ENLISTING THE ARMED FORCES TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NINE COUNTRIES ppt

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... Population and Development (ICPD). The aim of this Open Hearing is to better understand adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights and related issues in Pacific Island Countries and Territories ... and reproductive health and rights? Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is a phrase used to encompass fundamental human rights relating to people’s sexual and reproductive health, ... have the most positive impact, and over half of New Zealand’s total aid goes to this region. One of the stated health priorities of the New Zealand Aid Programme is sexual and reproductive health. ...

... ran from January 2009 to March 2010, aimed to educate and involve men in matters pertaining to their and their partners’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, and to create safe and ... knowledge and understanding of the needs of women and girls33 to underpin the complex and nuanced intersections between HIV prevention, treatment and care, and sexual and reproductive health and ... providers, and the general public to the needs and rights of sexual minorities and people living with HIV.3 Information and resource centres to improve access to, and uptake of, sexual and reproductive...

... and reproductive health and rights agenda is crucial for countries to achieve their commitments to ICPD and to reaching their MDG goals. Moreover, it is critical that GBV and SRHR be in the ... wants and needs the violence to stop and to receive compassionate, sensitive and eective care for herself and her family. Working together to make that happen is everyone’s role. In working together ... information and counselling, as well as treatment. WHRCCs have been instrumental to empowering women to gain control over their body and their health, and to recognise their rights. Aside from the...

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... fullling the follow-ing long-term objectives:– Increase the knowledge and de-mand for sexual and reproductive health services in countries of the participants– Increase accessibility and quality ... sexual and reproductive health services in the countries of the participants– Prioritize efcient and appropriate solutions for organizing activities within sexual and reproductive health ... own resources to achieve these changes. In the long-term per-spective the programmes shall contribute to institutional strengthening and capacity development in the participants’ countries. Training...

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