INTEGRATE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS INTO THE POST-2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, LAO PDR

This chapter analyzes UNFPA’s evolving human rights approach to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, of which the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was a major turning point. In translating the rights-based vision of the ICPD into practice, UNFPA has pursued two strategies: engaging with the human rights system to strengthen accountability for sexual and reproductive health and rights and advancing operational clarity and guidance on the links between human rights and sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. In these efforts, important milestones have been achieved, and today, UNFPA is widely recognized as a human rights-based organization. However, the organization has struggled to fully employ human rights in its work. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, on which UNFPA’s new Strategic Plan for 2018–2021 is based, provides a powerful framework for UNFPA to more fully align itself with the rights-based vision of the ICPD.

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The sustainable development agenda and unmet need for sexual and reproductive health and rights

Reproductive Health Matters ◽

10.1016/s0968-8080(14)43775-3 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (43) ◽

pp. 4-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marge Berer

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Unmet Need ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Agenda

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Conservation and development: a cross-disciplinary overview

Environmental Conservation ◽

10.1017/s0376892920000247 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 234-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

José Maria Cardoso da Silva ◽

Julie Topf

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

National Level ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Conservation Movement ◽

Ecological Infrastructure ◽

Development Agenda ◽

The People ◽

National Governments ◽

Global And Local

SummaryThe ability of national governments to set and implement policies that protect biodiversity is currently facing widespread scepticism within the conservation movement. Here, we review the literature from several disciplines to outline a positive agenda for how the global conservation movement can address this. We combine the strengths of the people-centred and science-led conservation approaches to develop a framework that emphasizes the importance of ecological infrastructure for the long-term prosperity of human societies in an ever-changing world. We show that one of the major goals of the conservation movement (enhancing global ecological infrastructure to end species and ecosystem loss) remains central and irreplaceable within the broad sustainable development agenda. Then, we argue that the conservation community is now more prepared than ever to face the challenge of supporting societies in designing the ecological infrastructure they need to move towards more sustainable states. Because it is where global and local priorities meet, the national level is where impactful changes can be made. Furthermore, we point out two priorities for the conservation movement for the next decade: (1) substantially increase the amount of financial resources dedicated to conservation; and (2) advance the next generation of policies for ecological infrastructure.

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