2004

ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – nepal (2004)

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The State of the World Population Report 2003 (UNFPA) estimates that Nepal’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has doubled in the past seven years and stands at 905 per 100,000. After Afghanistan, which has a mortality rate of 1,276 per 100,000, Nepal has the second highest mortality rate in South Asia.

The present moment is critical for Nepal in terms of its adolescent population. Inadequate health facilities and the practice of early marriage have contributed to the increase in the mortality rate. The present trend indicates the necessity of encouraging adolescents, particularly girls, to become actively involved in reproductive health programmes, and putting pressure on Government to invest more in this critical sector. The fear and violence created by nine years of insurgency has had a negative impact on Nepal’s limited health infrastructure. Health centres are non-functional as many trained medical staff have left; in certain areas buildings have been destroyed, rural health posts no longer exist, those left standing have no infrastructure, and there is a scarcity of medical facilities for pregnant women.

Nepali women are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet in terms of health and medical facilities. Most of them are denied the right to security in, and control over, their bodies, as well as the right not to be alienated from their sexual and reproductive capacities. Women have been blatantly denied the integrity of their physical person – for example, freedom from sexual violence, from false imprisonment in the home, from unsafe contraceptive methods, from unwanted pregnancies or coerced child-bearing, and from unwanted medical intervention.

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)
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR - nepal (2004)

The State of the World Population Report 2003 (UNFPA) estimates that Nepal’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has doubled in the past seven years and stands at 905 per 100,000. After Afghanistan, which has a mortality rate of 1,276 per 100,000, Nepal has the second highest mortality rate in South Asia.

The present moment is critical for Nepal in terms of its adolescent population. Inadequate health facilities and the practice of early marriage have contributed to the increase in the mortality rate. The present trend indicates the necessity of encouraging adolescents, particularly girls, to become actively involved in reproductive health programmes, and putting pressure on Government to invest more in this critical sector. The fear and violence created by nine years of insurgency has had a negative impact on Nepal’s limited health infrastructure. Health centres are non-functional as many trained medical staff have left; in certain areas buildings have been destroyed, rural health posts no longer exist, those left standing have no infrastructure, and there is a scarcity of medical facilities for pregnant women.

Nepali women are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet in terms of health and medical facilities. Most of them are denied the right to security in, and control over, their bodies, as well as the right not to be alienated from their sexual and reproductive capacities. Women have been blatantly denied the integrity of their physical person – for example, freedom from sexual violence, from false imprisonment in the home, from unsafe contraceptive methods, from unwanted pregnancies or coerced child-bearing, and from unwanted medical intervention.

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