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Pre-APFSD 2019 Youth Forum Statement: Empowering Young People and Ensuring Inclusivity and Equality in the Asia Pacific
Published in 2019
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On 21-23 March, youth advocates and youth-serving organisations from the region convened in Bangkok for the Pre-APFSD 2019 Youth Forum, which continues the discussion from last year’s Youth Forum, focusing on the implementation of the Agenda 2030 in Asia-Pacific. This call to action echoes the voices, concerns and demands which were discussed over three days. […]
InterSEXionality: A Facilitator’s Guide
Published in 2019
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Sexuality is a central aspect of young people’s lives, and yet it largely remains taboo. At the same time, sexuality is very much political and beyond the personal, and sexuality intersects with various aspects of our lives, whether at school, at work, and at the policy level. Multiple intersecting factors are influenced by and influence […]
Access for Everybody: Disability Inclusion in Abortion and Contraceptive Care – Guide
Published in 2018
Source: Ipas
This guide provides strategies for improving disability inclusion in policy, service delivery, and community engagement interventions, which can be adapted to cater to the specific needs of each context. It is developed as a resource to improve access to abortion and contraceptive care for programme implementers and managers, technical advisors and trainers. The recommendations highlighted […]
Young Persons with Disabilities: Global Study on Ending Gender-Based Violence, and Realising Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Published in 2018
Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
The study seeks to contribute to the strengthening of state laws and policies that foster social inclusion and gender equality for the benefit of young persons with disabilities, especially young women and girls with disabilities; to eliminate discrimination against them, particularly with regard to access to and enjoyment of SRHR and GBV prevention and response […]
Access for Everybody: Disability Inclusion in Abortion and Contraceptive Care
Published in 2018
Source: Ipas
This brief explains the programmatic importance of disability inclusion in abortion and contraceptive care and provides resources to support the design and implementation of interventions to address unmet need for this care. This includes an outline of common barriers that people with disabilities face, a description of global frameworks that can guide programmatic approaches to […]
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities
Published in 2018
Source: Women Enabled International
This article by Women’s Enabled International (WEI) addressed the issue of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls with disabilities. The SRHR violations against women and girls with disabilities such as the physical and informational barriers to accessing SRH information, goods, and services and discriminatory sexual and reproductive health care are […]
Sexual Rights of Women with Psychosocial Disabilities: Insights from India
Published in 2017
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The current thematic papers looks at a new paradigm shift in thinking – and talking – about mental illness and psychosocial disability, shifting the focus away from the entrenched “bio-medical psychiatry” that puts emphasis on the pathology at the individual level, and instead into a discourse that puts principles of autonomy, dignity and equality into […]
Treated Worse than Animals
Published in 2017
Source: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) conducted the research for this report in four geographically diverse states with varying track records in service provision for women and girls with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities. These states were selected because of the presence of strong local partners, particularly disabled persons’ organizations. HRW chose to document the situation of women […]
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health for People with Disability
Published in 2017
Source: Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA)
As part of the “Growing a National Approach” project, SH&FPA established a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) which include the Disability Special Interest Group (DSIG) which was convened to provide SH&FPA with advice and expertise on sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) needs and issues, specifically as they relate to disability. It was agreed that […]
A Deeper Silence: The Unheard Experiences of Women with Disabilities and Their Sexual and Reproductive Health Experiences: Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and Tonga
Published in 2017
Source: Australian Government - AusAID
This report contains information gained in situation analyses exploring the SRH needs of women with disabilities in three Pacific Island countries: Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga. UNFPA undertook these situation analyses to gain greater understanding of the opportunities and needs experienced by women with disabilities in relation to their ability to realize their sexual and […]