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ARHA releases 2010 Federal Election Platform
Election Platform: Media Release
As the 2010 federal election campaign progresses, ARHA is concerned that sexual and reproductive health remains a low priority for the Australian government, both at a domestic level and in Australia’s overseas aid program.
Why should sexual and reproductive health be an election issue?
- Each year, over half a million women die globally from treatable or preventable causes in pregnancy and childbirth. 150,000 of these deaths could be prevented if women had access to family planning.leading cause of deaths of women of reproductive age worldwide. 68,000 women die every year from complications resulting from unsafe abortions , because they do not have adequate access to family planning options and to safe health care services. Papua New Guinea, our closest neighbour, have 90 times more chance of dieing in pregnancy or childbirth than their Australian sisters. high rates of teenage pregnancy and abortion, and increases in sexually transmitted infections in Australia, no national sexuality education curriculum has been developed.
The poor sexual and reproductive health experienced by many women in Australia and our region is a serious human rights issue , and ARHA is continuing its advocacy to government to redress this situation.
To read ARHA's Election Platform, click here .
Mother and baby, Timor-Leste
Baby in a bilum, PNG
ARHA's mission is to promote public support for enhanced reproductive and sexual health in Australia and internationally,
and
to promote the advancement of the status of women and girls.
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AUGUST 2010
USA: Two FDA Approved Drugs Identified that may Fight HIV - -Medical News Today 23 August 2010Tony Abbott Pledge No Change to Abortion Law --The Australian, 09 August 2010In Brief: Cambodia needs more midwives to reduce maternal deaths - IRIN Global, 9 August 2010Rights Group Denounces Illegality of Abortion in Philippines - The New York Times, 2 August 2010In Brief: Philippines to investigate possible syphillis among displaced Mindanao women
JUNE 2010
Call goes out to Australia and China to help fund faltering AIDS battle - The Age, 6 July 2010Cambodia Struggles to Reduce Maternal Deaths - IPS News, 19 June 2010Maternal death rate remains tragically high - The Age, 15 June 2010Human Trafficking not just for sex - The Age, 9 June 2010 Melinda Gates tells the world that women matter - The Guardian, 7 June 2010David Cameron calls on G8 to target maternal deaths - The Guardian, 3 June 2010Uncertain future awaits babies born in detention - The Age, 3 June 2010
MAY 2010
PHILIPPINES: Empowering midwives to curb maternal deaths Circumcising young girls is child abuse: Goward - Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 2010Australia: sexually transmitted disease rates skyrocketing
APRIL 2010
Maternal deaths lower than expected - ABC Radio National, 13 April 2010Maternal deaths down in poor countries- study - Reuters, 12 April 2010Canada ignores African needs for mother and child health care - Ottawa Citizen, 2 April 2010
MARCH 2010
Clinton: Contraception must be part of maternal health plan - Toronto Sun, 30 March 2010Share
- The Vancouver Sun, 16 March 2010Spike in sex infections in Newcastle - The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2010MYANMAR: Abortion a leading cause of maternal death Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup - The Guardian, 9 March 2010HAITI: Women at risk in the camps - IRIN News, 9 March 2010Lessons at Indian Hospital About Births - The New York Times, 6 March 2010
FEBRUARY 2010
Saving lives, saving money: the case for family planning - Radio National, 25 February 2010POLITICS-PHILIPPINES: Rice and Condom on the Election Agenda - IPS News, 19 February 2010Aid doesn’t just save lives: it’s good for us too - The Times, 18 February 2010Melbourne couples taking part in trials of male contraceptive jab - Herald Sun, 17 February 2010More support for Indigenous mums and bubs - Prime Minister of Australia Media Release, 11 February 2010Haiti: UN helps pregnant women as risk to babies rises after quake - UN News Centre, 3 February 2010
JANUARY 2010
TIMOR-LESTE: Addressing the baby boom A bitter pill to swallow - The Guardian, 24 January 2010
DECEMBER 2009
A different kind of politics - Inside Story, 17 December 2009Help teens have sex without pregnancy - The Guardian, 12 December 2009 Women challenge Irish abortion ban in European court - The Guardian, 9 December 2009Website appeal to fund family planning 'to cut CO2' - BBC News, 3 December 2009
NOVEMBER 2009
AFGHANISTAN: "The most dangerous place to be born" Population link to climate change: UN report - The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November 2009 UN: Too many women dying in childbirth in Asia-Pacific - Radio Australia, 19 November 2009'Women shoulder burden of climate change' - AAP, 18 November 2009 Hunt on for two million unsafe condoms - ABC News, 9 November 2009
OCTOBER 2009
Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV - Associated Press, 30 October 2009Can it ever be ethical to let women die? - Crikey, 28 October 2009Family Planning Key to Improving Maternal Health, Affirm World Delegates at High-Level Meeting - UNFPA, 27 October 2009 PHILIPPINES: Pregnant women vulnerable in evacuation camps FOCUS: Birth control pill still unpopular in Japan 10 yrs after introduction - Japan Today, 10 October 2009Review criticises leadership on HIV - The Australia, 6 October 2009
SEPTEMBER 2009
We must say "know" to sex education - The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2009 Spain unveils abortion law change - BBC News, 26 September 2009Building the Next Generation of Global Leaders - Maternal Health Task Force and Ashoka Partner - PR News Wire, 24 September 2009 'You've slept with 2.8 million people' - The Australia, 23 September 2009Keep maternal mortality on the agenda - The Guardian, 23 September 2009 Showcase: From Birth, Death - The New York Times, 22 September 2009 Australia strengthens engagement with UNAIDS to halt the spread of HIV - Australian Government, 21 September 2009BANGLADESH: Rural mothers lack awareness of malnutrition risks - experts When Planning a Pregnancy Can Save a Woman's Life - The Huffington Post, 14 September 2009 - The Age, 9 September 2009 - The Canberra Times, 9 September 2009 Contraception myths 'widespread' - BBC News, 5 September 2009 TIMOR-LESTE: Lifesaving lessons in childbirth
AUGUST 2009
Blair: end Church's hard line on birth control - Herald Scotland, 31 August 2009 Draft abortion laws ready for Anna Bligh - The Australia, 17 August 2009Abortion debate gets messier still - Brisbane Times, 11 August, 2009Youth groups make stand at ICAAP - The Jakarta Post WA sex education site shunned - Perth Now, 8 August 2009
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