ASTRA Network's annual meeting took place in Warsaw, 18th-19th October, 2012. Activists from 25 SRHR organizations across Central and Eastern Europe met to dscuss the Network's strategic plan and their role in the ICPD+20 review process.
ASTRA - Central and Eastern European Women's Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is a regional network created in December 1999 by women’s rights organizations and activists from Central and Eastern Europe. Currently ASTRA consists of 28 organizations from 17 countries.
ASTRA advocates for the full implementation of sexual and reproductive health and rights with special focus on specific reality of SRHR of women in Central and Eastern Europe. It aims at the prioritization of SRHR on international, regional and national agendas, in particular in the EU and UN institutions. The network also works towards transforming gender power relations in society so that women, girls, men and boys can enjoy their sexual and reproductive rights, and are equal, free and live in dignity.
On the annual meeting, Astra’s monitoring report was presented. It is entitled RECLAIMING AND REDEFINING RIGHTS. ICPD+20: Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Central and Eastern Europe.
