UNFPA at Work: Six Human Rights Case Studies

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis report represents the work of many people, whose efforts were guided and coordinated by Luz Angela Melo, UNFPAHuman Rights Adviser, under the overall supervision of Aminata Toure, Chief of the Fund’s Gender, Human Rights andCulture Branch, Technical Division. The Program on International Health and Human Rights of the Harvard School ofPublic Health was instrumental in the compilation, collation and initial editing processes.Nazik Isik, consultant, conducted the Turkey case study with guidance from UNFPA-Turkey’s Meltem Agduk, GenderProgramme Coordinator, and Tunga Tuzer, Assistant Representative.Silvia Vega, consultant, compiled the Ecuador case study with the technical assistance of Mercedes Borrero, Representative,and Lily Rodriguez, Assistant Representative, UNFPA-Ecuador. Consejo Nacional de las Mujeres (CONAMU) providedvaluable input.The case study on the United Republic of Tanzania was conducted by Magdalena K. Rwebangira, consultant, with thesupport of Nicola K. Jones, Representative and Dr. Ellen Mkondya-Senkoro from the UNFPA country office, and MiriamJato from the Africa Regional Office.The Nepal case study was conducted by Sapana Pradhan Malla, consultant, President of the Forum for Women, Law andDevelopment, with the support of Mahendra Shrestha, Director General of the Women’s Development Department of theNepalese Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare; and Sudha Pant, Programme Officer, UNFPA-Nepal.Ligia Galviz Ortíz, consultant, conducted the Colombia case study, with support from UNFPA: Diego Palacios Jaramillo,Representative, and Esmeralda Ruiz González, Adviser, UNFPA-Colombia; and Ana Angarita, Human Rights Adviser forthe Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office.The Philippines case study was conducted by Dr. Carol Sobritchea, consultant, Director of the Center for Women’sStudies, University of the Philippines, with support from Marta Perez del Pulgar, former staff, UNFPA-Philippines andcurrent Programme Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office; and Aurelyn Anorico, ProgrammeOfficer, and Suneeta Mukherjee, Representative, UNFPA-Philippines. Dr. Nida Rosales, the Municipal Health Officer ofGattaran, documented the ‘Zero Maternal Death’ initiative in her community.Valerie Havas and Tina Johnson, consultants, carried out the final editing of the report.ivSIX HUMAN RIGHTS CASE STUDIES