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APA UPDATE #13 AUGUST 2010
E-NEWS AND INFORMATION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS
FROM THE SECRETARIAT
The Unfinished Agenda of SRHR at the UN DPI/NGO Forum
Are you attending the UN DPI/NGO Forum on 30 August to 01 September in Melbourne, Australia? Come and join us in discussing "The Unfinished Agenda of SRHR: Achieving the Right to Health in Asia and the Pacific" on Tuesday, 31 August at 11:45am to 1:15pm. The workshop will present a mapping on unmet sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and donor aid resource flows. It will also present advocacy initiatives of NGOs to increase funding and improve international assistance to achieve the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific. The workshop will be held together with Japanese Organisations for International Cooperation in Family Planning, Marie Stopes International (MSI) Australia, Family Planning International New Zealand, Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia (SH&FPA) (all APA members) and Burnet Institute.
MEMBER NEWS
Factsheets on young people and the MDGs
The Youth Coalition (YC, APA member) launched three new factsheets highlighting the linkages between young people's sexual and reproductive rights and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as they relate to HIV, Maternal Health and Comprehensive Sexuality Education. The face sheets are available on the YC website.
PAI at the International AIDS Conference
Population Action International (PAI, APA member) organized a panel on Global Health Initiative at the July 18 – 23 International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Vienna, Austria. The panelists discussed the need for sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS integration and highlighted the barriers to integration and the need to push for a stop of abstinence-only programs. Read more.
Training package integrating FP in HIV counseling launched
Pathfinder International (APA member) launches the Integration of Family Planning (FP) into HIV Counseling and Testing, Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT), and Antiretroviral Therapy Services (ART). The training package is designed to train practicing HIV service providers in FP counseling and service provision for FP integration in HIV Counseling and Testing, PMTCT and ART services. Read more.
NEWS, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Senate Committee Adopts Permanent Global Gag Rule Repeal
The US Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule which prohibits federal funding to international family planning organizations that provide abortion services and information. Read more.
UNFPA Rushes Delivery of reproductive health and medical and Hygiene Supplies to Flood-Affected Communities in Pakistan
Responding to the worst flood to hit Pakistan since 1929, the United Nations Population Fund rushed supplies to help with childbirth, as well as the health and hygiene of displaced people, particularly pregnant women and infants. Read more.
Mobile obstetrics project improves health of mothers in Eastern Burma
A community-based maternal health delivery strategy known as the MOM Project (mobile obstetric medics) dramatically increased access to maternal health care services for internally displaced woman in eastern Burma, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Read more.
Gender Inequality Seen as a Major Obstacle in Meeting MDGs
Culturally entrenched gender inequality and a lack of bargaining power has kept much of Asia, and Indonesia in particular, from meeting the MDG on reducing maternal mortality rate. Read More.
New Report Links Philippines Abortion Law to Human Rights Abuses
The Center for Reproductive Rights released the first comprehensive human rights report on the impact of the Philippines' criminal ban on abortion Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact of the Philippine Criminal Abortion Ban. Read more.
Population Council launches It's All One Curriculum
It's All One Curriculum: Guidelines and Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education is a ready-to-use resource for integrating gender issues and human rights into the heart of sex and HIV education.
