An Advocates' Tool for Monitoring Rights-Based Provision of Contraceptive Information and Services in India

This Advocates’ Guide has been developed based on the ecommendations made in the World Health Organization’s “Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: Guidance and recommendations,” (herein referred to as the “WHO technical guidance”), which has been distributed to governments for their use . This Guide is intended as a tool to enable Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocates in India to hold the overnment accountable for upholding human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services. It will enable advocates to ask the right questions in determining whether or not rights-based contraceptive services are being provided in their communities. This tool, then, seeks to give advocates an understanding of what constitutes a rights-based contraceptive programme, as per WHO technical guidance, and also provides a platform for discussion among government and civil society.