Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar on Friday called for strengthening laws to ensure sexual and reproductive health of women. Stressing on the need for development, he said development is important but it needs to be seen that it doesn’t lead to inequality, which often results in widening the rich and poor divide.
He was speaking as the chief guest at one-day State level Consultation with Parliamentarians and key stakeholders on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It was organised by the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), Panchkula Branch in collaboration with Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IAPPD), and International Planned Parenthood Federation. This consultation was supported by European Union through International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) — South Asia Regional Office (SARO).
The Haryana Speaker stressed that all political parties need to work collectively for the cause in national interest, keeping aside their political gains of pleasing the vote bank. The purpose of the conference was to initiate a dialogue on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in articulating the Post-2015 development agenda with focus on SRHR including family planning and HIV in terms of health, gender and means of implementation.