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1325+10 Women Count for Peace
10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. The year 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of this landmark resolution.
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Addressing Gender-based Violence in East and South-East Asia
Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) is a priority area for achieving gender equality, and reproductive health and rights.This study shows how UN agencies and development partners have incorporated gender-based violence in their work at national, regional and international levels.
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Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health in Sri Lanka: A Situational Analysis
The primary goal of this report is to synthesize existing research on the current situation of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Sri Lanka, which includes reviewing certain globally accepted indicators on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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Asia and the Pacific at a Glance
The Asia and the Pacific region is home to nearly 3.7 billion people, which amounts to about 60 percent of the world's total population. This document provides a brief on UNFPA's regional programme for Asia and the Pacific, including country profiles, and indicators on population and reproductive health.
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Asia and the Pacific Regional Forum on Strengthening Partnerships with Faith-Based Organisations in Addressing ICPD
A Report on the Conference Proceedings, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-6 May 2008
UNFPA country offices in Asia and the Pacific region and faith-based organizations came together for a two-day consultation to assess the impact of their partnership in the areas of maternal health, gender equality, migration and youth welfare. This report documents the experiences and lessons learned from various initiatives of faith-based organizations in the region in addressing these issues.
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Asia-Pacific High-Level Forum Declaration on Population and Development: Fifteen Years After Cairo
Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 September 2009
With only five years remaining, the Asia-Pacific High Level Forum agreed on key actions to accelerate progress towards the fulfillment of the ICPD Programme of Action and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This declaration reaffirms the commitment of forum participants to fully implement ICPD’s Programme of Action by 2015.
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Beijing Call to Action
5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, Beijing, China
The 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) gathered nearly 1,000 participants from around the world to look at the progress and the ongoing challenges in family planning, maternal health, AIDS prevention and women’s empowerment. APCRSHR participants agreed to Beijing's Call to Action which outlines the priorities that must be addressed to achieve the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) by 2015.
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Mapping of Faith-based Responses to Violence against Women and Girls in the Asia-Pacific Region
Across Asia-Pacific, domestic violence is the most prevalent form of violence affecting women and girls. This mapping documents the initiatives of faith-based organizations in the region to respond to violence against women and girls. The report brings together the experiences of 58 organizations, collected through online survey and supplemented by in-depth interviews.
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Building Partnerships on HIV and Sex Work
Report and recommendations from the first Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work
This report reflects the voices and opinions of 140 participants, including resource persons and sex workers, at the first Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work, held on October 2010 in Pattaya, Thailand. It covers critical components of the HIV and sex work responses, and four key areas – namely, creating an enabling legal and policy environment, ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights, eliminating violence against sex workers, and addressing migration and mobility in the context of HIV and sex work.
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Child Marriage in Southern Asia
The country briefs highlight the child marriage practices in nine Southern Asian countries. Child brides are often forced into early sexual activity and childbearing, making them at greater risk of suffering from conditions like obstetric fistula and hemorrhaging, or even death.
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