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Year: 2021
Supported by: ARROW, UNFPA
Major Component: Advocacy, Generation Equality, GEF
The Generation Equality Forum (GEF) is a global gathering to accelerate equality, leadership, and opportunity for women and girls worldwide, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France. The forum was an opportunity to demonstrate complementarity between the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Beijing agenda, which in turn contributes to achieving sustainable development goals. The Youth for Generation Equality campaign under GEF phase I focused on the theme of “Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” and “Gender Based Violence” with the aim to strengthen the movement.
The event brought the key stakeholders and young people to a virtual forum to discuss the status of SDGs in Nepal, pointing out the progress and its challenges. Around 60 participants, consisting of youth activists, CSOs, experts, and government officials joined the discussion forum through the platform of Zoom.
Marking Global Goals week, a week-long event for action, awareness, and accountability for Sustainable Development Goals, Visible Impact organized a social media quiz contest where questions related to SDGs were asked to the audience.
A meeting with the Right Here Right Now (RHRN) network was organized with the aim of introducing the network members to the Youth4GenerationEquality campaign as well as seeking their input for the draft commitments on Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Family Planning, and Safe Abortion. Participants representing all three organizations of the RHRN network, i.e., Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC), Blue Diamond Society (BDS), and YUWA, were present and the overall discussion has been very helpful in shaping the commitments and further polishing it. The consultation also mapped out relevant government authorities for the upcoming write shop as well as the overall commitment-making process.
The RHRWG experts were invited to seek their insights and inputs for our draft commitments on safe abortion on 15th November 2021. The meeting was participated by the representatives of the leading organizations on abortion like Forum for Women, Law, and Development (FWLD), Population Services International (PSI), Marie Stopes Nepal, etc., who provided guidance and insights towards our draft commitment as well as the next steps forward.
This activity is the follow-up to the efforts made in the previous cycle of this campaign. This activity is the final step in the commitment generation process for FWD/MoHP. Several rounds of meetings were held with FWD for the finalization of the commitments on Family Planning and Safe Abortion in Nepal.
The commitment of the Family Welfare Division to this auspicious platform reflects a high-level address to not only the action coalition but to the cause of Bodily Autonomy and SRHR as a whole. These total of five commitments will further aid in shaping and ensuring desired achievements targeted by several legislations in Nepal that speak for SRHR.
In a larger picture, commitment to Safe Abortion also sends a positive message to the world about embracing more liberal provisions.
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