This presentation outlines how the women's rights' activists in India are seeking to address the issues around declining sex ratio without compromising women's access to safe abortion services
This is the plenary presentation of Sai Jyothirmai Racherla of ARROW, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
This is the abstract presentation of Prof Xiaoming Sun, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
APCRSHR10 Virtual plenary presentation by Dr Suchitra Dalvie of Asia Safe Abo...CNS www.citizen-news.org
This document summarizes Dr. Suchitra Dalvie's presentation on safe abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific. It discusses the development of Safe Abortion Goals (SAGs) and a checklist to measure abortion access in different country contexts. The checklist aims to support advocacy efforts by establishing benchmarks and targets to evaluate progress. It also discusses concepts like self-managed abortion and reproductive justice.
Determinants of declining child sex ratio in rajasthanAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a study examining the determinants of declining child sex ratios in Rajasthan, India using census and survey data from 1991-2011. The key findings are:
1) Child sex ratios in Rajasthan have declined sharply over the last two decades, falling from 909 in 2001 to 883 in 2011.
2) Pooled OLS regression analysis found that a one percentage point increase in male literacy is associated with a 0.14% reduction in child sex ratio on average across districts.
3) Quantile regression found male literacy has an insignificant effect on lower child sex ratios but a larger negative effect on higher ratios, while female literacy and access to drinking water have a positive effect
Social changes due to women empowerment (2)Priyanka Gupta
The document discusses the social changes that have occurred due to women's empowerment over the last century. It outlines that countries with greater gender equality experience better economic growth and more stable peace agreements. While progress has been made in education and labor force participation, challenges still remain in ensuring equal access and opportunities for women globally. The introduction of contraception and medical technologies have revolutionized women's health, but lack of access and cultural barriers still exist in some areas. Overall, efforts over the past 100 years have helped improve women's rights, health outcomes, and role in decision making processes.
This document discusses common false beliefs about sexuality among older adults and the impact of ageism on their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It outlines four key false beliefs: 1) older people can't have sex, 2) they don't want to have sex, 3) they shouldn't have sex, and 4) they don't have sex. It argues that ability and desire to be sexually active depends more on health issues than age alone. Ageism creates societal norms that ignore older adults' sexuality and excludes them from sexual health programs, research, and international development goals. Combating ageist views is essential to promoting sexual health and rights for all ages.
Gender issues can impact health in several ways. Biologically, men and women have differences in chromosomes, hormones, physiology and risk factors for certain diseases. Socially, gender roles and inequalities influence access to resources and health outcomes. For many diseases like heart disease, stroke and tuberculosis, prevalence and mortality rates differ between men and women. Gender also affects exposure and vulnerability to conditions like malaria, HIV and road traffic accidents. Addressing gender in health policies, programs and research is crucial to promote equality and improve health for all.
This is the plenary presentation of Sai Jyothirmai Racherla of ARROW, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
This is the abstract presentation of Prof Xiaoming Sun, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
APCRSHR10 Virtual plenary presentation by Dr Suchitra Dalvie of Asia Safe Abo...CNS www.citizen-news.org
This document summarizes Dr. Suchitra Dalvie's presentation on safe abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific. It discusses the development of Safe Abortion Goals (SAGs) and a checklist to measure abortion access in different country contexts. The checklist aims to support advocacy efforts by establishing benchmarks and targets to evaluate progress. It also discusses concepts like self-managed abortion and reproductive justice.
Determinants of declining child sex ratio in rajasthanAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a study examining the determinants of declining child sex ratios in Rajasthan, India using census and survey data from 1991-2011. The key findings are:
1) Child sex ratios in Rajasthan have declined sharply over the last two decades, falling from 909 in 2001 to 883 in 2011.
2) Pooled OLS regression analysis found that a one percentage point increase in male literacy is associated with a 0.14% reduction in child sex ratio on average across districts.
3) Quantile regression found male literacy has an insignificant effect on lower child sex ratios but a larger negative effect on higher ratios, while female literacy and access to drinking water have a positive effect
Social changes due to women empowerment (2)Priyanka Gupta
The document discusses the social changes that have occurred due to women's empowerment over the last century. It outlines that countries with greater gender equality experience better economic growth and more stable peace agreements. While progress has been made in education and labor force participation, challenges still remain in ensuring equal access and opportunities for women globally. The introduction of contraception and medical technologies have revolutionized women's health, but lack of access and cultural barriers still exist in some areas. Overall, efforts over the past 100 years have helped improve women's rights, health outcomes, and role in decision making processes.
This document discusses common false beliefs about sexuality among older adults and the impact of ageism on their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It outlines four key false beliefs: 1) older people can't have sex, 2) they don't want to have sex, 3) they shouldn't have sex, and 4) they don't have sex. It argues that ability and desire to be sexually active depends more on health issues than age alone. Ageism creates societal norms that ignore older adults' sexuality and excludes them from sexual health programs, research, and international development goals. Combating ageist views is essential to promoting sexual health and rights for all ages.
Gender issues can impact health in several ways. Biologically, men and women have differences in chromosomes, hormones, physiology and risk factors for certain diseases. Socially, gender roles and inequalities influence access to resources and health outcomes. For many diseases like heart disease, stroke and tuberculosis, prevalence and mortality rates differ between men and women. Gender also affects exposure and vulnerability to conditions like malaria, HIV and road traffic accidents. Addressing gender in health policies, programs and research is crucial to promote equality and improve health for all.
APCRSHR10 Virtual Plenary Presentation of Krishna Gautam of Ageing NepalCNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the plenary presentation of Krishna Gautam of Ageing Nepal, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of women in nepal (SRHR)WOREC Nepal
Sexual and reproductive health and rights issues continue to negatively impact women in Nepal. Key issues include high rates of child marriage, unmet need for family planning, unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions, maternal mortality, and gender-based violence. While Nepal has committed to international agreements on women's rights, implementation challenges remain at the local level. Future work must address the social and structural discrimination that undermine women's autonomy and rights. A rights-based, multisectoral approach is needed to guarantee women's access to healthcare, economic opportunities, food security, and freedom from violence and coercion.
This document discusses gender issues and development. It begins by defining key concepts like gender, sex, gender equality, and gender equity. It then discusses several gender and development issues such as life expectancy, population ratios, education, health, and employment. Specifically, it notes that women face disadvantages in these areas, such as higher illiteracy rates and school dropout rates compared to men. It also discusses three theories related to women's role in development: Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), and Gender and Development (GAD). WID focused on integrating women into development projects while WAD and GAD also aimed to challenge existing gender roles and relations.
This document outlines a proposal to ensure safety and empowerment of women in India. It begins by noting that while the Indian constitution guarantees equal rights to women, in practice women face discrimination and lack of social acceptance. It then discusses various issues women face such as high rates of crimes like rape, sexual harassment, and abuse. The document proposes several solutions like improving access to education for girls, combating violence against women, increasing women's political participation and property rights. It argues that empowering women is essential for development and outlines a framework with dimensions of capabilities, access to opportunities and security to measure progress on gender equality.
Sexual reproductive health rights and SDGsMartin Ayanore
Whats the implications of SDGs for sexual reproductive rights globally? Panelist at the University of Utrecht during a recent symposium talk about the just adopted SDGs for health
This is the abstract presentation of Dr Tey Nai Peng, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
The girls have not vanished overnight. Decades of sex determination tests and female foeticide that has acquired genocide proportions are finally catching up with states in India.
This is only the tip of the demographic and social problems confronting India in the coming years. Skewed sex ratios have moved beyond the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. With news of increasing number of female foetuses being aborted from Orissa to Bangalore there is ample evidence to suggest that the next census will reveal a further fall in child sex ratios throughout the country.
The decline in child sex ratio in India is evident by comparing the census figures. In 1991, the figure was 947 girls to 1000 boys. Ten years later it had fallen to 927 girls for 1000 boys.
Since 1991, 80% of districts in India have recorded a declining sex ratio with the state of Punjab being the worst.
States like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have recorded a more than 50 point decline in the child sex ratio in this period.
Despite these horrific numbers, foetal sex determination and sex selective abortion by unethical medical professionals has today grown into a Rs. 1,000 crore industry (US$ 244 million). Social discrimination against women, already entrenched in Indian society, has been spurred on by technological developments that today allow mobile sex selection clinics to drive into almost any village or neighbourhood unchecked.
The PCPNDT Act 1994 (Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act) was modified in 2003 to target the medical profession - the ‘supply side’ of the practice of sex selection. However non implementation of the Act has been the biggest failing of the campaign against sex selection
According to the latest data available till May 2006, as many as 22 out of 35 states in India had not reported a single case of violation of the act since it came into force. Delhi reported the largest number of violations – 76 out of which 69 were cases of non registration of birth! Punjab had 67 cases and Gujarat 57 cases.
But the battle rages on.
APCRSHR10 Virtual plenary presentation by Sivananthi Thanenthiran of ARROWCNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the plenary presentation by Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of ARROW, which took place as part of 8th session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 28th September 2020, on the theme of "Safe abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific". 28 September is also observed as International Safe Abortion Day.
C H A I R
Amy Williamson, Country Director, Marie Stopes International, Cambodia
P L E N A R Y S P E A K E R S
* Dr Suchitra Dalvie, coordinator, Asia Safe Abortion Partnership (ASAP) | "Abortion and Reproductive Justice: The Unfinished Revolution"
* Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, ARROW | "Right to Safe Abortion: putting women at the centre of the discourse and practice"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T E R S
* Katherine Gambir | Is Self-Administered Medical Abortion as Effective as Provider-Administered Medical Abortion? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
* Aryanty Riznawaty Imma | Challenges in Recording Abortion Related Complications at Health Facilities in Setting Where Abortion is Highly Restricted
* Dr Yaghoob Foroutan | Abortion’s Patterns and Determinants in Iran: Attitudinal Dynamics
* Maria Persson | A Qualitative Study on Healthcare Providers’ Experiences of Providing Comprehensive Abortion Care in the Humanitarian Setting in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual8
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #genderequality #SDGs #abortion #MyAbortionMyHealth #28Sept #InternationalSafeAbortionDay #SafeAbortion #BodilyAutonomy
1) Female foeticide and sex selection has led to over 1 crore missing girls in India in the last 2 decades according to government data. The child sex ratio has declined significantly from 927 girls per 1000 boys in 2001 to 880 in 2005.
2) Factors driving this include son preference, easy access to technology like ultrasound machines, and involvement of medical professionals in sex determination. States with higher density of ultrasound machines see much lower child sex ratios.
3) The Indian Medical Association is committed to working proactively to reverse the declining child sex ratio. It aims to sensitize doctors, collaborate with authorities, and set up monitoring cells to curb violations of the Pre-Conception and Pre-N
A panel discussion on how to stop declining female sex ratioArchana Tandon
The document discusses a panel discussion on declining female sex ratio in India. It provides biographies of four panelists: Dr. Archana Tandon, Dr. Kusum Singhal, Dr. Charu Rawat Mittal, and Dr. Kusumlata Singhal. It outlines their educational qualifications and experience in obstetrics and gynecology. The panelists will discuss major causes of declining female sex ratio such as female feticide and infanticide. They will also contemplate why society does not want female children and how these problems can be addressed.
The document discusses the Department of Health and Families in the Northern Territory becoming a smoke-free workplace. It provides an overview of the history of women's and men's health policy in the region and how gender theories have influenced these policies. It also outlines some of the strengths and weaknesses of current programs and initiatives for women's and men's health, as well as opportunities and threats faced in improving health outcomes.
The document discusses gender issues affecting women's health in India. It defines gender and distinguishes it from sex. It then provides data on various measures of gender equality in India, including its rankings on the Human Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, Gender Equality Index, and Global Gender Gap Index. Key issues affecting women's health in India are identified as gender differences in education attainment, participation in public health, economic opportunities, and political participation. Literacy and education rates for women lag behind men, and cultural factors impact women's access to healthcare and education.
The document outlines strategies and solutions for ensuring women's safety and empowerment in India. It discusses how women face discrimination and violations of their rights despite constitutional protections. Crime statistics show high rates of crimes against women. The document proposes strengthening education for girls, increasing economic opportunities and political participation for women, combating violence, and guaranteeing health and property rights as key solutions. It outlines an operational framework with dimensions of capabilities, access to resources, and security to achieve gender equality. Significant funding and involvement of government, NGOs and international organizations would be required to implement the solutions on a large scale and measure their impact over time through monitoring gender indicators.
This document provides an overview of women's empowerment in India. It finds that while policies aim to empower women, there remains a significant gap between policy and practice. Women face numerous social, economic, and political barriers to empowerment, including patriarchal social structures, lack of access to education and healthcare, and high rates of violence. Rural women, lower-caste women, and women from poor urban slums face the greatest challenges to empowerment. Factors like education level, geographic location, caste, and class all impact the status and decision-making power of women in India.
It include history of women, principles of women empowerment, stages, six S, need of women empowerment, changes in women empowerment, acts in women empowerment, programmes for women, different projects, constraints of women empowerment, measurement of women empowerment, conclusion.
The document discusses various socio-cultural issues in India including women empowerment, workload of women, indicators of women empowerment, women and child abuse, elder abuse, female feticide, commercial sex workers, drug abuse, food adulteration, beggary, unemployment, and concepts of disease. It provides definitions and explanations of these issues and discusses related causes, consequences, laws, and agencies working to address the problems.
Adolescents aged 10-19 face significant health risks due to risky behaviors like early sexual activity. Nearly 35% of the global disease burden has its roots in adolescence. In Nepal, adolescents account for 24.19% of the population but lack awareness of sexual and reproductive health. Data shows many girls are married and become mothers during adolescence, and contraceptive use is low. Improving access to and use of contraception for adolescents is key to addressing these health issues.
MISSION
To
create an effect
ive
framework to enable
the process of developing policies,
programmes and practices which will ensure equal rig
hts and opportunities for women
in the family, community, workplace and in
governance.
4.
OBJECTIVES
i)
Creating a conducive soci
o- cultural, economic and political
environment to enable
women enjoy
de jure
and
de facto
fundamental rights and realize their
full potential.
ii)
Mainstreaming gender in all
-round development processes/programmes/projects/
actions
.
iii)
A holistic and life
-cycle approach to women’s health for appropriate, aff
ordable and
qual
ity health care.
iv)
Improving and incentivizing access of
women/ girls
to universal and quality education.
v)
Increasing and incentivising work force participation of women in the economy
.
vi)
Equal participation in the social, political and economic spheres includi
ng the
institutions of governance and decision making.
vii)
Transforming discriminatory societal attitudes,
mindsets with community
involvement
and engagement of men
and boys
.
viii)
Developing a gender sensitive legal
-judicial system.
ix)
Elimination of all forms of vio
lence against women through strengthening of policies,
legislations
, programmes,
institutions
and community engagement
.
x)
Development
and empowerment of women
belonging to the vulnerable and
marginalized
groups
.
xi)
Building and strengthening stakeholder partici
pation and partnerships for
women
empower
ment
.
xii)
Strengthen
monitoring,
evaluation, audit and data systems to bridge
gender
gaps.
Abortion in India by Medha Gandhi
National Consultation on ‘Expanding Access and Using the Law to Ensure Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights’ was held in December’ 2015. The consultation brought together experts, activists, lawyers, health workers and students from all corners in the country, in building the understanding on the issues and the emerging challenges.
Human Rights Law Network
http://hrln.org
APCRSHR10 Virtual Plenary Presentation of Krishna Gautam of Ageing NepalCNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the plenary presentation of Krishna Gautam of Ageing Nepal, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of women in nepal (SRHR)WOREC Nepal
Sexual and reproductive health and rights issues continue to negatively impact women in Nepal. Key issues include high rates of child marriage, unmet need for family planning, unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions, maternal mortality, and gender-based violence. While Nepal has committed to international agreements on women's rights, implementation challenges remain at the local level. Future work must address the social and structural discrimination that undermine women's autonomy and rights. A rights-based, multisectoral approach is needed to guarantee women's access to healthcare, economic opportunities, food security, and freedom from violence and coercion.
This document discusses gender issues and development. It begins by defining key concepts like gender, sex, gender equality, and gender equity. It then discusses several gender and development issues such as life expectancy, population ratios, education, health, and employment. Specifically, it notes that women face disadvantages in these areas, such as higher illiteracy rates and school dropout rates compared to men. It also discusses three theories related to women's role in development: Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), and Gender and Development (GAD). WID focused on integrating women into development projects while WAD and GAD also aimed to challenge existing gender roles and relations.
This document outlines a proposal to ensure safety and empowerment of women in India. It begins by noting that while the Indian constitution guarantees equal rights to women, in practice women face discrimination and lack of social acceptance. It then discusses various issues women face such as high rates of crimes like rape, sexual harassment, and abuse. The document proposes several solutions like improving access to education for girls, combating violence against women, increasing women's political participation and property rights. It argues that empowering women is essential for development and outlines a framework with dimensions of capabilities, access to opportunities and security to measure progress on gender equality.
Sexual reproductive health rights and SDGsMartin Ayanore
Whats the implications of SDGs for sexual reproductive rights globally? Panelist at the University of Utrecht during a recent symposium talk about the just adopted SDGs for health
This is the abstract presentation of Dr Tey Nai Peng, which took place as part of Seventh session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 14th September 2020, on the theme of "Population ageing and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific".
CHAIR: Sono Aibe
PLENARY SPEAKERS
* Caitlin Littleton, Regional Programme Adviser, HelpAge International, Asia Pacific | "Sexual health of older people: an overview"
* Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Deputy Executive Director, ARROW | "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights -Older Women's Health and Well-Being in Asia and the Pacific Region at ICPD+25"
* Krishna Gautam, founder and Chair of Ageing Nepal | "Not Leaving Older Adults Behind in the process of achieving SDG-2030"
A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
* Dr Tey Nai Peng | Understanding the Sexual Behaviour of Older Men and Women in Malaysia
* Prof Xiaoming Sun | Unmet Needs on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Women Aged 50-64 in Rural China
For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual7
#SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #LGBT #genderequality #SDGs #ageing #elderly #olderpeople #IDOP2020 #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons
The girls have not vanished overnight. Decades of sex determination tests and female foeticide that has acquired genocide proportions are finally catching up with states in India.
This is only the tip of the demographic and social problems confronting India in the coming years. Skewed sex ratios have moved beyond the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. With news of increasing number of female foetuses being aborted from Orissa to Bangalore there is ample evidence to suggest that the next census will reveal a further fall in child sex ratios throughout the country.
The decline in child sex ratio in India is evident by comparing the census figures. In 1991, the figure was 947 girls to 1000 boys. Ten years later it had fallen to 927 girls for 1000 boys.
Since 1991, 80% of districts in India have recorded a declining sex ratio with the state of Punjab being the worst.
States like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have recorded a more than 50 point decline in the child sex ratio in this period.
Despite these horrific numbers, foetal sex determination and sex selective abortion by unethical medical professionals has today grown into a Rs. 1,000 crore industry (US$ 244 million). Social discrimination against women, already entrenched in Indian society, has been spurred on by technological developments that today allow mobile sex selection clinics to drive into almost any village or neighbourhood unchecked.
The PCPNDT Act 1994 (Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act) was modified in 2003 to target the medical profession - the ‘supply side’ of the practice of sex selection. However non implementation of the Act has been the biggest failing of the campaign against sex selection
According to the latest data available till May 2006, as many as 22 out of 35 states in India had not reported a single case of violation of the act since it came into force. Delhi reported the largest number of violations – 76 out of which 69 were cases of non registration of birth! Punjab had 67 cases and Gujarat 57 cases.
But the battle rages on.
APCRSHR10 Virtual plenary presentation by Sivananthi Thanenthiran of ARROWCNS www.citizen-news.org
This is the plenary presentation by Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of ARROW, which took place as part of 8th session of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) Virtual, on 28th September 2020, on the theme of "Safe abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific". 28 September is also observed as International Safe Abortion Day.
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* Dr Suchitra Dalvie, coordinator, Asia Safe Abortion Partnership (ASAP) | "Abortion and Reproductive Justice: The Unfinished Revolution"
* Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, ARROW | "Right to Safe Abortion: putting women at the centre of the discourse and practice"
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* Katherine Gambir | Is Self-Administered Medical Abortion as Effective as Provider-Administered Medical Abortion? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
* Aryanty Riznawaty Imma | Challenges in Recording Abortion Related Complications at Health Facilities in Setting Where Abortion is Highly Restricted
* Dr Yaghoob Foroutan | Abortion’s Patterns and Determinants in Iran: Attitudinal Dynamics
* Maria Persson | A Qualitative Study on Healthcare Providers’ Experiences of Providing Comprehensive Abortion Care in the Humanitarian Setting in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
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1) Female foeticide and sex selection has led to over 1 crore missing girls in India in the last 2 decades according to government data. The child sex ratio has declined significantly from 927 girls per 1000 boys in 2001 to 880 in 2005.
2) Factors driving this include son preference, easy access to technology like ultrasound machines, and involvement of medical professionals in sex determination. States with higher density of ultrasound machines see much lower child sex ratios.
3) The Indian Medical Association is committed to working proactively to reverse the declining child sex ratio. It aims to sensitize doctors, collaborate with authorities, and set up monitoring cells to curb violations of the Pre-Conception and Pre-N
A panel discussion on how to stop declining female sex ratioArchana Tandon
The document discusses a panel discussion on declining female sex ratio in India. It provides biographies of four panelists: Dr. Archana Tandon, Dr. Kusum Singhal, Dr. Charu Rawat Mittal, and Dr. Kusumlata Singhal. It outlines their educational qualifications and experience in obstetrics and gynecology. The panelists will discuss major causes of declining female sex ratio such as female feticide and infanticide. They will also contemplate why society does not want female children and how these problems can be addressed.
The document discusses the Department of Health and Families in the Northern Territory becoming a smoke-free workplace. It provides an overview of the history of women's and men's health policy in the region and how gender theories have influenced these policies. It also outlines some of the strengths and weaknesses of current programs and initiatives for women's and men's health, as well as opportunities and threats faced in improving health outcomes.
The document discusses gender issues affecting women's health in India. It defines gender and distinguishes it from sex. It then provides data on various measures of gender equality in India, including its rankings on the Human Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, Gender Equality Index, and Global Gender Gap Index. Key issues affecting women's health in India are identified as gender differences in education attainment, participation in public health, economic opportunities, and political participation. Literacy and education rates for women lag behind men, and cultural factors impact women's access to healthcare and education.
The document outlines strategies and solutions for ensuring women's safety and empowerment in India. It discusses how women face discrimination and violations of their rights despite constitutional protections. Crime statistics show high rates of crimes against women. The document proposes strengthening education for girls, increasing economic opportunities and political participation for women, combating violence, and guaranteeing health and property rights as key solutions. It outlines an operational framework with dimensions of capabilities, access to resources, and security to achieve gender equality. Significant funding and involvement of government, NGOs and international organizations would be required to implement the solutions on a large scale and measure their impact over time through monitoring gender indicators.
This document provides an overview of women's empowerment in India. It finds that while policies aim to empower women, there remains a significant gap between policy and practice. Women face numerous social, economic, and political barriers to empowerment, including patriarchal social structures, lack of access to education and healthcare, and high rates of violence. Rural women, lower-caste women, and women from poor urban slums face the greatest challenges to empowerment. Factors like education level, geographic location, caste, and class all impact the status and decision-making power of women in India.
It include history of women, principles of women empowerment, stages, six S, need of women empowerment, changes in women empowerment, acts in women empowerment, programmes for women, different projects, constraints of women empowerment, measurement of women empowerment, conclusion.
The document discusses various socio-cultural issues in India including women empowerment, workload of women, indicators of women empowerment, women and child abuse, elder abuse, female feticide, commercial sex workers, drug abuse, food adulteration, beggary, unemployment, and concepts of disease. It provides definitions and explanations of these issues and discusses related causes, consequences, laws, and agencies working to address the problems.
Adolescents aged 10-19 face significant health risks due to risky behaviors like early sexual activity. Nearly 35% of the global disease burden has its roots in adolescence. In Nepal, adolescents account for 24.19% of the population but lack awareness of sexual and reproductive health. Data shows many girls are married and become mothers during adolescence, and contraceptive use is low. Improving access to and use of contraception for adolescents is key to addressing these health issues.
MISSION
To
create an effect
ive
framework to enable
the process of developing policies,
programmes and practices which will ensure equal rig
hts and opportunities for women
in the family, community, workplace and in
governance.
4.
OBJECTIVES
i)
Creating a conducive soci
o- cultural, economic and political
environment to enable
women enjoy
de jure
and
de facto
fundamental rights and realize their
full potential.
ii)
Mainstreaming gender in all
-round development processes/programmes/projects/
actions
.
iii)
A holistic and life
-cycle approach to women’s health for appropriate, aff
ordable and
qual
ity health care.
iv)
Improving and incentivizing access of
women/ girls
to universal and quality education.
v)
Increasing and incentivising work force participation of women in the economy
.
vi)
Equal participation in the social, political and economic spheres includi
ng the
institutions of governance and decision making.
vii)
Transforming discriminatory societal attitudes,
mindsets with community
involvement
and engagement of men
and boys
.
viii)
Developing a gender sensitive legal
-judicial system.
ix)
Elimination of all forms of vio
lence against women through strengthening of policies,
legislations
, programmes,
institutions
and community engagement
.
x)
Development
and empowerment of women
belonging to the vulnerable and
marginalized
groups
.
xi)
Building and strengthening stakeholder partici
pation and partnerships for
women
empower
ment
.
xii)
Strengthen
monitoring,
evaluation, audit and data systems to bridge
gender
gaps.
Abortion in India by Medha Gandhi
National Consultation on ‘Expanding Access and Using the Law to Ensure Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights’ was held in December’ 2015. The consultation brought together experts, activists, lawyers, health workers and students from all corners in the country, in building the understanding on the issues and the emerging challenges.
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The presentation describes the situation of female foeticide in Indian society. Its causes ,effects and remedies are also described in this presentation.
MEDICAL AND HEALTH DAUGHTER ARE PRECIAOS DDRashid822909
This document provides an overview of efforts in Rajasthan, India to implement the PCPNDT Act, which prohibits sex-selective abortions. It discusses the declining child sex ratio in India and Rajasthan. It outlines campaigns launched by the Rajasthan government to promote the value of girls, including "Daughters are Precious". It describes monitoring of sonography machines, a mukhbir (informer) network for tipoffs, and decoy operations to catch illegal sex determination. Statistics on registered sonography centers, inspections, and legal actions taken are presented. The document emphasizes community mobilization, education programs, and legal deterrents that Rajasthan has employed to enforce the Act and improve survival
This document discusses several key topics related to medico-legal aspects in obstetrics and gynecology:
1. It summarizes the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT Act) which regulates and restricts the misuse of technologies like ultrasound for sex-selective abortion.
2. It discusses the issue of female feticide in India and the ethical debates around it.
3. It provides an overview of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 and its amendments, which were introduced to address the high rates of unsafe abortions in India and reduce associated mortality and morbidity.
The document discusses issues around access to female condoms in South Africa. It argues that lack of access to female condoms violates human rights and women's rights to make their own reproductive decisions. It notes that female condoms are currently distributed inequitably compared to male condoms in the national strategic plan, which is unacceptable. Finally, it calls for advocacy efforts to pressure the government to revise the national strategic plan to better address the needs and vulnerabilities of women by expanding access to female condoms.
The document summarizes key aspects of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT Act) of 1994 in India. [1] It aims to stop female feticide and regulate pre-natal sex determination. The Act prohibits clinics and doctors from conducting tests to determine sex without cause. It also bans advertising related to sex selection and selling ultrasound machines to unregistered entities. Violations are punishable as offenses. The Act seeks to curb misuse of technologies like ultrasound for sex-selective abortion and promote ethical practice of pre-natal diagnostics.
The PCPNDT Act prohibits sex selection techniques before and after conception to protect the girl child. It restricts clinics, medical personnel, and machines that can be used for prenatal sex determination. Only registered genetic clinics using qualified practitioners can perform prenatal diagnostic techniques. The act aims to maintain sex ratio and promote the birth of the girl child by banning practices that determine the sex of the fetus. Violations of the act are considered cognizable offenses with non-bailable imprisonment. The Central Supervisory Board provides oversight and the code of conduct outlines proper procedures for clinics.
A study in Zambia found that unsafe abortions cost the public health system $2.4 million per year and cost individuals more than safe abortions. Abortion trajectories are shaped by advice received, risk perceptions, delays in care, and economic costs. Young women were more likely to have unsafe abortions than older women. The study aimed to understand how socioeconomic factors influence abortion-seeking behavior and the costs of safe versus unsafe abortions in Zambia.
This document discusses addressing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV needs among key populations, specifically people who use drugs, in Kenya. It describes a project called "Shadows and Light" implemented by Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK) from 2012-2015, funded by IPPF and the German BACKUP Initiative, that aimed to strengthen SRH-HIV linkages for people who inject drugs. Key activities included training service providers, advocacy, and providing over 50,000 integrated SRH-HIV services to people who use drugs. Successes included higher retention of young people who use drugs in services, improved access to comprehensive care, and increased representation of people who use drugs in national HIV technical working groups. Ch
DAP PROGRAME DAUGHTERS ARE PRECIAN PROGRAM MECAILRashid822909
The document discusses the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT Act) in Rajasthan, India. It notes that the child sex ratio in Rajasthan has declined from 909 in 2001 to 888 in 2011. The state government has launched various initiatives like the "Daughters are Precious" campaign, decoy operations, and a Mukhbir network to curb female foeticide. Strict actions have been taken under the PCPNDT Act, including over 600 court convictions. New technologies like tracking devices on ultrasound machines and an online monitoring system called IMPACT are being used to enforce the law and save the girl child in Rajasthan
Berer gender and rights oriented health systems research cape town 2 oct 2014Lisa Hallgarten
Reproductive Health Matters publishes many papers on gender and rights-based issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights. These papers analyze topics like gender-based violence, unsafe abortion, adolescent pregnancy, and gender inequalities in health policies and programs. They also discuss sexual and reproductive rights and how to implement rights-based approaches in health services. While gender and rights are important analytical tools, actually creating change on these issues is very slow. Future research needs to test more effective strategies to reduce gender inequality and better respect sexual and reproductive rights in order to move beyond analysis into real activism and ground-level change.
Safe abortion services, effectiveness of legislation amongSwornim Bajracharya
This document discusses safe abortion services and the effectiveness of legislation to control teenage pregnancy in Nepal. It provides background on abortion definitions and legalization in Nepal. Unsafe abortion remains a major issue, with many women unaware that abortion is legal. While comprehensive abortion care services are being expanded, more awareness efforts are needed. Teenage pregnancy is also rising, but legislation has helped increase access to safe abortion services for teenagers. Overall, making abortion services more available and promoting sexual health education can further reduce unsafe abortions and teenage pregnancies.
Nepal has a high maternal mortality rate, over half of which is due to unsafe abortions. Abortion is illegal in all circumstances. Thousands of illegal abortions are performed each year. Research by CREHPA found high rates of abortion complications, lack of awareness about health risks, and inadequate facilities to treat complications. CREHPA launched a public education and advocacy program to increase awareness of health risks and discourage unsafe abortions through various media and by engaging with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Homelessness CDATlnnmhomeless
This document summarizes the sexual and reproductive health services provided at CDAT, a drug and alcohol treatment center. It finds high rates of STIs, unplanned pregnancies, and unmet contraceptive needs among CDAT patients. It establishes on-site sexual health clinics for both men and women to improve access and outcomes. The clinics provide STI testing and treatment, contraception including long-acting reversible contraceptives, cervical screening, and other services. Over time the clinics see increasing numbers of patients, provide various reproductive health services, and detect new cases of STIs and HIV. Contingency management is introduced to further encourage clinic attendance. The clinics aim to reduce health risks and improve outcomes for this high-risk population
This document discusses barriers faced by rape survivors seeking abortions in India based on case studies of 74 women and girls. Many survivors were denied abortions or faced significant delays. Common barriers included providers requiring consent from husbands, insisting on D&C procedures requiring hospitalization, delaying abortions for supposed "medical reasons", and misinterpreting the law by denying abortions for marital rape survivors. These denials and delays inflicted enormous harm, such as forced continuation of unwanted pregnancies, health complications, and loss of confidentiality leading to social pressures. The document argues that India must hold healthcare providers accountable for ensuring timely abortion access per domestic laws.
Female foeticide & commercial sex workers , CHNNehaNupur8
Abortion of female foetus after undergoing a sex determination test is known as female foeticide .
Dowry system ,preference for a male child, low status of women , etc are the few reasons for female foeticide. Consequences of which are skewed sex ratio, female trafficking, rape & women exploitation.
Laws have been enacted to stop female foeticide .
Commercial sex workers are females , males , trans genders who receive money or goods in exchange of sexual services .HIV infection is more prevalent in them due to indulging in such work. Measures are now been taken to improve their sexual health and self esteem.
This document summarizes research on sex-selective abortion in Rajasthan, India. The qualitative study found that respondents were aware of sex determination techniques and places providing those services. Strong son preference existed regarding family size and composition. Couples with two or more daughters or desiring a small family sometimes opted for sex-selective abortion. The community survey found awareness and use of sex-selective abortion as well, confirming its practice in the region.
Domestic violence is a major public health issue in South Africa, but screening practices by healthcare practitioners are often discretionary and inconsistent. This study examined domestic violence screening among 49 doctors and nurses in Cape Town, finding that over half only screen when abuse is already indicated. While most feel screening is their responsibility, many lack training and face barriers like time constraints. The study demonstrates a need for standardized screening protocols and training to help healthcare practitioners properly address this important issue.
The document discusses the declining female sex ratio in India and strategies to address it. It notes that the primary causes are female feticide and infanticide due to societal preferences for sons and the burden of dowry. The Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act was enacted to prevent sex-selective abortions but has had limited success due to lack of understanding of the root causes and negative societal attitudes. The document argues for reforms like empowering women socially and economically, ensuring their safety and inheritance rights to change preferences rather than just punitive legal measures.
This document describes an alternative approach to investigating maternal deaths in India called "social autopsies". Social autopsies complement traditional verbal autopsies by focusing on social determinants, health systems issues, and human rights perspectives rather than just medical causes of death. The Dead Women Talking initiative conducted 124 social autopsies across India over two years. Their findings showed that marginalized women facing multiple vulnerabilities were most at risk of maternal death. Social autopsies traced the complex health systems and social factors that led to each death. This rights-based approach has increased accountability and informed action at various levels of the health system and community. The experience demonstrates the need to broaden India's maternal death review process beyond the health system to
This document outlines some of the key aspects of feminist research in health, including defining a feminist perspective on health, how the author became involved in research, and key ethical considerations. A feminist perspective on health validates women's experiences, examines social determinants of health status, and aims to increase women's control over their lives. The author discusses her experience with participatory action research projects SARTHI and the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Key ethical issues in feminist health research include informed consent, autonomy, and balancing the needs of researchers and communities. Gendered research analyzes how social roles and power relations between men and women impact health.
This document discusses gender mainstreaming in India's national health programs from a historical perspective. It outlines how early women's health programs from the 1950s focused narrowly on women's reproductive roles and population control rather than women's overall health and rights. While the National Rural Health Mission and other current programs now acknowledge gender, implementation has been lacking. The document calls for strengthened implementation of gender-sensitive approaches across health programs to address issues like maternal health, malaria in pregnancy, and tuberculosis from a gender perspective. It emphasizes the important role that district collectors can play in convergence between departments, ensuring reporting and reviews of maternal deaths, community monitoring, and functioning of district health structures.
Rk state advisory meeting on 3rd october 2013 finalRenu Khanna
This document summarizes a meeting to enable communities to monitor maternal health care through the use of indicators and report on related deaths. The objectives are to equip communities with skills to monitor access and quality of care, identify pregnancy-related deaths, and examine underlying social and economic factors. An update is provided on monitoring activities conducted so far, including community discussions to develop tools and a report card on quality indicators. The report card was shared with communities and the health system. Problems identified include lack of services and information. Decisions were made to improve access and address gaps through increased community awareness and responsiveness of the health system.
This document discusses the limitations of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in achieving comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights. It summarizes that while the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) took a human rights-based approach, the MDGs adopted in 2000 focused only on narrow, target-oriented technical solutions like reducing maternal mortality. For India in particular, gains made after ICPD to expand reproductive health were reduced under the MDGs to only monitoring maternal mortality and skilled birth attendance. The document calls for a post-2015 agenda that places sexual and reproductive health and rights within the social determinants of health and emphasizes economic and social justice in service delivery.
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6. Women’s movement and women’s
health movement
• Concerns about alarmingly low sex ratio and
sex selection
– PNDT Act – 1994 amended to PCPNDT Act in 2002
• Concerns about unsafe abortions – 9 to 13%
of all maternal deaths
9. The PCPNDT Act regulates use of prenatal diagnostic
techniques (PDT) in the following ways:
• Lays down the regulatory framework within which PDTs can
be used (registration etc)
• Lays down qualification of personnel who can conduct PDTs
• Lays down the reporting framework for use of PDTs
• Lays down the conditions for conducting PDTs
• Says that PDTs cannot be used for the purposes of sex
determination
• Designates the implementing authority
• Prohibits any kind of publicity of use of PDTs for sex detection
purposes.
• Calls for proactive steps by clinics- Display of boards
10. What does this Act mean in
operational terms?
• No person conducting pre-natal diagnostic procedures shall
communicate to the pregnant woman concerned or her
relatives the sex of the foetus by words, signs or in any other
manner
• All clinics conducting ultrasound must be registered and only
doctors qualified under the Act can use diagnostic techniques
such as ultra sound.
• All clinics should display prominently ‘ disclosure of sex of the
foetus is prohibited under the law’ in English as well as local
language
11. Contd.
• Doctors or clinics advertising sex determination test
in any form are liable for punishment
• The amendment has brought the newly emerging
modern pre- conception sex selection techniques
used by infertility clinics along with ultrasound
machines under its regulatory purview.
• It has made it mandatory not only to register all
types of techniques but also maintain records of
every scan done
12. Critique of the PCPNDT Act
• Is there any way to ascertain that sex detection is not
carried out in facilities which follow all legal
requirements?
• Can the Act ever keep up advancement of
technology where tests will leave no evidence?
Currently IVFs are hubs of sex selection.
• Even though the law mandates reporting of cases,
conditions under which PDTs were conducted,
patient details (Form-F) etc, both clients and service
providers record reasons that fit within the legal
framework
13. Contd.
• Sex of the fetus is disclosed through non verbal
gestures and verbal codes …hard to establish that sex
of the fetus was disclosed.
• Often ultrasound test and abortion are done at two
different places……….making it difficult to establish a
link between the two.
• Proving that a particular abortion is sex selective is as
difficult as proving that USG test was conducted for
sex detection.
• In practice, it is impossible to identify sex detection
test. So the focus shifts to preventing abortion
following that.
Regulatory Frameworks are necessary……. but
not sufficient
14. MTP Act
An enabling act which addresses a public health
priority
Aims to improve the maternal heath scenario by
preventing large number of unsafe abortions and
consequent high incidence of maternal mortality &
morbidity
Legalizes abortion services
Promotes access to safe abortion services to women
De-criminalizes the abortion seeker
Offers protection to medical practitioners
15. Effects of PCPNDT Act
• PCPNDT Act makes the act of sex-selection
illegal. Silent on the issue of abortion.
• But, through the anti sex selection campaign,
right wing anti-abortion groups have suddenly
discovered a love for the girl child. The unsaid
message is that abortion itself is unethical and
immoral.
• The anti sex selection campaign has been
derailed by media sensationalism – language
of ‘female foeticide’, visuals conferring
‘personhood’ on foetus.
16. Reduced access to safe abortions
• Government health personnel in Maharashtra
interviewed for a 2009 study confirmed that
second trimester abortion services were not
provided in most public facilities (CEHAT
2010).
• In Tamil Nadu, official statistics show a 13%
decline during 2003-08 in the number of
MTPs provided in approved facilities (Govt. of
TN)
17. Perspective within CommonHealth
We agree that
• gender issues are important
• and gender discrimination exists
• our work is against gender discrimination, for
gender equality
• The rights based approach is non negotiable
• Sexual and reproductive rights are integral to the
fulfillment of Human Rights
18. • There are many complex issues -- such as,
individual rights and demographic goals, what
constitutes violation of rights, right to choose,
‘personhood’ -- require ongoing discussions,
involving macroethics (social obligations to
prevent societal discrimination of girls) and
microethics (individual’s ethics).
19. We
• do not believe in denying an abortion to a woman
who needs it and is eligible as per the law of the
country.
• do not accept sex selection as a valid indication
for an abortion by itself.
• do however understand that denying a woman
for fear of consequences, may lead to a denial of
safe abortion services.
20. We believe that….
• Denying safe abortion just by suspecting her of
having done a sex determination test, can also
lead to unsafe abortions
• We cannot close our eyes to sex selection and we
must put our efforts to stop misuse of technology
• Changes in the community mindset are crucial
since it is patriarchy and traditional practices
such as dowry etc which are responsible for
unwanted-ness of girls.
21. Perspective within CommonHealth
• The MTP Act follows the logic of public health
and personal & family necessity in creating
space for women to access safe abortion.
• The PCNDT Act follows the logic of preventing
gender-based discrimination
We need to keep the two separate and work on
both.
22. • Above all, we need to create common
ground between the discourse on women’s
right to safe abortion and the discourse on
prevention of sex selection.
23. • Position abortion and sex selection as women’s issues
• Gender equality and rights approach
• Strategic priorities for the Campaign
– Public messages on legal abortion and gender equality
– Clarification of the Acts
– Introduce MA for First Trimester in public health facilities
– Expand allies among development partners
Campaign for Gender Equality and
Safe Abortion- IPAS
24. Acknowledgements
This presentation draws from discussions at
1. Consultation to plan a National Campaign on Safe
Abortion, April 2008, YMCA Mumbai
2. Gender, Sex Selection and Safe Abortion: Creating
Common Ground, Short Course organized by
CommonHealth, St. Pius’ College Campus, Mumbai,
13-16 April, 2009
3. Round Table on Safe Abortion and Sex Selection,
ICPD+15 Review Process
4. CommonHealth General Members Meeting, March
22-23, 2013 Vadodara
Editor's Notes
Asked to speak about the conflict in the implementation area between the objectives as set under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP Act, 1971) and the elimination of sex selection and sex determination (Pre Conception-Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, (PC-PNDT) (1994)
Presentation draws upon the recent discussions and debates within the women’s and health movements around action around the declining sex ratio and PCPNDT Act and the right to safe abortion under the MTP Act.
Gender issues underlie both Sex selection and safe Abortion – Sex selection girls’ low status in society and son preference. Safe Abortion – lack of control over their own bodies, inability to say no to non consensual sex, inability to use safe and effective contraceptives, stigma around abortion leading to secrecy, lack of knowledge that abortion is legal
Discussed in the previous slide. Here the interaction between the FPP propaganda of the small family and the 2 child norm and its implications on sex selection are depicted.
the law makes the act of sex-selection illegal
while remaining silent on the legality of the abortion that may follow it. Thus, there is no ban on any abortion – sex-selection or otherwise - and eligibility for abortion is to be assessed according to the provisions of the MTP Act.