Recently added articles from Arrows For Change:
Providing safe, clandestine abortion services in Pakistan.(SPOTLIGHT)
Dec 01, 2006; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Editor's Note: Names of organisations operating clinics and locations have been withheld upon their request. Harsh realities. In countries like Pakistan where the procedure is restricted and accessing safe services is problematic, the decision ...
Young and vulnerable: the reality of unsafe abortion among adolescent and young women.(EDITORIAL)
Dec 01, 2006; ... The Asia-Pacific is home to over a billion people between the ages of 10-24 but data on the incidence of induced abortion among this group are sparse, unrepresentative and incomplete, especially with respect to unmarried women. Estimates in Asia using national/subnational data range from ...
Demystifying abortion for young women in the Philippines.(SPOTLIGHT)
Dec 01, 2006; ... In the Philippines, punitive laws and puritanical views make access to safe abortion services very difficult for adult women. (1) This difficulty is even greater for young women, most of whom are financially dependent on their parents or not accorded adult privileges even when contributing ...
International.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Ipas, an international reproductive rights organisation based in the United States, organised 50 organisations worldwide (including ARROW, the Network of Asia-Pacific Youth and Sisters in Islam) to sign a letter expressing support for Amnesty International's (AI) adoption of a policy on ...
Malaysia.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Dec 01, 2006 ... Unwanted pregnancies and women's reproductive choices and rights, including access to contraception and safe abortion services, were the key issues taken up in the Kehamilan yang tidak diingini: Pilihan wanita dan hak-hak reproduktif ke atas kontrasepsi dan pengguguran session at the ...