Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In November 2024, Equality Now, alongside its partners - The Asia Network to End FGM/C, The Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA), The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Wreetu, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific, UN Women Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific, and FP 2030 Asia and the Pacific, hosted a vital side event during the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review.
This event focused on advancing key recommendations to end Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM) and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) across Asia and the Pacific. The discussion highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) policies to address these harmful practices, deeply rooted in gender inequality.
Key Focus Areas:
Strengthening laws and policies to end CEFM and FGM/C
Addressing the medicalization of FGM/C and gaps in prevalence data
Community-led advocacy and accountability mechanisms
Watch this important discussion to learn how regional recommendations can shape transformative actions for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific.
#Beijing30 #SRHR #EndFGM #EndChildMarriage #GenderEquality #AsiaPacific #EqualityNow #HumanRights #FeministVoices #PolicyChange
In November 2024, Equality Now, alongside its partners - The Asia Network to End FGM/C, The Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA), The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Wreetu, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific, UN Women Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific, and FP 2030 Asia and the Pacific, hosted a vital side event during the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review.
This event focused on advancing key recommendations to end Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM) and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) across Asia and the Pacific. The discussion highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) policies to address these harmful practices, deeply rooted in gender inequality.
Key Focus Areas:
Strengthening laws and policies to end CEFM and FGM/C
Addressing the medicalization of FGM/C and gaps in prevalence data
Community-led advocacy and accountability mechanisms
Watch this important discussion to learn how regional recommendations can shape transformative actions for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific.
#Beijing30 #SRHR #EndFGM #EndChildMarriage #GenderEquality #AsiaPacific #EqualityNow #HumanRights #FeministVoices #PolicyChange
