Every sixth person or 15.7 percent of the population in Mongolia is a young person between 15 – 24 years of age. These young people faces a lot of sexual and reproductive health issues among which include high teenage pregnancy, STI and HIV infection. Forty-two percent of the STI infected population are young people aged […]

This series of briefs consolidate the outcomes of the 2017 Pre-Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) Youth Forum and the evidence base related to the SDGs and young people, with a focus on ensuring their sexual and reproductive health. It also recommends action to address the challenges faced by young people within the context of […]

The brief aims to look at how the goals under review (Goals 6, 7, 11, 12, 15 and 17) at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in 2018, affect women’s health, in particular their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in Asia within the context of climate change.  For each goal, the narrative covers: (i) […]

Over 60% of the world’s young people between the ages of 15-24 live in the Asia-Pacific region, where in some countries, young people now account for almost a third of the population. Despite the diversity within this demographic, they share many common barriers to enjoying their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which includes […]

While reproductive health services has been recognized as critical to intervention strategies in climate change as evidenced by the development, implementation and monitoring of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) in emergency situations, sexual and reproductive rights are recognised to a lesser degree, a growing trend in discourses on development. The recognition of sexual and […]

With various provisions and enabling laws and policies that exists in the Philippines in terms of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), the country does seem to be on track to enable ‘gender mainstreaming’ policies, plans and programmes at all levels. The brief further addressed the challenges and gaps faced by the government by the capacities of […]

Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), in its precise form and content is non-existent in Pakistan but exists in bits under the umbrella of Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Even within policies, unclear references are made to reproductive rights but within the context of youth marriages, family and life skills. With […]

Nepal needs to invest in health, education, governance and the economy to attain the demographic dividend as well as the targets of SDGs, even with its current progressive policies. This is particularly so in the area of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which remain a critical element of a healthy population […]

Even with the commitment from the Lao Government to achieving the Goal of the VIII Fifth Year Plan of Socio-Economic Development Plan of the Lao PDR and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the country has yet enacted laws and policies on adolescents and young people. A life skills education system was introduced in 2003, which promotes […]

India, with its 28% young people population (10 to 24 of age), has renewed their focus on youth issues along with the general improvement of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the country. While commendable improvements have been made in terms of maternal mortality rate (MMR), total fertility rate (TFR), and infant mortality rate (IMR), […]