4. To document the barriers and problems experienced by service providers, both
state and non-state, in providing reproductive health services, particularly to
those most vulnerable and marginalized;
5. To provide an analysis and to report on women’s access to reproductive health in
the light of the State’s obligations under CEDAW and the provisions of the MCW
and the RH Law;
6. To relate women’s right to reproductive health to other rights under CEDAW and
to highlight the intersectionality of women’s discrimination through the accounts
provided by the written submissions, the fact finding, and the public hearings;
7. To provide concrete recommendations to the State and the concerned agencies to
address individual and systemic/structural barriers to women’s access to
reproductive health services;
Strategies and Methodology
In order to ensure an inclusive and participatory approach in the preparation of the
Commission’s report to the CEDAW Committee on the implementation of CEDAW and
other laws on women, and in order to gather grounded experiences of women and RH
advocates, the Commission, with technical and financial assistance from the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and in coordination with Likhaan Center for Womens
Health and other CSOs focusing on RH will be conducting a National Inquiry on
Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights from 1 March to 15 May 2016.
The National Inquiry will consist of three interrelated parts:
1. Launch of the National Inquiry on 1 March 2015 at the Commission on Human
Rights and the official call for submissions from individuals and/or organizations
documenting their experiences with respect to denial of/discrimination and
barriers in accessing reproductive health services. This may be in the form of acts
or omissions resulting to denial and/or discrimination in accessing reproductive
health services and information. These may be policies, practices which deny,
hinder of prevent access to reproductive health, single and isolated incidents or
systemic acts of violations and discrimination.
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