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Related instruments,
forums andmechanisms
1. SDG 3: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”; 3.1: “By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality rate to
less than 70 per 100,000 live births”; 3.2: “By 2030 end preventable deaths of newborns and under-five children”; 3.3. “By 2030, end the
epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and other
communicable diseases;” 2. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence against Women, article 5(a) establishes the
obligation of States parties to “modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the
elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practiceswhich are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of
the sexes or on stereotyped roles formen andwomen;” 3. TheECLACGender EqualityObservatory; 4. The PAHO strategy for universal
access to health and universal health coverage; 5. SantoDomingoConsensus, 2013, C.70: “Ensure, within the framework of strengthened
health systems—endowedwith budgetary, monitoring, evaluation and accountabilitymechanisms— universal access to expanded sexual
health and reproductive health services of better quality andwider coverage;” C.74: “Implement gender-sensitivemeasures to guarantee
access to good-quality health services, including sexual and reproductive health services, during and after disasters and in cases of
emergency and for displaced persons and refugees in order to prevent mortality andmorbidity.” In addition, a permanent background is
provided by the commitment established in theCairoProgramme ofAction (parr. 7.6).
Comment
This priority measure is related to PM 12 on adolescent- and youth-friendly services, and to PM 72, 87 and 95 on SRH services for
migrants, indigenous peoples andAfro-descendants, respectively. It is advisable to develop accountability and participationmechanisms
to follow up on the commitmentsmade in this area.
