Women in Agriculture

Lesson 6 : Rights of Women- II

Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Right to

1. Survive and Life.
2. Liberty and security of the person.
3. Equality and to be free from all forms of discrimination.
4. Privacy
5. Freedom of thought
6. Information and Education
7. Choose whether or not to marry and build and plan a family
8. Decide whether or when to have children
9. Health care and health protection
10. The Benefits of scientific progress
11. Freedom of assembly and political participation
12. Be free from torture and ill treatment.

Right to Survive and Life

• Protection from preventable deaths due to pregnancies “too early, too late, or too many”.

Liberty and Security

• Freedom to enjoy & control sexual & reproductive life.

Equality & Freedom

• Freedom in dignity and rights.

Privacy

• SRH services to ensure personal information to remain confidential.

Freedom of though

• Freedom from restrictive interpretations of religious texts, beliefs, customs as tools to curtail freedom of thought.

Information & Education

• Access to education, complete accurate information gender sensitive rights.

Marriage

• Choice in selecting partners & whether to have children.

Whether or when to have children

• Access to safe, effective contraceptive methods, treatment of STDs (cause of infertility).

Health Care & Protection

• Access to highest quality to health care, protection from harmful practices.

Benefits of Scientific Progress

• Access to available technology for health, reducing household drudgery.

Assembly and Participation

• Seek to influence Govt. to priorities health, form associations, participate in decision making.

Freedom from Torture & Ill treatment

• Not to be subjected to cruel, degrading treatment, non-subjected to scientific treatment without informed consent.