251 Arrow Publications
Published in 2012
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On 2-4 May 2012, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), in partnership with the German government through GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), convened two regional meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These meetings were: “Beyond ICPD and the MDGs: NGOs Strategising for Sexual and Reproductive […]
Published in 2011
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Monitoring is political. It challenges the monopoly on information and decision-making, which is a critical component of the power imbalance between the state and civil society. It invests civil society with the understanding of what needs to be done, compares it with what governments have committed to do, looks deeply into what is and what […]
Published in 2011
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Reclaiming and Redefining Rights. Thematic Studies Series 2: Pathways to Universal Access to Reproductive Health Care in Asia. Each of the four case studies begin with a general background of the country, which provides an overview of the health sector and its system, especially in its financing, followed by traversing the history of privatisation as well as progress […]
Published in 2010
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The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) asserts the human rights of women to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health , free of coercion, discrimination and violence.2 The BPfA calls upon the governments to support and implement the commitments made in the Programme […]
Published in 2009
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Lima belas tahun setelah Kairo, kita perlu mengetahui paradigma sosial politik yang mempengaruhi realisasi hak seksual dan hak reproduksi (SRHR) seluruh umat manusia, khususnya yang miskin dan terpinggirkan. Continue reading arrow for change – 15 years after cairo: taking stock, moving forward in asia and the pacific (bahasa indonesia) at Arrow.
Published in 2009
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Fifteen years after Cairo, we need to be cognizant of the socio-political paradigms that influence the realisation of the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of all human beings, especially of those who are poor and marginalised. In the last 15 years, the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of […]
Published in 2004
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Advocacy for family planning education and services in Malaysia began with the pioneering work of concerned individuals and medical practitioners in the early 1950s. The first Family Planning Association (FPA) was registered in 1953 in the state of Selangor and in 1958, four state FPAs formed the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia (FFPAM). Today […]
Published in 2004
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Indonesia’s reproductive health status has been greatly affected by the social, economic and political circumstances in the country since 1999. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) cited the economic crisis as the main cause for the failure of numerous sexual and reproductive health programmes. Another oft-referred-to challenge was the frequent changes in governmental leadership (three presidents […]
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 […]
Published in 2004
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There has been considerable progress in China in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. Following on the ICPD, the Chinese Government collaborated with NGOs to make a number of policy changes that relate broadly to family planning, public health, and […]