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ASTRA at Women Deliver: European and Central Asian Caucus

ASTRA will participate in a European and Central Asia side event during the Women Deliver conference. Martyna Zimniewska, ASTRA Youth Coordinator, will speak on behalf of ASTRA about women’s status and SRHR in Central and Eastern Europe at a European and Central Asian Caucus organized by International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF EN) in […]

Women Deliver conference in Malaysia

ASTRA and ASTRA Youth will join 5,000 global health and development experts at the 3rd Women Deliver global conference, which takes place on 28-30 May in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Marina Latifova from Azerbaijan, Tetiana Slobodian from Ukraine, Aysel Askerova from Azerbaijan and Martyna Zimniewska, ASTRA Youth Coordinator from Poland, will represent the regional voice among […]

Joint Human Rights Caucus Statement at the CPD

Statement delivered at the 46th Session of the Commission on Population and Development on behalf of the Human Rights Caucus, which is a group of 36 organizations working on sexual and reproductive health, human rights, and migrants’ rights. ASTRA Network endorsed this statement, it is available online.

May issue of ASTRA Bulletin

Latest issue of ASTRA monthly bulletin in now out! Read about the double standards of the EU regarding SRHR issues, worrying anti-choice moves in the region, Putin tightening the screws for Russian civil society and the latest in ICPD and post-2015 processes and much, much more!

Summary of the 46th UN CPD

The Resolution of the 46th Session of the Commission on Population and Development recognized the centrality of meeting the needs of women and young people through migration policies and programs that respect and protect human rights. In recent years, demographic patterns have shifted dramatically. Today, more women are migrating than ever before, representing nearly half […]

High Level Task Force for ICPD Beyond 2014: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All

The High-Level Task Force For ICPD Released Policy Recommendations for ICPD Beyond 2014: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All “While we are encouraged by the achievements of ICPD implementation, the challenge is that too many people around the world are still denied their sexual and reproductive health and rights. These fundamental freedoms and […]

P. and S. v. Poland – landmark ECHR decision

In 2012, the European Court of Human Rights issued P. and S. v. Poland, a landmark decision that slams Poland’s flawed abortion policies and sets groundbreaking standards for the rights of adolescents to reproductive health services. The judgment sheds light on the country’s reproductive health policies and calls for urgent reform. Poland has one of […]

46th CPD impressions

This week the 46th session of UN Commission on Population and Development is taking place in New York with the theme “New trends in migration: demographic aspects”. The topic of migration has waited for six years to be addressed by this political entity and comes at the right time even though governments are not very […]

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