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Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation and all sorts of Human Rights Violation of Girls and Women.

FGM is widely perceived as a way of controlling female sexuality. Sexual desire in girls and women is viewed as something that needs protection and it is perceived to be a family’s duty to circumcise their daughters to provide this protection . It is also perceived as a way to cleanse a girl from impure thoughts and desires and it enhances woman’s complexion and makes her more devout. Female circumcision seeks to protect a woman’s virginity before marriage by reducing her enjoyment of...

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.

Modes of engagement:

• Change or creation of legislation
• Policy and guidance
• Programmatic action

We commit to advocate for increasing meaningful youth representation to participate at all levels of decision-making processes by 2025.

The youth in the Philippines are always set aside when it comes to decision-making process. After a long year of silence, this patriotic and active youth leaders must be given chance to show their capability as being remarkable to be future leaders of the country.
This future leaders must be recognize by the Philipine government to participate in all decision-making processes that is happening in and out of the country. Their voices must be heard to acknowledge their rights and...

(11) Committing to the notion that nothing about young people’s health and well-being can be discussed and decided upon without their meaningful involvement and participation (“nothing about us, without us”).

Mode of engagement:

• Change or creation of legislation

SRHR Advocacy for Local Governments

To advocate for 250 local government all over the country to raise awareness on SRHR of their population from the prevention of gender based violence to the access to sexual health information and counseling for children and youth and to ensure %50 of them improve their role, responsibilities and services by incorporating their priority issues into their strategic plans by 2030.

Japan commits to accelerate the momentum to achieve Universal Health Coverage, so that each actor will reaffirm the goal of addressing the “Unfinished Business” of the ICPD Programme of Action

In 25 years after the ICPD, we have made impressive strides; however, there are still much to be done, as the title of the 2019 State of World Population Report, “Unfinished Business”, suggests.

In particular, we need to make utmost efforts to ensure that people in vulnerable situations or humanitarian contexts, especially women and girls, to have access to necessary services, giving special attention to SRH. This must be done under the concept of human security in order to ensure...

(1)  Intensify our efforts for the full, effective and accelerated implementation and funding of the ICPD Programme of Action, Key Actions for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action of the ICPD, the outcomes of its reviews, and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

Achievement of a youth-led accountability mechanism in support of the fulfillment of ICPD

Restless Development, on behalf of the Youth Collective of Gender Equality, commits to the development of a youth-led and youth-initiated accountability mechanism for the follow up and review of the ICPD commitments.

Commitment to giving a voice to the forgotten and the shunned populace

As Lesbian Bisexual Queer Rights Swaziland we believe in equal human rights for all and are dedicated to the eradication of Gender Based Violence, the realization of freedom of expression and dignity for LBQ people in our country and we commit to providing platforms where LBQ women are given a voice to share their plight of homophobia, stigma and discrimination and forced marriages and rape as a corrective means . There needs to be a solid movement building strategy in place that is...

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.

Mode of engagement:

• Programmatic action

SRHR for All: JOICFP Advancing SRHR Movement in Japan and Abroad

As a national NGO with a 50-year dedication to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights, JOICFP (Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning) commits to intensifying efforts to realize the ICPD
Program of Action by; focusing to reach underserved and hard-to-reach populations in Africa and Asia, capacity building of service providers through trainings and workshops, mobilizing the youth to be peer activists, and raising awareness of gender...

(1)  Intensify our efforts for the full, effective and accelerated implementation and funding of the ICPD Programme of Action, Key Actions for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action of the ICPD, the outcomes of its reviews, and Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

Modes of engagement:

• Policy and guidance
• Programmatic action

Achieving Universal Health Coverage and offering quality health care

We commit to:
1. Expand the primary healthcare system by absorbing over 50 000 community health workers into the public health system.
2. Expedite the expansion of the Ideal Clinic Programme during the 2019-2021 MTEF period.
3. Improve the quality of primary healthcare services through expansion of the Ideal Clinic Programme, over the 2019-2021 MTEF period.
4. Have 90% of South Africans covered by NHI by 2030.

Spatial development guidance to enable economic growth and spatial transformation

We commit to:
1. Establish funding support mechanisms towards improved quality and quantum of investment and job creation that also contributes to spatial transformation and spatial justice objectives, informed by regional dynamics.
2. Develop National Spatial Development Framework Implementation charter.
3. Develop detailed implementation plans for each of the NSDF priority action areas
4. Foundational work to enable shared spatial evidence and accountability...

(9) Building peaceful, just and inclusive societies, where no one is left behind, where all, irrespective of race, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, language, ethnic origin, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, feel valued and are able to shape their own destiny and contribute to the prosperity of their societies.

Improving access to SRH information and services for adolescents

The Institute for Family Health / King Hussein Foundation will commit to create 10 youth friendly centers that will provide access to SRH information and services including GBV services for 10000 adolescents on an annual basis to contribute to reducing child marriage.