Thursday, March 31, 2016

Final wording at CSW on Health

Many thanks to all who prayer for us last week , the document was not so good , but could have been much worse.


Final wording of the health paragraph.

  ensure the promotion and protection of the human rights of all women and their sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive rights in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the  outcome  documents  of  their  review  conferences,  including  through  the  development  and enforcement of policies and legal frameworks and the strengthening of health systems that make universally accessible and available quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive health-care services,  commodities,  information  and  education,  including,  inter  alia,  safe  and  effective methods  of  modern  contraception,  emergency  contraception,  prevention  programmes  for adolescent  pregnancy,  maternal  health  care  such  as  skilled  birth  attendance  and  emergency obstetric  care  which  will  reduce  obstetric  fistula  and  other  complications  of  pregnancy  and delivery,  safe  abortion  where  such  services  are  permitted  by  national  law,  and  prevention  and treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and reproductive cancers, recognizing that human rights include the right to have control over and decide freely and  responsibly  on  matters  related  to  their  sexuality,  in  accordance  with  national  laws  and context,  including  sexual  and  reproductive  health,  free  from  coercion,  discrimination  and violence;

 
Comment on Health para:

Bad
 1. Too much mention of rights , wrongs should never become rights.

2. New term – comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services.

3. Mentions of Cairo and Beijing conference was to programme of action , should have been to the Report , as this includes reservations

4. In a roundabout way promotes comprehensive sexuality education , lessons in sexual immorality and depravity.
 

Good.
1.     Rights  referenced to Cairo with protective wording on abortion – national law and not a right.

2.     No mention of Sexual & reproductive health & rights

3.     Mention of obstetric fistula , etc.

 

 

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