The world is not on track to deliver on SDG5 which promises gender equality by 2030 where no one is left behind. Whatever progress has happened towards this goal and the Beijing declaration of 1995 is threatened by the global anti-rights push that we are seeing today. The regressive Geneva Consensus Declaration, the Madrid commitment, and gag rule or Mexico City policy are only a few examples of this violent curtailment of rights and bodily autonomy of women and gender diverse peoples that we are seeing. It is necessary for our governments to act with urgency in order to protect bodily autonomy and ensure that gender inequity ends with us.
SHE & Rights (Sexual Health with Equity & Rights) is hosted by Global Center for Health Diplomacy and Inclusion (CeHDI), Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media), Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), and CNS.
Shobha Shukla - CNS (Citizen News Service)
(Shobha Shukla is the award-winning founding Managing Editor and Executive Director of CNS (Citizen News Service) and is a feminist, health and development justice advocate. She is a former senior Physics faculty of prestigious Loreto Convent College and current Coordinator of Asia Pacific Regional Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media) and Chairperson of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA - winner of 2024 AMR One Health Emerging Leaders and Outstanding Talents Award). She also coordinates SHE & Rights Media Initiative (Sexual health with equity and rights). Follow her on Twitter @shobha1shukla or read her writings here www.bit.ly/ShobhaShukla)
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