{"id":24003,"date":"2025-05-02T16:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidos.local\/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:24:19","slug":"sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aidos.it\/en\/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual and reproductive health and rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights<\/h1>\n\n\n

It refers to every person’s right to have control and decide freely and responsibly about their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The theme<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo (ICPD) defines sexual and reproductive health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being – and not simply an absence of disease or infirmity – in all that pertains to the reproductive system. Reproductive health thus implies that people have a satisfying and safe sex life, the ability to procreate and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. It also includes sexual health, the aim of which is to increase the quality of life and interpersonal relationships’ (paras 7.2 – 7.3). While there may be various definitions of sexual and reproductive rights, these are all based on the right to have control over one’s own body.

The Platform for Action of the 1995 Beijing World Conference of Women affirmed for the first time that sexual and reproductive rights are intrinsically linked to fundamental human rights, specifying that they \u2018include the right to have control over and make free and responsible decisions about one’s sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free from coercion, discrimination and violence\u2019 (para. 96).

In 2015, with the setting of Sustainable Development Goals 3 (Health and wellbeing) and 5 (Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls), the UN 2030 Agenda recognises and confirms that sexual health and reproductive rights are essential for health, development and empowerment. Recently, the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Reproductive Health expanded the definition of sexual and reproductive health and rights to include freedom from gender-based violence (Starrs and others, 2018).

In the last twenty years there have been several advances, some states have introduced sexual and reproductive health rights into their legislation, and there is more widespread awareness. Despite this, at the same time, there are now signs of stagnation or questioning of rights that seemed to have been acquired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What Aidos does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights have always been at the heart of AIDOS activities, starting with the Italian experience of family counselling centres, whose model (reworked from time to time according to the societies and needs of the countries where we work) has been the basis for health centres set up in various places and projects around the world, such as in Burkina Faso, Jordan, Nepal, Syria, the Gaza Strip and Venezuela. All provide gynaecological, psychological and social care services, with counselling on sexuality and gender-based violence; legal assistance; information services, sex education and specialised treatment for adolescents; involvement of men in information and awareness-raising activities; information campaigns and meetings on specific topics. In all AIDOS projects, the component of sexual and reproductive health and rights is always present and often transversal, as an essential prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other rights. AIDOS is also a strategic partner of Unfpa and part of the Countdown 2030 Europe consortium, composed of European associations with expertise in the field with a specific focus on investment and international cooperation policies dedicated to sexual and reproductive health and rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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