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Our Response: At the Nexus of Human Rights, Women, LGBTIQ, and Health in the COVID-19 Humanitarian Response
Published in 2020
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Sexual and gender minorities are already experiencing various levels of oppression and discrimination and these are further exacerbated during the CoVid-19 pandemic. This document provides some of the salient points from the dialogue organised by Youth Voices Count (YVC), the United Nations Major Group on Children and Youth (UN MGCY), Asian Youth Peace Network (AYPN), […]
ICPD+25: Older Women’s Health and Well-being in Asia and the Pacific Region
Published in 2020
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While the absolute number of persons aged 65 or over globally in 2019, is projected at 703 million, Central and Southern Asia contributed to 119 million persons (17%), and Eastern and Southern Asia contributed to 260.6 million persons (37%). These demographic shifts have implications related to health, health care systems, health workforce, health care technologies, […]
ICPD+25: Older Women’s Health and Well-being in Asia and the Pacific Region
Published in 2020
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While the absolute number of persons aged 65 or over globally in 2019, is projected at 703 million, Central and Southern Asia contributed to 119 million persons (17%), and Eastern and Southern Asia contributed to 260.6 million persons (37%). These demographic shifts have implications related to health, health care systems, health workforce, health care technologies, […]
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 […]