Gender and sexual and reproductive health

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Can Iraqi women refugees be helped?: ( S. Chynoweth;M. McKenna / Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children , 2008); This paper presents the problems facing Iraqi refugees in Jordan, highlighting the plight of women and children. The authors discuss their first hand picture of difficulties faced by displaced, abando...
Creating a positive sexual rights approach in development policy: ( Susie Jolly;Sonia Correa / Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden , 2006); This paper from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Expert Group on Development Issues calls for a new approach to sexuality and development. It argues that development policy has mainly concentra...
Sexual and reproductive health rights in Eastern and Southern Africa: ( J. Crichton;C. Nyamu-Musembi;J. John-Langba / Realising Rights Consortium , 2006); How far are conceptual frameworks for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights (provided by international human rights law) relevant to the policy debate on SRH in Eastern and Southern Africa? <...
What are the challenges and concerns of reproductive rights law reform?: ( Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York , 2006); This paper provides a thematic analysis of advances in law reform with a view to further stimulate ideas for reform and offer an assessment of what can be realistically achieved. The author seeks to p...
Examining the sexual rights of men: ( A. Greig / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2006); Recommended reading; This paper explores the subject of sexual rights and the claims about such rights as they are made by and for men. It asks: what can men's interest be in the social and sexual revolution being propose...
Fighting for sexual rights in Africa: ( Feminist Africa , 2006); Recommended reading; This issue of Feminist Africa examines the question of sexual rights in Africa. The journal contains a range of articles which challenge the heterosexist and homophobic views of political and church l...
New perspectives on sexual rights in a development context: ( P. Ilkkaracan; S. Jolly / BRIDGE , 2007); Have development interventions promoted only negative messages in relation to sexuality, ignoring poor people's rights to pleasure, affirmation and joy through sex and sexuality? This Cutting Edge Pac...
How to improve women’s rights and access to safe abortions: ( I. Warriner; I. Shah / Alan Guttmacher Institute , 2006); This book is a collection of papers that critically examine the issue of unsafe abortions. Unsafe abortion is a serious yet preventable reproductive health care burden that plagues many developing cou...
Preventing early childbearing and infection: how family planning can better meet the needs of young married girls: ( E. Scholl / US Agency for International Development , 2006); This two-page technical brief emphasises that young married women are the most vulnerable sub-group of the sexually active population because health care providers ignore their needs, despite their ne...
How does Cameroon’s family planning policy affect gender relations?: ( M. Soh / Eldis Document Store , 2006); This paper explores Cameroon's family planning policy and questions whether the policy affects gender relations vis-à-vis peace building; the case of Njindom married men. The overarching question is: ...