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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, […]
setting the adolescent and young people SRHR agenda beyond icpd+20
Published in 2014
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These Global South Adolescent and Young People Fact Sheets, have been developed as part of the ICPD+20 Global South SRHR Monitoring and Research Initiative steered by ARROW in partnership with Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASTRA), Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN), Egyptian Initiative for […]
sexual and reproductive health and rights for all – now!
Published in 2013
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In 1994, one hundred and seventy nine (179) governments committed to advance the Programme of Action of the landmark International Conference for Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. The Programme of Action has put women’s empowerment, reproductive health, reproductive rights and sexual health at the centre of development. It has also shifted the paradigm from […]
ICPD+20 status of SRHR in asia-pacific
Published in 2013
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2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Action, one of the landmark consensus documents, in which governments agreed to and signed off on commitments towards improving women’s sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Monitoring government achievements and performance is a critical way of holding governments and […]
beyond ICPD and MDGs: NGO strategizing for SRHR in asia-pacific
Published in 2012
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At the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, representatives from governments, civil society, UN Agencies, and international institutions worked together on a Programme of Action (PoA) that was to be a landmark document in the history of international development. In adopting the ICPD PoA, 179 countries, including those of the Asia-Pacific, […]
reclaiming & redefining rights – maternal mortality and morbidity in asia
Published in 2012
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Sex and reproduction 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 reproduction, UN conventions and conferences, such as the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination […]
reclaiming & redefining rights – reproductive autonomy and rights in asia
Published in 2012
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Sex and reproduction 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 reproduction, UN conventions and conferences, such as the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination […]
beyond ICPD and MDGs: NGO strategizing for SRHR in asia-pacific
Published in 2012
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To make SRHR a political agenda, ARROW co-coordinated with Reproductive Health Matters in 2010 on a global meeting of key thinkers and academics dubbed “Repoliticising Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights”, which looked at specific political agendas within SRHR such as universal access and human rights. In 2011, in preparation for this meeting, we embarked on […]