Subject: RE: Sharing new data and studies on Women's Decision Making & Laws on SRHR (SDG 5.6)
From: Ana Kvernadze <[email-masked]>
To: Lela Bakradze <[email-masked]>
Cc: Ketevan Goginashvili <[email-masked]>, George Mataradze <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 14:30:06 +0000

ქალბატონო ლელა,

დიდი მადლობა, ამ ინფორმაციას აუცილებლად ავსახავთ.

ველოდებით თქვენგან მოსაზრებებს
VNR
2020 ანგარიშის პროექტთან დაკავშირებით.

საუკეთესო სურვილებით,

ანა

From: Lela Bakradze [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: ხუთშაბათი,
მაისი 28, 2020
წელი 11:48 AM

To: Ana Kvernadze

Cc: Ketevan Goginashvili ; George Mataradze

Subject: Fwd: Sharing new data and studies on Women's Decision Making & Laws on SRHR (SDG 5.6)

ძვირფასო
ანა,

მივიღეთ VNR
ანგარიში
და
აუცილებლად
წავიკითხავთ
და
მოგაწვდით
უკუ-კავშირს.

ამჯერად
გიგზავნით
ინფორმაციას
სტატისტიკური
დანართის
შესახებ  -
ინდიკატორ 5.6.2-თან
დაკავშირებით.

ამ
ინდიკატორის
შესახებ
ინფორმაცია
მოგროვდა
გაეროს
წევრი
სახელმწიფოებიდან UN Inquiry
საშუალებით; (the 12th UN Inquiry on
Population and Development was sent to all 193 Member States, with the deadline In February 2019). საქართველოში
ინფორმაციის
მოძიების
და
მიწოდების
კოორდინაცია
გასწია
საგარეო
საქმეთა
სამინისტრომ.

თანდართული
ანგარიში
აჯამებს
ამ
ინფორმაციას
და
აქ
საქართველოს
შესახებ
ინფორმაციასაც
ნახავთ,
რაც
შეიძლება
აისახოს
ანგარიშში
და
სტატისტიკურ
ნაწილში.

გულთბილი
მოკითხვებით,

ლელა

Ms. Lela Bakradze

Acting Head of Office

UNFPA Country Office in Georgia

O: + 995 32 225 11 26 (ext 142); M: +995
591174174

Skype: lelabakradze; Web: georgia.unfpa.org; Facebook: UNFPA.Georgia; Twitter: UNFPAGeorgia

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From: Technical Division <[email-masked]>

Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 9:33 PM

Subject: Sharing new data and studies on Women's Decision Making & Laws on SRHR (SDG 5.6)

To: ALL STAFF <[email-masked]>

This message is from Benoit Kalasa, Director, Technical Division

Dear Colleagues,

The Technical Division has been working in collaboration with the UN, sister Agencies and several Country Offices to define standards to measure women's decision making and legislation on SRHR as part
of our contribution to the SDG 5 - Gender Equality, and more specifically its target 5.6: Achieving Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights.

SDG Indicators 5.6.1 and 5.6.2., for which UNFPA is custodian, measure the legal and regulatory frameworks for SRHR, as well as women’s reproductive autonomy. Together they provide a comprehensive picture
of SRHR, as they allow us to see whether a country has a positive enabling legal and normative frameworks and whether these provisions go the last mile and effectively empower all women and girls.

The data and research attached provide countries with an important evidence-based argument to advocate for Rights and Choices for All, and we highlight the most important below:

Laws and Regulations on Full and Equal Access to SRHR (SDG 5.6.2): to
measure this indicator, data is available for 107 countries, which are broken down by SRHR area outlined below:

Country Offices can use the findings
to see where laws are strong; in these cases, we might need to focus on implementation. In countries where laws are absent or legal restrictions exist - such as requirements for third party
consent – the data can provide you with insights on where advocacy and policy action is required for repealing laws that interfere with full and equal access.

Women’s Decision Making on SRHR (SDG 5.6.1): to
measure this indicator, data have been collected since 2018, with 57 countries reporting as of today. The key finding of this research is that, based on the available data, only 55% of women are able to make SRHR decisions.

Country Offices can use the global, regional, and national data
to analyze women’s decision making on health care, use of contraceptives, and ability to say no to sex (disaggregated by geographic location, age, level of education, household wealth, and
place of residence).

To complement this picture, we have conducted an action-oriented research to better understand what determines’ women’s decision making, how countries have successfully
supported women’s reproductive autonomy, and the implications for our work. The findings indicate what determines women's ability to decide (knowledge, position of the husband in the decision-making process, communication between partners/spouses, gender norms,
access/affordability/acceptability to health services among others). The issue brief includes important insights along with interventions with positive impact, who is being left behind and key recommendations going forward.

We want to warmly thank all the regional and country offices for actively collaborating with their National Statistical Offices to include SDG 5.6.1 questions in national surveys,
and ensuring such a high reporting number of countries for SDG 5.6.2. This has been the foundation for the work and we hope the findings will help you advance your work and policy dialogue. A special note of thanks to the COs in Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal and
Uganda for supporting the action-oriented research.

At the global level, the data and findings are being disseminated through regular engagements and a number of debates and events ranging
from the UN Statistical Commission, Generational Equality Forum and the HLPF. At country and regional levels, there may be several opportunities to disseminate these data and research to inform your work and of your partners and governments. A set of social
media messages and website links will soon be available for your further dissemination.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to get in touch with Emilie Filmer-Wilson (Gender & Human Rights Branch/TD: [email-masked])
and Mengjia Liang (Population and Development Branch/TD: [email-masked]).

Thank you and kind regards, Benoit