2014

adolescent and young people SRHR agenda central and eastern europe brief

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In Central and Eastern Europe youth and adolescents aged 15-24 constitute almost 11% of the population, which means there are over 30 million young people in the region. Along with women, they remain the most affected by this situation and yet their needs and challenges are not understood, recognised and addressed – young people disappear somewhere in the wider group of citizens. This brief is going to present the interlinked and cumulative barriers youth and adolescents experience in accessing basic sexual and reproductive health services and in exercising their sexual and reproductive rights.

ICPD Programme of Action calls for the promotion „to the fullest extent” of the health of young people and provision of services that are of good quality and sensitive to their needs and „safeguarding the rights of adolescents to privacy, confidentiality, respect and informed consent”1. However, the process of its implementation in the Central and Eastern Europe remains far from finished.

In the year of the 20th anniversary of Programme of Action, taking into account findings from the review processes and PoA’s broad mandate on interrelationships between population, sustained economic growth and sustainable development, economic status and empowerment of women, it is now time to reflect and adjust it to the current global reality. It is time to recognize and guarantee the full package of sexual and reproductive health and rights, with particular focus on young people, as fundamental part of the reaffirmed and expanded Programme of Action and post-2015 agenda.

Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
adolescent and young people SRHR agenda central and eastern europe brief

In Central and Eastern Europe youth and adolescents aged 15-24 constitute almost 11% of the population, which means there are over 30 million young people in the region. Along with women, they remain the most affected by this situation and yet their needs and challenges are not understood, recognised and addressed – young people disappear somewhere in the wider group of citizens. This brief is going to present the interlinked and cumulative barriers youth and adolescents experience in accessing basic sexual and reproductive health services and in exercising their sexual and reproductive rights.

ICPD Programme of Action calls for the promotion „to the fullest extent” of the health of young people and provision of services that are of good quality and sensitive to their needs and „safeguarding the rights of adolescents to privacy, confidentiality, respect and informed consent”1. However, the process of its implementation in the Central and Eastern Europe remains far from finished.

In the year of the 20th anniversary of Programme of Action, taking into account findings from the review processes and PoA’s broad mandate on interrelationships between population, sustained economic growth and sustainable development, economic status and empowerment of women, it is now time to reflect and adjust it to the current global reality. It is time to recognize and guarantee the full package of sexual and reproductive health and rights, with particular focus on young people, as fundamental part of the reaffirmed and expanded Programme of Action and post-2015 agenda.

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network