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Gender justice is integral to sustainable development in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Highlights
2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by governments including that of India in September 2015, have extreme significance in accelerating progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by governments including that of India in September 2015, have extreme significance in accelerating progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
In a briefing meeting organized by Family Planning Association of India (FPA India)’s Hyderabad Branch, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)’ South Asia Region Office and Citizen News Service (CNS) in Hyderabad on Monday, 30th November, it was stressed that SRHR cuts across the three dimensions of 2030 SDGs – economic, social and environmental. There is a strong connect between the global sustainable development goals and SRHR, in so much as the latter are critical to reducing poverty and hunger; achieving better health; accessing quality education by women/girls; ensuring gender equality; and empowering women and girls, said Dr P Balamba, President of FPA India’s Hyderabad Branch.
What SDGs Mean to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana by 2030?
In the state’s context, maternal mortality rate (MMR) was 92 per 100,000 births, and SDG 3.1 says: “By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births”. In the state, infant mortality rate (IMR) was 39 per 1000 live births and under-5 mortality rate was 41 per 1000 births. SDG 3.2 says: “By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births.”
SDG 3.7 says “By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes” and SDG 3.8 says “Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.”
SDG 5 also has strong relevance for the state and other states in India. SDG 5.1 says “End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere”, SDG 5.2 says “Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation”; SDG 5.3 says “Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation” and SDG 5.6 says “Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences.”
Likewise SDG 8.5 says “By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value”; and SDG 8.7 says “Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms”.
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Roadmap Ahead
Dr Renu Kapoor of Family Planning Association of India (FPA India)’s Hyderabad Branch; Dr Balamba, President of FPA India’s Hyderabad Branch; D Roshan Kumar, Executive Director SEEDS Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; Dr Arunabala Choudhary of LEPRA Society Hyderabad; Dr Kumudini Mohan Ram, Past President of FPA India’s Hyderabad Branch; Prof A Saibaba of IIHFW; Wing Commander MVN Rao, Honorary Secretary of FPA India’s Hyderabad Branch were the panelists who discussed on the challenges and roadmap ahead for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
Bobby Ramakant, CNS (Citizen News Service)
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