This publication is a special issue for the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health which was held at Bangkok from 6th-10th October 2--3. Ths conference brings together 1,500 participants from 41 countries as representatives of non-government groups, development groups, grassroots workers and academic, gender, health and other experts to discuss ways on taking concrete action to further push reproductive rights. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Public Health , Thailand; Faculty of Social Science and Humanities of Mahidol University atr Salaya; Raks Thai Foundation and Youth, Family and Community Development project, Chian g Mai University. This documnet is available online at http://www.ipsnews.net/shakti/shakti_no4.pdf#