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Storytelling and behavior change

We would work for a period of one month Pro-Bono towards the Nairobi Summit to design the strategy to help get the right information that will bring about behavioral change.

To to raise awareness about the problem of prenatal selection by advocating the introduction of an explicit ban on gender-based and race-based abortion at the national and international level by year 2030.

The aim of the presented Commitment is to fully implement the ICPD PA, which states in par. 4.23 that governments are urged to take the necessary measures to prevent prenatal sex selection. The Ordo Iuris Institute commits to advocate both at international and national levels the introduction of an explicit ban on gender and race-based abortion in biding legal documents. We will provide an expert and data-based knowledge to international bodies, by actively taking part in periodic reporting...

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.

Mode of engagement:

• Policy and guidance

Advocacy for Voluntarily Consultancy and Test Centers

In order to enable people (specifically young people and key groups including sex workers and LGBTI+ people) to learn their HIV status in a peaceful and nondiscriminatory environment, we will hold 4 round table meetings with municipalities, Health Ministry as well as NGOs and 30 monitoring visits on VCTC within 2 years. It is aimed to increase the number of VCTCs in Türkiye through advocacy and awareness raising on SRSR.

RCOG works to improve women's health care across the world

1. Increase the number of abortion providers by advocating for and providing comprehensive abortion care training.
2. Promoting best practice in women’s sexual and reproductive health care, globally.
3. Reducing maternal mortality and morbidity by providing comprehensive training for healthcare providers in obstetrics and gynaecology, e.g. PPH and improving the quality of care at the second stage of labour
4. Expanding our membership especially in regions with high unmet...

(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.

Mode of engagement:

• Programmatic action

Malawi commits to ensuring all humanitarian responses incorporate sexual and reproductive health and rights.

The Government of Malawi commits to incorporate sexual and reproductive health and rights in 100% of implementation of humanitarian responses, contingency and recovery plans.

Improved efficiency and quality of programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting

3. The government of the Republic of South Sudan commits to the overall goal of zero unmet need for family planning information, education and services and the availability of modern contraceptives. To achieve this, the government will ensure:
a) Achievement of 10% Contraceptive Prevalence Rate for modern methods (mCPR) by 2020; and 30-40% by 2030
b) By 2021, all the Health Facilities including Hospitals (County, State. and National), PHCCs, PHCUs provide Family Planning...

(2) Zero unmet need for family planning information and services, and universal availability of quality, affordable and safe modern contraceptives.

Mode of engagement:

• Programmatic action

Youth engagement, participation and empowerment for a strong & healthy generation

In order to protect and promote the rights of young people in Albania, as well as to finance youth activities, we have designed and will start implementation of the Youth Law from the beginning of 2020. The Ministry is drafting the new Education Strategy, based on the findings of the assessment of the current strategy for 2014 - 2021, as well as the analysis of the situation of the CDO-4 (Quality Education) in Albania. We commit to extend Comprehensive Sexuality Education to the pre-...

(11) Committing to the notion that nothing about young people’s health and well-being can be discussed and decided upon without their meaningful involvement and participation (“nothing about us, without us”).

Modes of engagement:

• Budgetary and financial
• Change or creation of legislation
• Policy and guidance
• Programmatic action

Malawi commits to achieve 100% of the service points delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights services are youth friendly.

In 2014, 13% of young people accessed youth friendly sexual and reproductive health services.This will be increased to 100% by 2030. Youth friendly sexual and reproductive health services and rights including HIV and AIDS will be scaled up from pilot districts to providing leadership training and comprehensive age appropriate sexuality education and contraceptives counselling.

By year 2030, to reduce the number of abortions globally, as the ICPD PA urges all governments and non-governmental organizations to reduce the recourse to abortion in par. 8.25.

Firstly, we want to clearly state, that we do not agree on the language proposed by Organizers of the Summit, especially on:- the term “sexual and reproductive health and rights”, which was never accepted by the International Community. As the ICPD PA, as well as SDGs, clearly state there is no separate category of sexual rights. We only accept the term “sexual and reproductive health and sexual rights”. - using the term of “safe abortion” to promote abortion and to exert pressure on member...

(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.

Mode of engagement:

• Policy and guidance

Trainings for Health Practitioners

In order to enable young people and key groups, including sex workers and LGBTI+ people, to reach/benefit nondiscriminatory health services, we will train 200 health practitioners from various fields in 10 cities within 2 years on correct approaches and SRHR.