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ACTION COALITION
We can make 2021 a landmark year Join us on
for gender equality. But only if we all social and
SPREAD THE
CALL.
ACTION COALITION ON BODILY AUTONOMY AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS
VISION
Women and girls in all their SRHR information, education and Working across Action Coalitions,
diversity are empowered services are freely available, with multiple stakeholders and at
to exercise their sexual and accessible, acceptable and of high- all levels, we transform gender
reproductive health and quality. Girls, women’s and feminist and social norms, promote
rights (SRHR) and make organizations and networks and their gender equality applying an
autonomous decisions allies are strengthened to advance intersectional, intercultural,
about their bodies free SRHR. More governments promote, human rights-based approach
from coercion, violence, protect and invest in SRHR, including as and improve SRHR outcomes,
and discrimination. part of Universal Health Coverage. leaving no one behind.
WHAT
MMR in fragile and conflict states Poverty and births to adolescents
NEEDS TO
CHANGE?
Worldwide, 45% of girls
and women aged 15-49
who are married or in
• 60% of maternal deaths happen in • Adolescents in the lowest wealth quintile
unions cannot make their countries affected by humanitarian crisis or are 3.7 times more likely to give birth
own decisions about sexual fragile condition. before the age of 18 than those in the
and reproductive health highest wealth quintile
and rights by deciding • The estimated MMR in these settings is
417 deaths per 100,000 live births - 1.9x UN Women. 2020. Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020:
about healthcare, higher than the global MMR estimate
Families in a changing world. New York: UN Women: pg. 58.
contraception and their
UNFPA. 2015. Maternal mortality in humanitarian crises and in
own sexual practices i.e. fragile settings.
saying no to sex. https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-
pdf/MMR_in_humanitarian_settings-final4_0.pdf
EXPAND
COMPREHENSIVE
SEXUALITY
EDUCATION
ACTION
Increase delivery of comprehensive
sexuality education in and out of school
reaching 50 million more children,
adolescents, and youth by 2026.
TACTICS
Service Norms
Delivery
Laws & Education/
Policies Capacity
Building
INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY,
ACCESSIBILITY,
ACCEPTABILITY AND QUALITY
OF COMPREHENSIVE
ABORTION AND
CONTRACEPTION SERVICES
ACTION
Within a comprehensive SRHR framework,
increase the quality of and access to
contraceptive services for 50 million more
adolescent girls and women; support removal
of restrictive policies and legal barriers,
ensuring 50 million more adolescent girls and
women live in jurisdictions where they can
access safe and legal abortion by 2026.
TACTICS Service Laws &
Norms Financing
Data &
Delivery Policies Accountability
INCREASE SRHR
DECISION-MAKING &
BODILY AUTONOMY
ACTION
Through gender norms change and
increasing knowledge of rights,
empower 260 million more girls,
adolescents and women in all of their
diversity to make autonomous
decisions about their bodies, sexuality
and reproduction by 2026; enact legal
and policy change to protect and
promote bodily autonomy and SRHR in
at least 20 countries by 2026.
TACTICS
Laws &
Norms
Policies
STRENGTHEN GIRLS’, WOMEN’S
AND FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS
AND NETWORKS TO PROMOTE
AND PROTECT BODILY
AUTONOMY AND SRHR
ACTION
Increase accountability to, participation of and
support for autonomous feminist and women’s
organizations (including girl-led and
Indigenous organizations), women human
rights defenders and peacebuilders, networks
and movements working to promote and
protect bodily autonomy and SRHR.
TACTICS
Financing Accountability &
Participation
HOW TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTION COALITIONS?
BECOME A COMMITMENT-MAKER!
COMMITMENT WHO CAN BECOME A COMMITMENT WHAT'S EXPECTED OF A
MAKERS WILL: MAKER? EVERYONE! COMMITMENT MAKER?
Make bold and Women’s and feminist MAKE A COMMITMENT!
transformative commitments organizations,
to one or several Action Financial Advocacy
movements, and civil
Coalitions commitments commitments
society actors
(Global South
Play a catalytic role in and North) Policy Programmatic
supporting the commitments commitments
Governments
implementation and (Global South UN agencies and other
monitoring of Actions and North) international or regional
organizations COMMITMENTS SHOULD BE:
Mobilize other stakeholders Private sector entities and
around the Action Coalition philanthropic organizations Other institutions GAME-CHANGING MEASURABLE
theme and Blueprint (Media and local
governments, etc.)
and ideally designed
Youth-led organizations WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
Commitments should reflect the
principles of the Action Coalitions:
Intersectional, feminist leadership and
transformation
THANK YOU
We can make 2021 a landmark year for
gender equality. Join us on social and
spread the call.
#GenerationEquality | #ActForEqual
#ForoGeneraciónIgualdad | #ActuemosPorLaIgualdad
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