251 Arrow Publications
Published in 2018
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Pakistan launched its family planning programme in mid-1950s. In 1990, the government launched a comprehensive Population Welfare Programme which became a major social action element in the provision of maternal and reproductive health services. Later, the government launched Family Planning and Primary Health Care programme (1994) and reached out to rural households through Lady Health […]
Published in 2016
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This document is a review that explores existing literature and feedback from experts and field practitioners to understand the impact of extremist and fundamentalist discourses on family planning in Pakistan. The study attempts to assess the effects of rejection and condemnation of family planning by religious authorities, and looks at their narratives against other efforts […]
Published in 2016
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This publication by ARROW and the Women’s Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP) – South Asia tells stories of change at all levels; individual, community, national and global. Over the last 13 years, WHRAP-South Asia has facilitated and contributed to processes aimed at improving the quality of life of marginalised women in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan […]
Published in 2016
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The purpose of the policy brief is to provide evidence based data on climate change and its impact on public health and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), specifically on women in disaster hit districts of the province of Sindh. The policy brief provides a set of recommendations on integrating SRHR aspects into climate change and […]
Published in 2016
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The reproductive health issues and problem become more crucial in the times of disaster and in post disaster phases. There is limited available research on climate change and research in the context of SRHR is lacking especially in connection to disasters. Since women suffer more during disasters, the scoping study is aimed to give insight […]
Published in 2016
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This Advocacy Brief aims to lay the foundation for and stimulate further work by local CSOs, relevant government departments, statisticians, researchers, gender advocates and the international community on operationalizing the SGDs in Pakistan through effective indicators. Focused on the pivotal area of establishing e ective indicators for actions that enable rigorous monitoring of progress on […]
Published in 2016
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This Call for Action was produced as part of the “Global South Youth Strategizing Meeting” that was organized by ARROW on the 24th of January 2016, prior to the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2016 in Bali, Indonesia. This meeting brought together Global South partners from the AIDS Accountability International (AAI); African Youth and […]
Published in 2014
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Pakistan launched its family planning programme in mid-1950s. In 1990, the government launched a comprehensive Population Welfare Programme which became a major social action element in the provision of maternal and reproductive health services. Later, the government launched Family Planning and Primary Health Care programme (1994) and reached out to rural households through Lady Health […]
Published in 2014
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Pakistan is a third world developing country that is among the 179 countries in the world to sign the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD PoA) (1994) and is also reporting on the MDGs. Continue reading country profile on universal access to sexual and reproductive rights: pakistan at Arrow.
Published in 2014
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Every day, approximately 800 women across the world die due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Asia accounts for a substantial number of these deaths with four South Asian Countries -Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and India contributing to highest proportion of these deaths. The complex socio-economic-political context and the geographical diversity of the region […]