{"id":1482,"date":"2016-09-25T09:28:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csbronline.org\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2016-11-04T10:47:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T10:47:49","slug":"holding-governments-to-account-for-the-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-reproductive-rights-of-women-and-girls-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"Holding governments to account for the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of women and girls around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), CSBR joined 60+ organizations and International Planned Parenthood Federation in writing to the UN General Assembly President and UN Secretary-General to urge them to hold UN Member States accountable to their committments to sexual and reproductive health rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment. Read the letter below. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\"IPPF_allies_lettertoUNGAonSDGs\"<\/a>13 September 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n
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To the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), HE Ambassador Peter Thomson of Fiji and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban-Ki Moon,<\/p>\n

On the anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we, the undersigned, call on you, in your roles as the President of the United Nations General Assembly and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to hold Member States to account for their progress towards achieving SDG 5 on gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment. As you know, gender equality is central to achieving sustainable development, and the target on universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights is a pre-requisite for that change.<\/p>\n

The ambition set out in the SDGs is clear. Gender equality, women\u2019s and girls\u2019 human rights, and the empowerment of girls and women will not be possible without the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Providing the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, information and education so that all women and girls can make free and informed choices about their sexuality and their reproductive lives is a basic human right and central to realizing the full range of women\u2019s rights, and to progressing gender equality.<\/p>\n

Achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender equality is not just an end in itself. Enabling everyone to access these life-changing services will support the elimination of poverty and hunger, achievement of gender equality and quality education, reduction of inequality, adaptation to climate change, and sustainable consumption. Without access to sexual and reproductive health services and education achieving some of the other goals will become a much harder task, while others will be impossible to realize.<\/p>\n

We must ensure that the commitments made just one year ago are not forgotten. We cannot risk failing on all the goals due to a lack of political will to implement those related to gender equality and SRHR.<\/p>\n

In this 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, one year after the SDGs were adopted, we urge you to work with Member States to turn their ambition into reality by supporting their efforts for implementation, encouraging effective partnerships and ensuring their commitment through strong accountability mechanisms. In advance of The High Level Political Forum in 2017, which will be focusing on goals 3 and 5, now <\/em>is the opportunity to work with Member States to help them to meet their commitments on SRHR and move towards a sustainable world where no one is left behind.<\/p>\n

Signed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Action Works Nepal<\/p>\n

AFLED Mali<\/p>\n

AKAHATA\u0301<\/p>\n

Akina Mama wa Afrika<\/p>\n

American Jewish World Service<\/p>\n

Arab Women Organization of Jordan<\/p>\n

Association for Farmers Rights Defense, AFRD – EUFRAS Georgia<\/p>\n

Balance from Me\u0301xico<\/p>\n

Caidre Cameroon Association<\/p>\n

CARE International<\/p>\n

China Family Planning Association<\/p>\n

Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies<\/p>\n

Coordinadora de la Mujer \u2013 Bolivia<\/p>\n

Danish Family Planning Association<\/p>\n

Family Planning New Zealand<\/p>\n

Family Planning NSW<\/p>\n

Family Planning Tasmania<\/p>\n

Family Planning welfare Northern Territory<\/p>\n

FOKUS- Forum for Women and Development<\/p>\n

Forum International des Femmes d\u2019lespace Francophone<\/p>\n

Fundacio\u0301n para el Estudio e Investigacio\u0301n de la Mujer<\/p>\n

Gender and Development Network<\/p>\n

Gender-Center Republic of Moldova<\/p>\n

GENDERS AC<\/p>\n

GROOTS Trinidad & Tobago<\/p>\n

INPPARES- Peru\u0301<\/p>\n

International Community of Women Living with HIV<\/p>\n

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations<\/p>\n

International Federation of Women in Legal Careers<\/p>\n

International Federation of Women Lawyers<\/p>\n

International Peace Initiatives<\/p>\n

Isis-Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange<\/p>\n

Japan Family Planning Association<\/p>\n

Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning<\/p>\n

medica mondiale<\/p>\n

Mexfam<\/p>\n

Mongolian Family Welfare Association<\/p>\n

National Alliance of Women’s Organisations Nigerian Network of Women<\/p>\n

Exporters of Services Orchid Project<\/p>\n

‘Pacificwin\u2019 Pacific Women\u2019s Indigenous Networks<\/p>\n

Papua New Guinea Family Health Association<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Federation of America<\/p>\n

Red Federacio\u0301n Mujeres & Municipalidades A.L.C- Enlace Peru\u0301<\/p>\n

Regional Centre for International Development Cooperation<\/p>\n

Rural Women’s Network Nepal<\/p>\n

Rutgers<\/p>\n

Samoa Family Health Association<\/p>\n

SDGs Kenya Forum and GCAP Kenya<\/p>\n

Sexual Health information networking & education SA Inc<\/p>\n

Sexual Health Switzerland<\/p>\n

Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries<\/p>\n

Solar Cookers International<\/p>\n

SOVA Somalia<\/p>\n

Stichting Ultimate Purpose<\/p>\n

Support for Women in Governance Organization<\/p>\n

The Association of War Affected Women<\/p>\n

The Central America Women’s Network<\/p>\n

The German Medical Aid Organization<\/p>\n

The Global Initiatives for Human Rights \u2013 Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights<\/p>\n

The International Alliance of Women Equal Rights \u2013 Equal Opportunities<\/p>\n

The Swedish Women’s Lobby<\/p>\n

Tonga Family Health Association<\/p>\n

Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health Union de l Action Feministe<\/p>\n

Va\u0308esto\u0308liitto ry<\/p>\n

Vision Spring Initiatives Lagos Nigeria Womankind Worldwide<\/p>\n

Women for Women\u2019s Human Rights-New Ways<\/p>\n

Women Peacemakers Program<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Global Network for Reproductive Rights<\/p>\n

World Vision Finland<\/p>\n

View the PDF letter here: http:\/\/www.csbronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IPPF_UNGALETTER_SRHR_SDGS_SEPT-2016.pdf<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), CSBR joined 60+ organizations and International Planned Parenthood Federation in writing to the UN General Assembly President and UN Secretary-General to urge them to hold UN Member States accountable to their committments to sexual and reproductive health rights, gender … Continue reading Holding governments to account for the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of women and girls around the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,5,8,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-featured","category-news","category-tools","category-statements","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions\/1487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}