การประชุมออนไลน์ครั้งที่ 2 เรื่อง วันประชากรโลก: การเร่งสิทธิและให้ทางเลือกสำหรับทุกคน หลังสถานการณ์ COVID ในเอเชียแปซิฟิก

การประชุมออนไลน์ครั้งที่สอง ของการประชุมเอเชียแปซิฟิกครั้งที่ 10 โดยครั้งนี้เป็นเหตุการณ์พิเศษ เนื่องในวันประชากรโลก โดยมีหัวข้อเรื่อง วันประชากรโลก: การเร่งสิทธิและให้ทางเลือกสำหรับทุกคน หลังสถานการณ์ COVID ในเอเชียแปซิฟิก

[podcast] #APCRSHR10: การประชุมออนไลน์ครั้งที่ 2 เรื่อง วันประชากรโลก: การเร่งสิทธิและให้ทางเลือกสำหรับทุกคน หลังสถานการณ์ COVID ในเอเชียแปซิฟิก


This Podcast in Thai language is produced by Warunee Kuthithamee who is among #APCRSHR10 Media Fellows 2020, shared highlight of the second session of #APCRSHR10 Virtual on the theme of World Population Day: Asia Pacific Talks | Accelerating Rights and Choices for All in a Post-COVID Asia-Pacific. This session is the special Event for the World Population Day. Over 25 years since ICPD 1994, the Asia-Pacific region has made significant progress towards ending maternal mortality, unmet need for family planning, and gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls.

พอดแคสต์นี้โดย วารุณี ขัติเตมี ได้รายงานการประชุมออนไลน์ครั้งที่ 2 ของการประชุมเอเชียแปซิฟิกครั้งที่ 10 โดยมีหัวข้อเรื่อง วันประชากรโลก: การเร่งสิทธิและให้ทางเลือกสำหรับทุกคน หลังสถานการณ์ COVID ในเอเชียแปซิฟิก ซึ่งการประชุมครั้งนี้เป็นเหตุการณ์พิเศษ เนื่องในวันประชากรโลก

โดยกว่า 25 ปี นับตั้งแต่ ICPD พ.ศ. 2537 ภูมิภาคเอเชียแปซิฟิก มีความคืบหน้าอย่างมี นัยสำคัญ ที่มุ่งขจัดสามเรื่องสำคัญ คือ ความต้องการการคุมกำเนิดที่ไม่สัมฤทธิ์ การเสียชีวิตของมารดาจากการคลอดที่ป้องกันได้ และความรุนแรงบนฐานเพศ และการกระทำที่เป็นอันตรายต่อผู้หญิงและวัยรุ่นหญิง โดยสามอย่างนี้ต้องเป็นศูนย์

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Beyond tokenism: Accelerating rights of women and girls in a post-COVID era

I am tempted to share this very recent photograph of a newly done up mural in a very prominent area of my city barely a stone-throw distance from the state parliament. It is a clear depiction of what our patriarchal society wants its women to be-meek submissive, docile, their colourless faces devoid of any hope or desires. I fervently hope that it is not the sign of times to come.

#APCRSHR10 Virtual-3: Sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Pacific

[podcast] Accelerating rights and choices for all in a post-COVID Asia-Pacific


This Podcast features the 2nd session of #APCRSHR10 Virtual in the lead up to World Population Day on the theme of "Accelerating Rights and Choices for All in a Post-COVID Asia-Pacific". Co-hosted by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia and the Pacific, in partnership with UNFPA Cambodia, the APCRSHR10 (10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights) secretariat in Cambodia/ Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC) and CNS, this session featured globally and regionally renowned advocates championing the ICPD Programme of Action and UNFPA’s crucial mandate at this time of global challenge.

Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.

[video] Accelerating rights and choices for all in a post-COVID Asia-Pacific


การประชุมเอเชียแปซิฟิกครั้งที่ 10 เรื่องสิทธิและสุขภาพทางเพศและอนามัยเจริญพันธุ์ หรือ

Warunee Kuthithamee วารุณี ขัติเตมี

การประชุมเอเชียแปซิฟิกนั้นจัดประชุมขึ้นทุกสองปี ซึ่งได้มีการจัดการประชุมมามากกว่า 20 ปี โดยครั้งแรกจัดขึ้นในปี พ.ศ. 2544 ที่กรุงมะนิลา ประเทศฟิลิปปินส์

[podcast] #APCRSHR10: การประชุมเอเชียแปซิฟิกครั้งที่ 10 เรื่องสิทธิและสุขภาพทางเพศและอนามัยเจริญพันธุ์


This Podcast in Thai language is produced by Warunee Kuthithamee who is among the #APCRSHR10 Media Fellows 2020, and works with EACM foundation in Thailand. She shares highlights of the first session of #APCRSHR10 Virtual on the theme of "Addressing barriers to accelerate progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific". SRHR is essential for human development, sustainable development and for countries to reach SDGs.

พอดแคสต์นี้โดย วารุณี ขัติเตมี ผู้ซึ่งทำงาน ณ.มูลนิธิ อี.เอ.ซี.เอ็ม ในประเทศไทยได้พูดถึงการประชุมเอเชียแปซิฟิกครั้งที่ 10 โดยการประชุมออนไลน์นี้ เป็นการประชุมครั้งแรกนั้นมีหัวข้อเรื่อง “การระบุปัญหาและอุปสรรคเพื่อเร่งความก้าวหน้าของสุขภาพและสิทธิทางเพศและด้านอนามัยการเจริญพันธุ์ ในเอเชียแปซิฟิก”โดยเรื่องสุขภาพและสิทธิทางเพศและด้านอนามัยการเจริญพันธุ์ เป็นสิ่งจำเป็นสำหรับการพัฒนามนุษย์ และการพัฒนาที่ยั่งยืนสำหรับประเทศนั้นที่ต้องเข้าถึงเป้าหมายการพัฒนาที่ยั่งยืน

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Is bad politics overshadowing science of COVID-19 vaccine research?

[हिंदी] The letter dated 2 July 2020 by Indian government’s apex medical research body ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) with a directive to begin and finish all human clinical trials of COVAXIN- an indigenously developed vaccine for COVID-19- by 15 August 2020 (India’s Independence Day) so that the vaccine can be launched for “public health use” on that day (preceding midnight?), has raised critical questions if science has got compromised and/ or is on its way out of the window.

Protecting the health & well-being of the young

Approximately 1 billion young people in Asia and the Pacific region are between 10-24 years old, constituting 27% of the total population in the region. Everyone of these youngsters will one day have to make life-changing decisions that will affect their sexual and reproductive health. But research shows that the majority of these adolescents lack the knowledge to make those decisions responsibly.

#APCRSHR10 Virtual abstract presentation by Caecilia Roth: Opportunities for strengthening sexual health education in schools: Findings from a student needs assessment in NSW, Australia

How will India deliver COVID-19 vaccine for "public health use" by 15 August 2020?

The news gives us tremendous hope that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is aiming to introduce India's first indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 for "public health use" by 15 August 2020 (India's Independence Day). This could be a scientific breakthrough in the global fight against COVID-19. But a lot of questions remain unanswered regarding how we will deliver a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 in such a short time, given the reality that the enrolment for the phase-I clinical trial is yet to begin and the enrolment is to be done by 7 July 2020).

#APCRSHR10 Virtual (2): World Population Day: Asia Pacific Talks | Accelerating Rights and Choices for All in a Post-COVID Asia-Pacific


Thursday, July 9 | 2pm Bangkok / Phnom Penh
(check your local time here)


[click here to see the recording and presentations] On July 9, Thursday (2pm Phnom Penh/ Bangkok/ Jakarta | 5pm Canberra | 7pm Suva | 12:30pm Delhi | 11:30am Tehran - check your local time here), we invite you to participate in a very special #APCRSHR10 Virtual in the lead up to World Population Day 2020: Accelerating Rights and Choices for All in a Post-COVID Asia-Pacific.

[podcast] Special-Nineteen of Indian Institute of Management Indore share insights on sustainable development


This Podcast features the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, on 1 July 2020 which featured special-nineteen keynote speakers, who shared their insights on range of issues related to sustainable development where no one is left behind! Chairs were Nenet Ortega of Philippines, Prof Rama Kant and Shobha Shukla of India.

[video] Special-nineteen of Indian Institute of Management Indore share insights on sustainable development


[podcast] Seventeen IIM Indore students call for sustainable development


This Podcast features the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, on 30 June 2020 which featured special-seventeen keynote speakers, who shared their insights on range of issues related to sustainable development where no one is left behind!

[video] Indian Institute of Management Indore students call for sustainable development


Plain packaging will accelerate progress towards ending the tobacco epidemic

Despite the indisputable scientific evidence that tobacco kills, the tobacco industry has been conniving to use every trick possible to protect and increase its profits. Over 8 million people die of tobacco use worldwide every year. More worrying is the emerging scientific evidence that diseases of which tobacco is a common major risk factor, are dangerously elevating the risk of serious outcomes of COVID-19 (including death). One glimmer of hope in these difficult times, of public health emergency and cascading humanitarian and economic crisis, comes from Singapore: plain packaging of all tobacco products comes into immediate effect from 1st July 2020.

#APCRSHR10 Virtual abstract presentation of Than Nguyen Phuong Hai: Needs Of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) Of Students In Thai Nguyen University (TNU), Vietnam

#APCRSHR10 Virtual abstract presentation by Rayner Kay Jin Tan: Experienced homophobia and suicide ideation in young gay, bisexual, and queer men: Exploring the mediating role of depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and outness in the Pink Carpet Y Cohort Study

Prof Caroline Homer's plenary presentation at #APCRSHR10 Virtual

[podcast] APCRSHR10 Virtual (1): Accelerating progress on SRHR in Asia Pacific


This Podcast features the first session of #APCRSHR10 Virtual on the theme of "Addressing barriers to accelerate progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific"

Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms.

[video] #APCRSHR10 Virtual (1): Addressing barriers to accelerate progress on SRHR in Asia Pacific


COVID-19 casts a shadow over progress on TB




Efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have inadvertently affected tuberculosis (TB) programmes and other aspects of non-COVID healthcare, according to two recent commentaries, published in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials and Tropical Medicine and Health. The linkages between COVID-19, TB and HIV are most pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa, where TB is the leading cause of death for people with HIV. Nonetheless, the impact has also been felt in the high income setting of the United Kingdom (UK).

#SDGtalks special (2): Indian Institute of Management Indore students shared insights on sustainable development

On 1st July (3pm India time), the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, featured special-nineteen keynote speakers, who shared their insights on range of issues related to sustainable development where no one is left behind!

#SDGtalks special (1): Indian Institute of Management Indore students will share insights on sustainable development

On 30th June (3pm India time), the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, will feature special-seventeen keynote speakers, who will share their insights on range of issues related to sustainable development where no one is left behind!

Public services are essential to COVID-19 response and for fairer and equitable world


The United Nations marked this year's Public Service Day online celebrations by honouring the women and men who are risking their lives and health to deliver essential public services amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. UN bestowed the UN Public Service Award to seven public institutions from Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Republic of Korea, and Spain. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs said, "This pandemic has taught us an important lesson about the critical role of public sector institutions in serving the people, whether through provision of health care, education, social welfare, sanitation, or other services, that keep our societies running."

#APCRSHR10 Virtual (1): Addressing barriers to accelerate progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia Pacific

[links to recording and presentations] On 29th June, Monday (1pm Phnom Penh/ Bangkok/ Jakarta | 4pm Canberra | 11:30am Delhi), be welcome to participate in first episode of #APCRSHR10 Virtual on the theme of "Addressing barriers to accelerate progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific".

#APCRSHR10 virtual: online series for knowledge sharing, eLearning and dialogue on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Asia Pacific: June-December 2020


In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic situation, the convenor and International Steering Committee members of the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10) had announced on 1st June 2020 that the APCRSHR10 will evolve from an in-person conference to an ongoing virtual series.

Why are strong public services essential for social, economic and health security for all?

[हिंदी] The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated, more than ever, the overwhelming importance of public services and the devastating consequences of under-funding and privatising them. That is why the writing on the wall on this year's United Nations Public Service Day is clear: commit to COVID-19 recovery plans that will deliver a new era of public services for all.

Dr Sandeep Pandey calls for inclusive, equitable and quality public education for all


Magysaysay Awardee Dr Sandeep Pandey calls for inclusive and equitable quality, public education for all children. Along with the recording of his talk, also see a poster created by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore's Abhimanyu Thakur, Mihir Thakar, Nishan Singh Makker, Ojasvi Ganesh, Shivam Kumar and Utkarsh Tiwari from Dr Pandey's #SDGtalks.

Patents or people: The conundrum of healthcare industry


The first traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) were discovered in November, 2019 in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has transformed from a local disease into a global pandemic. While countries across the world, rich and poor, are fighting the pandemic with all force, a common problem which stands in their way is the uneven distribution of resources and services in their societies. It is evident that a country cannot develop sustainably with the sole emphasis on the business motive of expanding profits, or enlarging the pie. Equal attention has to be paid to the distribution of this pie amongst the people. The division of resources must be sensitive to inequalities which manifest in various forms such as income, social, and gender disparities.

New essential norms must include sexual and reproductive health services

The bottom line of today's world, which applies to every person on this planet - irrespective of their social, economical or geographical positions - can be simply jotted down in a few words: "COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed our lives" as said by Dr Jameel Zamir, Director of Programmes at International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), East and Southeast Asia and Oceania region.