Civil Society perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Montevideo Consensus (MC), Fòs Feminista supported 20 CSOs in the creation of national reports that document the progress, gaps, challenges, and best practices in delivering SRHRJ commitments for women, girls and gender-diverse individuals and their different intersections. Moreover, Fòs supported five regional networks led by Afro-descendants, young people, women with disabilities, indigenous women, and transgender people.
Fòs identified five priority topics within SRHRJ: 1) Abortion, 2) Comprehensive Sexuality education, 3) Gender-Based Violence, 4) Family Planning and Contraception and 5) Youth-Friendly Services. A report is available for each of these priority topics and a sixth report highlights the specific challenges faced by Systematically Excluded Communities (SEC) in the region. The report on SEC can be accessed by those seeking a more detailed analysis of the SRHRJ issues faced by SEC, than those outlined in this report. The analysis of each priority topic couers six major areas of assessment: 1) Legal Framework, 2) Financial Framework, 3) Programmatic Framework, 4) Territorial Inequalities, 5) Civil Society participation, and 6) Data Access, Generation and Quality. Each priority topic includes sections for Recommendations and the identification of Best Practices, from both CSOs and national governments. Designed to be adaptable, the framework recognizes the expertise of participating networks and the limitation of publicly available information. This flexibility allowed these networks to identify other priority issues and undertake political analyses tailored to the specific contexts they addressed.
MQTM monitors Youth-Friendly Services (YFS), assessing legal, political, programmatic, and operational frameworks, as well as legal barriers, and available resources.
The overall compliance score for YFS remained unchanged from 2017 to 2023 for the 24 countries monitored by MQTM. While most countries demonstrate acceptable progress, there is a crucial need to ensure reporting mechanisms for service denial are in place. Approximately one-third of the monitored countries face barriers for comprehensive availability of services. For instance, in eight of these countries, requirements for parental consent impede the provision of services such as HIV testing.
This flexibility allowed these networks to identify other priority issues and undertake political analyses tailored to the specific contexts they addressed.
