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Understanding Catholic Fundamentalism in the Philippines: How conservative religious teachings on women, family and contraception are wielded to impede the Reproductive Health Law and other reproductive health policies
Published in 2017
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Philippines remains a Catholic state in practice despite being a secular state by proclamation; the Catholic Church has great power over Philippine politics and society in the past until the present, as manifested in the country’s moral values, way of life and behaviour in social and public activities. Catholic Fundamentalism in particular have opposed Sexual […]
sexuality: critical to addressing poverty and food insecurity (hindi)
Published in 2016
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Sexuality is a defining aspect of being human. How individuals choose to express their sexuality has ramifications on their health, well-being, participation in, and contribution to societal development (Hawkins, Cornwall, & Lewin 2011). While it holds the potential to tackle tenacious issues such as eradicating poverty and hunger, mainstream development discourse has largely ignored issues […]
Religious Extremism and Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh
Published in 2016
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Bangladesh is a country that has been facing increasing incidences of religious extremism that in turn have been influencing the development of policies, despite its proclamation of secularity as one of the four fundamental principles of state policy. Amidst several socio-economic issues, the country still lacks a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights education […]
sexuality: critical to addressing poverty and food insecurity
Published in 2015
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Sexuality is a defining aspect of being human. How individuals choose to express their sexuality has ramifications on their health, well-being, participation in, and contribution to societal development (Hawkins, Cornwall, & Lewin 2011). While it holds the potential to tackle tenacious issues such as eradicating poverty and hunger, mainstream development discourse has largely ignored issues […]
ICPD+20 asia youth fact sheet
Published in 2014
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Demands to governments, non-governmental bodies, young people, and other stakeholders based on young people’s experiences in Asia. Continue reading ICPD+20 asia youth fact sheet at Arrow.
pacific young people’s SRHR factsheet
Published in 2014
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In the Pacific region 56% of the population is under the age of 25. Pacific young people have diverse needs, opportunities and experiences, living as they do across 20,000 islands around the Pacific ocean. This dynamic group of young people live in urban and rural areas, on remote islands and in large cities. They have […]
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, […]
sexuality and the post-2015 development agenda
Published in 2014
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Sexuality is an integral and natural part of life, and is intertwined with the most fundamental of human rights. WHO recognizes “the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being,”2 and if this right to health is to be achieved, human beings have to be able to exercise choice in […]
reclaiming & redefining rights – sexuality & rights in asia
Published in 2012
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Sex and sexuality 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 sexuality, UN conventions and conferences such as Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against […]
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (laotian)
Published in 2007
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ແນວທາງການດຳເນີນວິຖີຊີວິດທາງເພດ (Sexuality) ມຢີ ຫູ່່ າຼ ກຫາຼ ຍດວ້ ຍກນັ . ບນັ ດາ ແນວທາງທ່ີໃຊ້ຫຼາຍທ່ີສຸດແງ່ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ ດາ້ ນ “ສຂຸ ະພາບ” ແລະ “ການປອ້ ງກນັ ການ ໃຊຄ້ວາມຮນຸແຮງ” , ຊງ່ືຖກືຢນືຢນັແລວ້ວາ່ເປນັ ຈດຸເລມ່ີຕນ້ົ ທເ່ີປນັປະໂຫຍດໃນການປະຕບິດັ ວຽກງານດາ້ ນວຖິ ຊີ ວີ ດິ ທາງເພດ ແລະ ເປນັ ເລອ່ື ງ ຂດັ ແຍງ່ ໃນສງັ ຄມົ ອະນລຸ ກັ ນຍິ ມົ ຫາຼ ຍ ແຫງ່ . ແຕວ່ າ່ ຍອ້ ນບນັ ດາແນວທາງທງັ ສອງ ນ້ັນມີເປ້ົາໝາຍທ່ີສະເພາະເຈາະຈົງເພ່ືອສ່ົງ ເສີມສຸຂະພາບຫືເຼພ່ອືປ້ອງກັນຄວາມຮຸນແຮງ […]