COVID-19 and Reproductive Health in Asia

COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gender Issues in Asia, Q2 2021, a brief overview of the current landscape of sexual and reproductive health and rights resources in Cambodia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam as reported over the period from April to June 2021.

COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gender Issues in Asia, Q1 2021, a brief overview of the current landscape of sexual and reproductive health and rights resources in Cambodia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam as reported over the period from January to March 2021.

COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gender Issues in Asia, Q4 2020, a brief overview of the current landscape of sexual and reproductive health and rights resources in Cambodia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam as reported over the period from October to December 2020.

COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gender Issues in Asia, Q3 2020, a brief overview of the current landscape of sexual and reproductive health and rights resources in Cambodia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam as reported over the period from July to September 2020.

Impact of COVID-19 on Reproductive Health and Rights in Sindh, a fact-finding report showing that with the onset of the pandemic, the availability of reproductive health services, including contraception, safe abortion services and obstetric services in Sindh declined.

PAPAC Statement – COVID-19 and Postabortion Care, a statement endorsed by the Center and released by the Pakistan Alliance on Post-Abortion Care (PAPAC) calling on the government and service providers to ensure the availability of safe abortion services during the pandemic.

Asia Reproductive Health Rights Working Group COVID-19 Statement, a joint statement, in Nepali language, of the Reproductive Health Rights Working Group (RHRWG) to ensure Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Rights and its continuity during the pandemic of the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) for protecting women and girls’ lives and health in Nepal.

SARJAI Statement on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) during COVID-19, a joint statement with the Center’s Asia team and the SARJAI network on SRHR during COVID-19, issued on May 5, 2020. The Asia team spearheaded the joint statement, and received collaboration and feedback from the network members. The statement has been endorsed by 20 SARJAI partner organizations and 3 individual members of SARJAI network.

April COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gendered Issues in Asia, a newsletter of the April 2020 updates regarding COVID-19’s effects on SRH services and gender issues throughout the Asia-Pacific region, more specifically: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, and the Philippines. The Nepal RHRWG, PAPAC, and CRR-SARJAI network statements are linked in this document as well. 

May COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gender Issues in Asia, a newsletter of the May 2020 updates regarding COVID-19’s effect on SRH services and gender issues throughout the Asia-Pacific region, more specifically:  India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

June COVID-19 Landscape: SRHR and Gender Issues in Asia, a newsletter of the June updates regarding COVID-19’s effects on SRH services and gender issues throughout the Asia-Pacific region, more specifically: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, and the Philippines.