doubled in the past seven years and stands at 905 per 100,000. After Afghanistan, which has a mortality rate of 1,276 per 100,000, Nepal has the second highest mortality rate in South Asia. The present moment is critical […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – pakistan (2004)
Published in 2004
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Pakistan’s population programme began in 1953; the first official population policy was introduced in the mid-sixties. The programme has been characterised by the demographic objectives of reducing the population and fertility growth rates. Initially it solely addressed women and failed in reaching its objectives. The programme received a major setback during the military government of […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – cambodia (2004)
Published in 2004
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The civil war of the seventies and the ensuing political unrest during the past three decades has left Cambodia with a poor public sector infrastructure and services. The Khmer Rouge decimated the health system: of the 1,000 doctors trained prior to 1975, less than 50 survived the regime. In 1979, the restoration of a functioning […]
arrow for change – giving meaning to youth participation
Published in 2004
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Ten years after governments recognised and committed to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at ICPD, significant progress has been made through effective lobbying by activist groups. But the political will to implement these commitments is still lacking and SRHR issues continue to be pushed and pulled in opposite directions by progressive and […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – india (2004)
Published in 2004
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India was the first country in the world to implement a national family planning programme that over time, expanded so much that it sidelined not only maternal and child health but all other health programmes. The fear of a population explosion ensured that fertility control became the core of health care planning. Family planning targets […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – asia-pacific (2004)
Published in 2004
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This overview is based on the eight country monitoring reports listed below and a regional NGO consultation of the ARROW coordinated project, “ICPD Ten Years On; Monitoring and Advocacy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” funded by the Foundation, New York and NOVIB, Netherlands. It also draws on: eight NGO country reports to be […]
arrow for change – advocacy to bring down alarming rates of unsafe abortion
Published in 2003
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In Asia, unsafe abortion accounts for 12 per cent of all maternal deaths, higher than in any other region of the world with an estimated 38,000 women dying each year from medical complications alone. Half of the world’s unsafe abortions (10.5 million) took place in Asia in 2000. About 14 unsafe abortions occur for every […]
arrow for change – quality health services for women
Published in 2003
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Women are rarely consulted and listened to on their experiences of health service, and their assessment of service quality. Furthermore, women’s feedback is not solicited regularly through systematic research. ARROW’s regional six-country action research on “Women’s Access to Quality Gender-sensitive Services”, found that this was the first time in each study site, that women clients […]