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🌈 #Singapore’s new Workplace Fairness Bill to safeguard workers from discrimination excluded people of diverse gender identity & sexual orientation from protection, even though #LGBTIQA+ workers face high levels of discrimination in the workplace. Read: buff.ly/40DNLyC

😡 Anti-feminist movements are gaining momentum in #SouthKorea, forcing women to conceal their #feminist values. Vicious online witch hunts against those expressing feminist ideas have intensified, and are even spilling into offline physical violence. buff.ly/4gRIlpo

😡Meta removed trans themes in their Messenger function followed by changes to their policy that allow users to call queer ppl "mentally ill". It’s time for these platforms to enforce policies that eradicate not encourage, sexist & queerphobic rhetoric. buff.ly/4jcUSWa

🏳️‍⚧️#Thailand must pass the Gender Recognition Bill to allow #transgender, #intersex, and gender-diverse persons to change their IDs according to their self-determined identity adhering to principles of universal #humanrights. Read: buff.ly/3CsxdjQ #SRHR4ALL

🌍 Call for Input: Protecting LGBT+ People in Forced Displacement 📢 The Independent Expert on SOGI is preparing a thematic report for the 59th UNHRC session on the impact of forced displacement on LGBT+ individuals. Submit your input here: buff.ly/4j5ehbF #SRHR4ALL

📢 In the #Philippines opposition movements are spreading misinformation on evidence-based comprehensive sexuality in an attempt to stall the passage of the Prevention of the Adolescent Pregnancy Bill. Read the statement by WGNRR: buff.ly/4h8uZoZ #YestoCSE #PassSB1979

🏳️‍⚧️Great news from #Thailand! The Public Health Ministry allocated 145.63 million baht to provide hormone therapy for 200k #transgender people, lowering financial barriers in accessing gender-affirming care. Read more: buff.ly/3Ww0xwz @weareaptn #SRHR4ALL #Transrights

We are concerned that the call for input by the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls adopts a "sex-based" rather than a "gender-based" approach. Read the full joint statement led by Women Deliver and IPPF here: buff.ly/4hxlbVy #SRHR4ALL #APA4SRHR #EndGBV

APA & 232 #feminist groups collectively urge all #humanrights mechanisms and bodies to 1. Adopt an inclusive, evidence-based gender lens. 2. Refrain from divisive & biologically deterministic narratives. 3. Center the autonomy, agency & voices of all rights-holders. #SRHR4ALL

👶Same-sex couples still face legal challenges in starting a family in #TH. While they can legally adopt, there are concerns for potential discrimination during the process of determining a couple's qualification as parents & legal barriers to surrogacy.⬇️buff.ly/4hcCyea

🩺Read how APA Member Fiji Reproductive and Family Health Association is working in the frontline by raising awareness and implementing prevention and care strategies to reverse the recent surge in #HIV cases in #Fiji. Read: buff.ly/414rYzp RFHAF Fiji #SRHR4ALL

🌈The Universal Periodic Review spotlighted widespread discrimination & violence against #LGBTIQ+ persons in #Kazakhstan urging the govt to implement #UPR recommendations to protect their rights, freedom of expression, association & peaceful assembly. buff.ly/3CCf6rS

🎉The new international strategic approach of #Australia will prioritize gender equality and SRHR in its foreign policy, diplomacy, and aid programs. Although advocates commend this shift in foreign policy strategies, there are calls for boost in funding: buff.ly/4hsZplX

🚨The global repercussions of USAID budget cuts have begun. 🎯APA Members APCOM Foundation We Are APTN ICWAP@asiapacific apnsw Youth LEAD w/ partners organized discussions on how to navigate around the sudden freeze of foreign aid. 🔗 bit.ly/gfanap-crossro…

On Feb 6, APA and WOREC spoke as panelists at a side event during the 2nd #GCM Regional Review to emphasize the SRHR of migrant workers. ✨Sunita highlighted SRHR challenges faced by Nepali female migrants ✨Alexa underscored regional opportunities to strengthen national policies

🔦On SRH Awareness Day we spotlight APA Members who rise to the challenge & fight back heightened threats that aim to undermine our bodily autonomy and SRHR. We applaud them for their tireless work to advance SRHR for all persons in our region! #SRHAwarenessDay

🚨The 90-day freeze on USAID programs and the Trump administration’s broader efforts to dismantle the U.S. foreign aid agency are anticipated to cause severe setbacks in HIV and TB programs across SEA putting millions of lives at risk. Read: buff.ly/3Q9eVHB #SRHR4ALL