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arrow for change – the reality of unsafe abortion among adolescent and young women
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.
arrow for change – the reality of unsafe abortion among adolescent and young women (filipino)
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 […]
arrow for change – HIV/AIDS and SRHR: how has funding fueled the divide?
Published in 2006
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For a pandemic that thrives in poverty and enhances poverty, nothing could be more awash in money than HIV/AIDS. Even though the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has not yet met its goal of raising US$10 billion, there is still US$7 billion more than there was in 2001 when the Fund was just […]
arrow for change – reframing gender-based violence as a reproductive health issue
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
arrow for change – understanding men’s responsibilities in addressing gender inequality
Published in 2003
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Are we on the right road now in relation to understanding men’s responsibility in sexual and reproductive health? It is after all, the tenth year of ICPD implementation and next year, the ten year review of the Beijing Platform for Action. Continue reading arrow for change – understanding men’s responsibilities in addressing gender inequality at […]
access to quality gender-sensitive health services
Published in 2003
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The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) is committed to supporting efforts in mainstreaming gender perspectives in health, population and reproductive health policies and programmes. One of ARROW’s strategies for policy advocacy is to build a body of knowledge on action research that focuses on analyses of health policies and programmes. ARROW therefore […]