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Issue 1 | June 2016
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It's World Environment Day and we are exploring interlinkages between climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
As the world continues to experience incremental yet unpredictable extreme events due to climate change, the interlinkages with SRHR is an emerging issue that needs to be addressed in the context of sustainable development. 

New research by eight of our partners in Asia-Pacific point exactly to this.

The interlinkages of climate change and SRHR are complex and indirect, and yet there is a resurgence of discourse that attempts to make a simplistic link between climate change and population growth.
5 Reasons Not To Link Climate Change and Population Control



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Effects of climate change go beyond the environment and have socio-economic and political consequences, exacerbating existing issues of poverty and inequities. It has profound implications for social justice and gender equality, and  significantly impacts on health. 
5 Indicators of Climate Change and Their Impact on Women



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Our partners working across Asia-Pacific on the interlinkages between climate change and SRHR find that it is women who are at the frontlines of the often invisible battle of climate change. 
Women's Stories from the Climate Frontlines



Documentaries and Postcards
But does this always get highlighted in the global advocacy spaces?
 
Do international commitments made by governments such as the Paris Agreement translate into action?
 
How can various stakeholders work together to ensure implementation?

Paris Agreement – Actions Will Speak Louder Than Words

 

 

Nalini Singh of ARROW analyzes the Paris Agreement and makes recommendations to ensure effective implementation.

Why More Women Are Needed in the Climate Negotiations


Young Feminists Demand Climate Justice
at COP21


Want to find out more about our work on these interlinkages?
Go to our website or write to hweimian@arrow.org.my
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Based in Malaysia, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) has been working since 1993 to champion women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We try to achieve this through interlinked strategies of information and communications for change, monitoring and research for evidence-based advocacy, strengthening partnerships for advocacy and organisational development. 

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