Friday, 26 July 2013


SRHR is a very important and neglected area of human rights particularly in developing countries like Pakistan .Sexual health ,sexual rights,Reproductive health and reproductive rights are the key concepts that form SRHR movement . Denial of such rights and lack of awareness among youth has hurt them at big deal . Millennium development goals aims at providing these sexual and reproductive health rights to all so that man and women can exercise these rights free from any hurdles . SRHR is one of the priority sectors that needs to be addressed by MDGS. 

The major problem from the context of Pakistani community is lack of awareness regarding sexual health , how to access it , what are the consequences in case sexual health rights are not protected and freedom of choice to indulge in a sexual relation. In child marriages young girls are forced in a sexual relationship regardless of there consent . In Pakistan only 47 percent of boys and  38 percent of girls have access to SRHR (tribune.com.pk) due to lack of awareness youth of Pakistan is vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and diseases . Beside access to awareness the respectful social attitudes towards such issues is also very critical . 


We can combat these hurdles by many methods few of them are follow
Sensitizing youth towards such terms.
 Making networking and  peer to peer training . 
Involving parents and elderly groups in training.
Taking help of print and digital media to spread the word 
Documentaries and Facts and figures directly compiled by international bodies such as UNWOMEN , WHO etc 
The work of WFP 

Our work is supporting youth in order to have access to information ,awareness  and services they need regarding sexual and reproductive health . The major core focus is on young girls and women of poor, neglected and marginalize communities . We support sexual health policies , programmes and let target people know about them .A series of conferences, seminars , advocacy workshops and campaigns are being carried out voluntarily to help make target population aware of their rights 
The biggest hurdle faced is the taboo of such terms in conservative culture of NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) PAKISTAN bordering Afghanistan. Due to this taboo its hard to gather people on such topics and educate them . societal , religious and other norms also become hurdle in spreading the awareness 

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