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Published in 2006
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Labaw sa usa ka bilyon ka kabatanonan nga nag-edad 10-24 ang nagpuyo sa Asya-Pasipiko. Apan nihit, wala maglarawan ug dili hingpit ang mga kasayuran mahitungod sa mga panghitabo sa aborsyon o ang pagpakuha sa bata sa sabakan ilabi na ang kabahin sa kababayen-an nga dili minyo. Ginamit ang mga nasudnon/tipik sa nasudnong mga kasayuran, gibana-bana […]
Published in 2006
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The Asia-Pacific is home to over a billion people between the ages of 10-24 but data on the incidence of induced abortion among this group are sparse, unrepresentative and incomplete, especially with respect to unmarried women. Continue reading arrow for change – the reality of unsafe abortion among adolescent and young women at Arrow.
Published in 2006
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Tahanan ang Asia-Pacific ng higit isang bilyong tao na edad 10–24, pero ang datos sa grupong ito sa sinad yang aborsyon ay madalang, di-kumakatawan sa lahat at dikumpleto, lalo na sa mga dalaga. Sa Asia, mula sa kabataan ang 1–15% ng lahat ng aborsyon. Ito ang tantya gamit ang mga datos ng buo o bahagi […]
Published in 2005
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In 2009, the women’s movement will mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD); yet, in all these years, the multifarious forms of gender-based violence across the globe have […]
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 […]
Published in 2002
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Violence against women (VAW) in the forms of domestic violence, coercive sex, rape and trafficking in women, remains common in the lives of many Asian and Pacific women, seriously affecting their physical and psycho-social health. The prevalence of domestic violence, for example, ranges from 16 per cent in the Philippines to 67 per cent in […]
Published in 1999
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NGO perspectives on what is critical to improving the further implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action are clear, with much commonality throughout the regions including Asia and the Pacific. These have been articulated through a review process which has included national discussions and NGO meetings, regional NGO consultations, and several international meetings including the […]
Published in 1998
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Incest, coerced pregnancy, mass rape, ethnic cleansing, forced prostitution, date rape, marital rape, gang rape, rape in conflict situations and rape as a weapon of war- are not about violent sex but power or sexual violence. That one out of every five women is a survivor of rape constitutes the prevalence of rape globally, and […]
Published in 1996
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Discussions about women’s sexuality, unlike in Western feminist discourses in the seventies, are now likely to be contextualised in duscussions about sexual health, sexual practices, risk-taking and disease prevention. This makes sense in the light of the global pandemic in which five million women have become infected by HIV, most commonly during unprotected heterosexual intercourse. […]