‘My Body, My Rights’ Campaign Launched

Amnesty International Nepal launched ‘My Body, My Rights’ Campaign on 15 February 2013 amid a presence of young people across the country. As a side-by program of Seventh Annual National Youth Mela (Camp) which was held in Pokhara from 15 to 17 February 2013, the campaign was launched by renowned film Actress of Nepal, Keki Adhikari.

‘My Body, My Rights’ is a global campaign by Amnesty International to highlight the barriers faced by young people worldwide – especially young women and girls – when trying to access basic health services and information about their sexual and reproductive rights.

The campaign aims to gather support from hundreds of thousands of people to ask world leaders to do more to protect sexual and reproductive rights, as they prepare for a UN General Assembly Special Session in 2014. UN member states will meet to review progress on the implementation of the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994. Activists in nearly 40 countries will be taking part in actions as part of the campaign.

During the inaugural program Veteran human rights activist of the country Krishna Pahadi, Vice-chairperson of Human Rights and Peace Society Gangadhar Adhikari, Youth Leader Biswa Prakash Sharma and Treasurer of AI Nepal Pratap Poudel also shed light about the campaign. Abhiram Roy, AI Nepal’s Campaigner on Maternal Health Rights elaborated about the campaign. The launching event was chaired by AI Nepal’s Chairperson Shambhu Thakur.

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