Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Sample Clauses

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The DRC has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world, with rape being used as a weapon of war by armed groups in the country (CARE, 2017). In the eastern region of the DRC in particular, high rates of sexual violence have been documented. There are high rates of PTSD and depression in survivors, and overall there is a great need for programs focusing on sexual violence and mental health (Verelst, 2014). Traumatic fistulas, inflicted by sexual violence, are common in the DRC, and the majority of women are not able to have reparative surgery due to the lack of gynecologists trained to repair fistulas (Engender Health, 2018). Other issues resulting from sexual violence include HIV infection and negative social stigma attached to survivors (Xxxx Xxxxxxx, 2013). In addition to a high incidence of rape, the DRC has a high rate of intimate partner violence (IPV), with 57% of married women having experienced IPV (MPSMPRM, 2014). The country also has the third highest fertility rate in the world and a high maternal mortality due to poor maternal health care (UNPD, 2017). In 2008, the DRC adopted a National Reproductive Health Programme, and SRH (including family planning services) was integrated into the Ministry of Health’s package of health services. But in practice SRH services have not been prioritized, especially in the east (Women’s Refugee Commission, 2013).
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Clandestine and unsafe abortions are common in Rwanda, as almost half of all pregnancies in the country are unintended. Of these unintended pregnancies, it is estimated that 22 percent end in induced abortion. This translates to 25 induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. Almost no safe legal abortions take place in Rwanda, and untrained individuals perform half of all abortions. Many abortions (forty percent) lead to complications that require treatment in a facility, but a third of women who suffer complications do not receive treatment (Guttmacher Institute, 2013). Rwanda increased contraceptive use at one of the most rapid rates worldwide. The modern contraceptive prevalence rate was just four percent in 2000, increasing to ten percent by 2005, and 27 percent in 2008. The rapid increase between 2000 and 2008 resulted from government commitment, national and district-level support, widening the choice of methods available, and involving communities (USAID, 2010). Although Rwanda was successful in rapidly increasing contraceptive use between 2000 and 2008, Rwandan officials have been concerned about the recent increase in teenage pregnancy. Results from the most recent Demographic and Health Survey, conducted in 2015, showed that pregnancy among teenage girls increased from 6.1 percent in 2010 to 7.3 percent in 2015 (UNFPA, 2016).
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world with 789 deaths per 100,000 live births (WHO, 2015). The country has some of the poorest reproductive health indicators in the world, with a modern contraceptive prevalence rate of just 2.4 percent (FP2020, 2018). Tensions surround family planning in South Sudan and misconceptions about contraceptives are widespread. During the war the Sudan People’s Liberation Army’s stance was against contraception, increasing risk for women and sometimes health workers. Limited access to contraceptives also results in clandestine and unsafe abortions, which has led to a high need for post-abortion care (Xxxxxx and Storeng, 2016). South Sudan is one of the ten countries with the highest prevalence of adolescent pregnancy in the world, as approximately one third of girls in South Sudan start childbearing between the ages of 15 and 19 (Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx, 2016). Additionally, fistulas are a concern within the country, as it is estimated that 60,000 women and girls suffer from the condition (UNFPA, 2015). Finally, conflict in the country has prompted upsurges in sexual violence, and the rates of sexual violence and gender-based violence in the country are alarming. A UNFPA survey conducted in 2015 found that 72 percent of women living in the Juba Protection of Civilian sites were raped (most often by soldiers and police), while another study found that sexual and gender-based violence increased by 61 percent in South Sudan between 2015 and 2016 (Amnesty International, 2017).
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The abortion rate in Uganda (39 per 1,000 women aged 15-49) is higher than the estimated rate for the East Africa region overall (34 per 10,000 women aged 15-49). In Uganda, 52 percent of pregnancies are unintended, and of these unintended pregnancies, approximately one quarter end in abortion. Many of these abortions are unsafe, which can result in maternal mortality or dangerous complications. In Uganda, almost 100,000 women were treated for complications that resulted from unsafe abortions in 2013 (the last year that data was available). Additionally, it is significant to note that abortion incidence varies greatly between regions in Uganda: on the lower end, the abortion rate was 18 per 1,000 women in the Western region, and on the higher end the rate was 77 per 1,000 in Kampala. The unmet need for modern contraception is high in Uganda (34.8 percent among married women), which contributes to an increased number of unintended pregnancies and more abortions. In Kampala, the urban capital, the unmet need is sixteen percent, while in rural areas in the north, the unmet need is as high as 43 percent (Guttmacher Institute, 2017). Finally, the sexual and reproductive health of young people in Uganda remains a challenge and deserves more attention. Adolescent sexual and reproductive health services are limited despite the fact that half of the population is of adolescent age. Additionally, adolescent pregnancy is high in the country; almost one quarter of adolescents between the ages of thirteen and nineteen are already mothers or pregnant with their first child (Xxxxxxxx et al., 2015).
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights support the National Reproductive Health Strategy based on CEDAW recommendations; • improve the quality of RH services and in selected provinces, improved capacity of technical assistance and supervision of grassroots levels health systems in RH service delivery; expansion of quality maternal and neonatal services through networks in Emergency Obstetric Care and Neonatal Emergency Care in provinces with high maternal mortality; • increased availability of RH friendly services and information for unmarried young people including in-school and out of school and migrants in selected localities. • support to increase awareness of RH/Gender issues and rights through improved capacity to implement advocacy, Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities at grassroots levels, enhanced male involvement and empowerment of women in RH communication and improvement of the legal environment.
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  • Employee Health and Safety A. When the University requires an employee to use or wear health or safety equipment, such equipment will be provided by the University.

  • WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY The parties to this Agreement are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace and work practices. The parties recognise that illness or injury at the workplace is costly to the employer and the employees and also disruptive to the respective parties. To facilitate healthy and safe work practices, the parties to the Agreement are committed to discussing health and safety issues as they apply to the operations of the employer as part of the consultative measures under this Agreement. The employer and employees under this agreement may refer to their respective industrial representatives for appropriate advice or expertise in enhancing performance with due regard to health and safety initiatives. The parties also recognise the importance of conducting regular audits of the employer's operations, policies and procedures including the employees' skills, knowledge, qualifications and application of healthy and safe work practices.

  • ARTICLE HEALTH AND SAFETY The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home, in order to prevent injury and illness and abide by the Occupational Health and Safety Act as amended from time to time. The Employer shall prepare a policy on resident handling and safe work practices within six (6) months of the date of Such policies will be reviewed by the Joint Health and Safety Committee. A joint management and employee health and safety committee shall be constituted, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards elsewhere. The committee shall normally meet every three months or more frequently if the committee decides. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked for which shall be paid by the Employer at his or her regular rate. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Committee members. Minutes of the meetings shall be posted on the workplace health safety bulletin board. The employer shall provide the time from work with pay and all related tuition costs and expenses necessary to certify the worker representative. Where an inspector makes an inspection of the workplace under the powers conferred upon him or her under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the employer shall afford a certified committee member representing workers the opportunity to accompany the inspector during his or her physical inspection of a workplace, or any part or parts Where a worker certified member is not and available, the Employer shall afford a worker health and safety representative if any, or a worker selected by a Union, because of knowledge, experience and training, to represent it, the opportunity to accompany the inspector during his or her physical inspection of a workplace, or any part or parts Two (2) representatives of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, one (1) from management and one (1) from the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and shall report to the health and safety the results of their inspection. The members of the Committee who represent the workers shall designate a certified member or person who is properly trained to inspect the workplace. The employer shall provide the member with such information and assistance as the member may require for the purpose of carrying out an inspection of the workplace. In the event of accident or injury, such representatives shall be notified immediately and shall investigate and report as soon as possible to the committee and to the Employer on the nature and causes of the accident or injury. Furthermore, such representatives must be notified of the inspection of a government inspector and shall have the right to accompany him on his inspections. Scheduled time spent in all such activities shall be considered as time worked. The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the representatives thereof shall have access to Report Form required in and of the Act and the annual summary of data from the relating to the number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the incidence of occupation injuries, and such other data as the may decide to disclose. It is understood and agreed that no will be provided to the Committee which is confidential. This information shall be a standing item recorded in the minutes of each meeting. The Union will use its best efforts to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the compliance of all safety rules and practices. The Employer will use its best efforts to make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases. The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances.

  • D5 Health and Safety D5.1 The Contractor shall promptly notify the Authority of any health and safety hazards which may arise in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Contract. The Authority shall promptly notify the Contractor of any health and safety hazards which may exist or arise at the Authority’s Premises and which may affect the Contractor in the performance of its obligations under the Contract.

  • D7 Health and Safety D7.1 The Contractor shall promptly notify the Authority of any health and safety hazards which may arise in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Contract. The Authority shall promptly notify the Contractor of any health and safety hazards which may exist or arise at the Authority’s Premises and which may affect the Contractor in the performance of its obligations under the Contract.

  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 47 22.1 Statutory Compliance 47 22.2 Occupational Health and Safety Committee 47 22.3 Unsafe Work Conditions 49 22.4 Investigation of Accidents 49 22.5 Occupational First Aid Requirements and Courses 49 22.6 Occupational Health and Safety Courses 50 22.7 Injury Pay Provisions 50 22.8 Transportation of Accident Victims 50 22.9 Working Hazards 51 22.10 Video Display Terminals 51 22.11 Safety Equipment 51 22.12 Dangerous Goods, Special Wastes and Pesticides & Harmful Substances 51 22.13 Communicable Diseases 51 22.14 Workplace Violence 51 22.15 Pollution Control 52 22.16 Working Conditions 52 22.17 Asbestos 52 22.18 Employee Safety Travelling to and from Work 52 22.19 Strain Injury Prevention 52 ARTICLE 23 - TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 53 23.1 Definition 53 23.2 Notice 53 23.3 Commencing Negotiations 53 23.4 Failure to Reach Agreement 53 23.5 Training Benefits 53 23.6 Transfer Arrangements 54 23.7 Severance Arrangements 54 ARTICLE 24 - CONTRACTING OUT 54 24.1 Contracting Out 54 24.2 Additional Limitation on Contracting Out 54 ARTICLE 25 - HEALTH AND WELFARE 55 25.1 Basic Medical Insurance 55 25.2 Benefit Entitlement for Part-Time Regular Employees 55 25.3 Extended Health Care Plan 55 25.4 Dental Plan 56 25.5 Group Life 56 25.6 Accidental Death and Dismemberment 56 25.7 Business Travel Accident Policy 57 25.8 WorkSafeBC Claim 57 25.9 Employment Insurance 57 25.10 Medical Examination 57 25.11 Legislative Changes 57 25.12 Employee and Family Assistance Program 57 (v) 25.13 Health and Welfare Plans 57 25.14 Designation of Spouse 58 ARTICLE 26 - WORK CLOTHING 58 26.1 Protective Clothing 58 26.2 Union Label 58 26.3 Uniforms 58 26.4 Maintenance of Clothing 58 26.5 Lockers 58

  • Health and hygiene The Hirer shall, if preparing, serving or selling food, observe all relevant food health and hygiene legislation and regulations. In particular dairy products, vegetables and meat on the premises must be refrigerated and stored in compliance with the Food Temperature Regulations. The premises are provided with a refrigerator and thermometer.

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