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Women's sexual and reproductive health : inequality of opportunity in Asia and the Pacific

Policy Brief

01 January 2019

• Acknowledgements
• Country abbreviations
• About the Inequality of Opportunity papers
• 1. Introduction and scope
• 2. Why does inequality in women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services matter?
• 3. A new approach to identifying the furthest behind
• 4. Who are the furthest behind?
• 5. Understanding inequality in women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services
• 6. Does a minority identity matter for determining the furthest behind?
• 7. Recommendation for closing the gaps
• Annex: Methodology for identifying gaps in access to opportunities
• References

The sixth in the series of policy papers on Inequality of Opportunity in Asia and the Pacific (following Education, Decent Work, Clean Energy, Child Nutrition, and Water and Sanitation), this paper uses innovative methods to identify the “furthest behind” in women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health services. It specifically explores gaps in access to skilled birth attendance and in the use of modern contraceptive methods, highlighting the importance of leaving no one behind, as pledged in the 2030 Agenda.