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The human rights of women include their right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. Equal relationships between women and men in matters of sexual relations and reproduction, including full respect for the integrity of the person, require mutual respect, consent and shared responsibility for sexual behaviour and its consequences.

Platform for Action of Fourth World Conference on Women,
Beijing, 1995

ASTRA at AWID Conference 14-17 Nov 2008, Cape Town

Here you can find a link to the first part of the presentation on reproductive rights in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia. It addresses the right to abortion, sexuality education and contraception by Wanda Nowicka at AWID Forum.

Second part of Wanda Nowicka presentation is available here.

Presentation about "Building SRHR movement in CEE as a response to the rise of religious fundamentalisms" by Wanda Nowicka.

In the Photo Gallery you can see photos from the Conference.

Oral statement during plenary on the Contexts of Our Organizing by Wanda Nowicka can be heard at www.awid.org.

AWID presentation of Nadiya Bedrychuk from Ukraine.

AWID presentation of Sanja Cesar from Croatia.

AWID speech of Irene Pavlenishvili from Georgia.

Empowerment of WLWHA in Eastern and Central Europe

Here you can find a link to the video recording of the Women Arise! session ”How to Guarantee Women's and Girls' Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the HIV/AIDS Response?”

Here you can find a link to ASTRA Network's statement regarding women and girls living with HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern Europe

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MAKE NOISE FOR FREE CHOICE! :: 2009-08-25 15:17

Do you want to put pressure on the European power holders? Help collect one million signatures for the right to free abortion. Sign the petition Make Noise For Free Choice!

ASTRA Network welcomes the appointment of the chair of the European Parliament Committee on Women's Rights! :: 2009-07-21 11:43

Eva-Britt Svensson, a Swedish feminist from the Left group (GUE/NGL) has been appointed chair of the European Parliament's committee on women's rights. "This is a strategic post where we can finally have a role in defining the agenda and working towards stronger commitments for gender equality at EU level". Some of the issues that Eva- Britt Svensson has already highlighted and that she will be working towards are the appointment of an EU Commissioner responsible for gender equality, the development of a new EU action plan on gender equality aimed at achieving the objectives set out in the UN Beijing Platform for Action developed to improve the lives of women across the world, EU policies to combat violence against women, and protecting women's sexual and reproductive rights. Svensson also highlights that the agenda on gender equality is not a separate one, it is a central element of any sustainable solution to some of the most important problems we are facing and to respond to the concerns raised by citizens across Europe "We are confronted with lots of challenges, and our feminist perspectives will be important in finding and defining the political answers to the economic and financial crisis, to the climate crisis, and to build a more social Europe".

ASTRA Network releases new report! :: 2009-06-26 11:49

ASTRA Network releases new report - Legal commitments to gender equality and SRHR issues in Albania, Macedonia, Georgia, Poland and Ukraine. The report was prepared by the ASTRA Network Secretariat under the auspices of Project Resource Mobilization and Awareness (RMA), a partnership between Population Action International (PAI), the German Foundation for World Population (DSW) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

Resolution on ‘Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights’. Governments commit to promoting women and girls health and rights. :: 2009-06-18 09:01

THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RECOGNISES MATERNAL MORTALITY AS A PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERN Governments commit to promoting women and girls health and rights On the 17th of June, the Human Rights Council at its eleventh regular session adopted a landmark resolution on ‘Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights’. In this resolution, governments express grave concern for the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, acknowledge that this is a human rights issue and commit to enhance their efforts at the national and international level to protect the lives of women and girls worldwide. ¬¬Over 70 UN member states co-sponsored this resolution, led by Colombia and New Zealand.

DG SANCO's consultation :: 2009-04-01 13:23

ASTRA was invited to join DG SANCO's consultation on how the European Union can contribute to reducing health inequalities both within and between Member States.

Maternal Mortality addressed at the Human Rights Council :: 2009-03-20 11:22

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is now having its 10th session in Geneva (from March 2nd to March 27th, 2009)...

53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) :: 2009-03-20 09:54

From March 2nd to March 13th, the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place in United Nations headquarters in New York. Its main theme was “the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care giving in the context of HIV/AIDS”.

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