kyrgyzstans policy of womens r

Human rights are viewed narrowly by governments as primarily political and civil (and therefore seen as threatening) rather than as entitlements towards improving well-being in all aspects of human life-socially, culturally and economically. Women's reproductive and sexual health is still perceived only in the context of their reproductive roles and functions. Hence, certain groups of women are "omitted" from receiving comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services such as adolescent/young women, single women, older women …showed first 75 words of 421 total…

…showed last 75 words of 421 total…reproductive healthcare policies, programs and services are either still not in place or need to be improved upon tremendously. A two-pronged approach in empowering women to exercise control over their bodies and sexuality needs to be adopted i.e. not just meeting the unmet need of ALL women in terms of health services but to also sensitize and raise awareness and bring about change in the irresponsible sexual, reproductive, sexist and patriarchal behavior of men.