Ensuring the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights under a sustainable development goal on health in the post-2015 human rights framework for development

Sexual and reproductive health and rights post 2015—challenges and opportunities

“…Interventions to achieve these goals had the potential to also reinforce commitments that were made through the Convention to Eliminate all forms of Discrimination Against Women (Section V in ref. ) and the Beijing Platform of Action with a positive impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights . Achievements in these gender‐related MDGs would effectively provide concrete proxy indicators of improvements in upholding the social values espoused in the Millennium Declaration …”

“…In a post 2015 shift in focus from poverty to sustainability, the foundation on which we expect the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights to be sustained needs to be strengthened by ensuring that the values they embody are upheld. Opportunities exist through the various grass roots, civil society and other social movements that have evolved out of the necessity to address ongoing injustice . With the development of new sustainable development targets, there is a need to build the capacity of grass roots organisations that work directly on rights‐based and social justice programmes to compile and present the evidence that demonstrates the success of interventions.…”

“…There have also been concerted efforts to prioritise the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights in sustainable development goal setting . Early discussions highlight a revisit of sustainable population level debates from three decades ago on the one hand, and the desire to ensure population growth to maintain economic development on the other .…”

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in the evolving post-2015 agenda: perspectives from key players from multilateral and related agencies in 2013

“…Despite this positive framing within both post-2015 processes, sexual and reproductive health and rights commentators insist that advocates remain vigilant right through to the end of the Member-State negotiated post-2015 document. 1,4,5 While it was thought that the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Beyond 2014 was occurring at a fortuitous time, and would fuel momentum for integrating sexual and reproductive health and rights into the post-2015 paradigm, 6 it has in fact triggered serious conservative opposition. This raises questions as to how ICPD Beyond 2014 outcomes will be fed into the post-2015 process.…”

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in the sustainable development goals and the post-2015 development agenda: less than a year to go

“…This paper is a follow-up to the assessment I published a year ago in RHM as regards the state of the negotiations on both the post-2015 development agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), as they could underpin future action on sexual and reproductive health and rights for the next 15 years. 2 …”