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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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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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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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Conference on Advocating Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services and Commodity Security
A Report on the Conference Proceedings, Kathmandu, Nepal, 28-30 July 2009
The Conference on “Advocating Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services and Commodity Security” was organized to improve the capacity of South Asian parliamentarians, media professionals and senior policymakers to advocate in a coordinated manner for a much stronger commitment to achieving MDG 5. Through the conference, delegates gained knowledge on UNFPA’s global policies on reproductive health commodity security, and increased their understanding of the relationship between achieving universal access to RH and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
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Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality
Vignettes from Asia and Africa
This report generates specific, detailed lessons for successful implementation of initiatives that engage men and boys in advancing gender equality and reproductive health. Four case studies from Bangladesh, Philippines, Cambodia and Uganda are presented, followed by lessons learned and recommendations for supporting work related to engaging men.
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Enhancing Equity in Access to Health Care in the Asia-Pacific Region: Remediable Inequities
Prepared for the Regional Thematic Working Group on Health
The United Nations Regional Thematic Working Group on Health (TWG-H) commissioned this review of existing information on health care inequities in the Asia-Pacific region. The review provides a summary of the political, economic and social causes of health care inequities, as well as the policies, strategies and activities implemented to address the issue.
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