EuroNGOs - Advocating for SRHR, Population and Development
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EuroNGOs -
Advocating for
SRHR, Population and
Development
And
what, please, does SRHR
mean?
• women whose lives are currently endangered by pregnancy.
• women currently at risk from genital mutilation, or subject to forced pregnancy, sterilization or abortion
• the right of all people, regardless of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family position, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, to equal access to information, education and services related to development, and to sexual and
reproductive health
• the right of all clients of sexual and reproductive health care information, education and services
• all persons against any marriage entered into without the full, free and informed consent of both partners
• the right of all persons to reproductive health care services which offer the widest possible range of safe, effective and acceptable methods of fertility regulation, and are accessible, affordable, acceptable and convenient to all users
• to protect the right of all persons to the highest possible quality of health care, and the right to be free from traditional practices which are harmful to health
• to protect children, women and men from all forms of sexual violence, exploitation and abuse
SRHR should protect
Source: the IPPF Charter of SRHR
And
where is the linkage to population and development?
Demographic aspect
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Developed countries
Developing countries
ICPD -
Cairo
Consenus
1994
• Achieve universal access to reproductive health in 2015• Schooling for all in 2015
•Reducing infant and child mortality
•Reducing maternal death with 75% by 2015
•Access to S&R healthcare (including family planning) in 2015
RH and
MDGs
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Some further evidence regarding the linkages
between
SRHR,
population and
development
Poverty and number of children
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LatinAmerica
SouthAsia
SouthernAfrica
poorrich
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L atijns Amerika & Caribisc h gebied
Zuid Azië
Zuidelijk Afrika
Number of children per woman Child mortality (<5 years/1000)
Poverty and contraceptives
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Zuid Azië
Zuidelijk Afrika
0 20 40 60
LatinAmerica
South Asia
SouthernAfrica
poorrich
Urban Rural areas
Use of contraceptives in %
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Contraceptives:
use and (unmet)
needs
Estimated supply need
for contraceptives and condoms in developing countries
Total need
DonorContribution
FINANCIAL ASPECT$ 7.1 BILLION PER YEAR FOR MODERN
CONTRACEPTIVES PREVENTS
•187 MILLION UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES
•60 MILLION UNPLANNED BIRTHS
•105 MILLION INDUCED ABORTIONS
•2.7 MILLION INFANT DEATHS
•215,000 PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS
• (INCLUDING 79,000 CAUSED BY UNSAFE ABORTIONS)
•685,000 CHILDREN LOSING THEIR MOTHER
FINANCIAL ASPECTEXTRA $ 3.9 BILLION PER YEAR WOULD PREVENT:
•23 MILLION UNPLANNED BIRTHS
•22 MILLION INDUCED ABORTIONS
•14 MILLION INFANT DEATHS
•142,000 PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS
• (INCLUDING 53,000 CAUSED BY UNSAFE ABORTIONS)
•505,000 CHILDREN LOSING THEIR MOTHERS
But although the wording concerning
SRHR in the EU is very strong, funding is not…
Main Purpose and Mission
•To advocate the inclusion of SRHR in national and international policies and overseas development aid and to mobilise resources for SRHR
•To Raise awareness of the ICPD Programme of Action, the MDGs and the role of sexual and reproductive health
•To hold our national governments accountable
Responsibilities of
National
Governments
• Develop policies and programs to guarantee universal access to reproductive health by 2015
• Incorporate reproductive health services into national-level development plans
• Allocate sufficient resources
• Develop accountability mechanisms
• Monitor implementation at the national level and evaluate progress
Aims
• To provide an informal forum for the exchange of ideas, information and experience
• To provide opportunities to explore possibilities for multi-lateral and bi-lateral collaboration and co-operation, particularly advocacy initiatives
• To develop joint projects and/or consortia by individual groupings of the • EuroNGOs members
• To provide opportunities for dialogue between NGOs and donors/potential donors
• To support members who do have very scarce resources with funding for advocacy activities
• To disseminate relevant advocacy letters and statements
Membership•The Membership is meant to promote
ownership of the work across the European NGOs. It works as a forum where issues can be debated and prioritised. It meets once a year.
• It elects the Steering Committee
• It takes formal decisions such as approval of the annual workplan and the annual report, acceptance of new members, etc.
• It develops joint initiatives with members and other networks and forms consortia
EuroNGOs membership
• At the moment, there are:
• 27 full members
• 7 associated members
• 2 observers (IPPF and UNFPA)
• They are representing hundreds of organizations, associations and other voluntary groups at local, regional, national and European level
•Do you want to know more?????