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ARROW Guide: Sexual
& Reproductive Health & Rights Indicators for Advocates
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ARROW Publication:
The Asian-Pacific Resource and
Research Centre for Women (ARROW) is pleased to share with you her latest
publication, "An Advocate's Guide: Strategic Indicators for Universal
Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights".
Developed by TK Sundari Ravindran in collaboration with ARROW and her partners,
this guide is a direct outcome of the Strategic SRHR Indicators workshop held
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 21-22 August 2013 for the project
"Strengthening the Networking, Knowledge Management and Advocacy
Capacities of an Asia-Pacific Network for SRHR" supported by the European
Union.
One of the major objectives of the project is to develop a comprehensive
monitoring framework of indicators for measuring government performance to
fulfill their international commitments, particularly to the ICPD and the MDGs,
both in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.
It is a timely objective to aim at given that the international development
community, as well as national governments and civil society organizations, are
reviewing the ICPD goals and MDGs.
Building on past experiences in monitoring the progress of ICPD+15/20, ARROW
and her partners identified the core set of indicators that are internationally
cross-comparable and measurable. The indicators were selected on the basis of
their usefulness in promoting human rights, and in pushing for accountability
of governments and the international development community.
This guide was prepared to enable advocates to use data when advocating for
universal access to SRHR at the national, regional and global levels. The
combination of both quantitative and qualitative indicators presented here
enables NGOs to present an improved analysis of the situation on the ground to
influence and guide policy- and decision-makers. It will also help SRHR
advocates to better understand the process of concrete evidence generation on
universal access to SRHR.
