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. 26

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