Realizing SRHR to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia

Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia

Azra Abdul Cader of ARROW was recently at an Expert Group Meeting on the Evidence Base for Accelerated Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia. The meeting was organized by UNFPA Asia-Pacific and UNICEF South Asia and was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 26-28 September 2016.

Objectives of this meeting included examining selected promising practices in child marriage interventions at regional and country level, including interventions that have been robustly evaluated, refine a common understanding of successful strategies to end child marriage in South Asia, and discuss and explore methodologies and approaches for monitoring and evaluating interventions and assessing impact. Participants also identified key priorities for additional research on and/or evaluation of programmes and interventions to end child marriage.

The meeting also focused on identifying issues that, while recognized, are usually not factored into programming in a holistic and effective manner. This can often happen with issues such as SRHR and culture and religion and Azra made a presentation on why realizing SRHR could accelerate action to end child marriage in South Asia.

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)
Realizing SRHR to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia

Azra Abdul Cader of ARROW was recently at an Expert Group Meeting on the Evidence Base for Accelerated Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia. The meeting was organized by UNFPA Asia-Pacific and UNICEF South Asia and was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 26-28 September 2016.

Objectives of this meeting included examining selected promising practices in child marriage interventions at regional and country level, including interventions that have been robustly evaluated, refine a common understanding of successful strategies to end child marriage in South Asia, and discuss and explore methodologies and approaches for monitoring and evaluating interventions and assessing impact. Participants also identified key priorities for additional research on and/or evaluation of programmes and interventions to end child marriage.

The meeting also focused on identifying issues that, while recognized, are usually not factored into programming in a holistic and effective manner. This can often happen with issues such as SRHR and culture and religion and Azra made a presentation on why realizing SRHR could accelerate action to end child marriage in South Asia.

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