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  Good Choice: the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health

  Panos Institute, London, 2007

  This is the fourth document in a series of briefings for the media from the Panos RELAY programme, which works with Southern print and broadcast journalists to communicate the findings of academic research in an accessible way. Journalists can play a key role in getting important sexual and reproductive issues debated publicly.
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  Participation in Sexual and Reproductive Well-being and Rights

  2004

  One of the main aims of participatory development work is to facilitate the expression of people's perspectives, to listen and support the giving of ideas, and to allow participants to grow. In the area of sexual and reproductive well-being and rights, however, participatory approaches are falling short.
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  Effect of a Participatory Intervention with Women's Groups on Birth Outcomes in Nepal: Cluster-Randomised Trial

  The Lancet, 2004

  How can high rates of infant mortality in developing countries be more effectively tackled? In Kathmandu, Nepal, a team from Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA) undertook a low-cost, community-based participatory intervention with women's groups to test the impact of peer education on birth outcomes in an economically poor rural population.
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  Midwives assisting homebirths face opposition in rural Bangladesh

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Why is it that in Bangladesh many women still die during child labour, and what difference could training of midwives make for homebirths? In Bangladesh, 91 percent of births still take place at home and only 13 percent are assisted by a doctor or midwife.
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  BRIDGE Bibliography 18: Women and girls living with HIV/AIDS: overview and annotated bibliography

  BRIDGE, 2007

  HIV/AIDS is both driven by and entrenches gender inequality, leaving women more vulnerable than men to its impact. This report - consisting of an overview, annotated bibliography, and contacts section - considers the specific challenges faced by women and girls who are living with HIV and AIDS.
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  Gender-Based Violence, Relationship Power, and Risk of HIV Infection in Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in South Africa

  Gender Advocacy Programme, South Africa, 2004

  Gender-based violence and gender inequality are increasingly cited as important determinants of women's HIV risk; yet empirical research on possible connections remains limited. This report presents findings of a cross-sectional study of 1366 at four health centres in Soweto, South Africa, who accepted routine antenatal HIV testing.
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  Sexual and Reproductive Health for HIV-Positive Women and Adolescent Girls: Manual for Trainers and Programme Managers

  2006

  Sexual and reproductive rights apply to all individuals regardless of HIV status. Yet more often than not, the rights of HIV positive women and adolescent girls are not recognised or given priority. Health workers need both training and support to eliminate stigma and discrimination towards women living with HIV and to provide quality safe and compassionate care to HIV positive women.
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  HIV, AIDS and Women who Have Sex with Women

  SIDAnet - Lusophone Association, 2002

  Although sex between women is considered lower risk than heterosexual sex, it can still transmit HIV. Women who have sex with women (WSW) can reduce the risk of contracting HIV by being aware of their own HIV status and revealing it to their partner.
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  Positive Women and Microbicides

  Global Campaign for Microbicides, 2006

  For HIV-positive women effective microbicides may prove to be crucial for the exercise of their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Ensuring that microbicides are safe, affordable and meet the needs of HIV-positive women, demands targeted research. This article explains how microbicides can potentially enhance the lives of HIV positive women and their families.
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  Removed from HIV07 - Practices and Perceptions of Positive Women in Abidjan and Bobo-Dioulasso

  Editions Karthala, 2000

  Breastfeeding is one of the ways in which HIV can be transmitted, but women are not always free to decide whether to breastfeed or not their babies. Their choice may be determined by many constraints. This study seeks to explore the perceptions and practices of HIV-positive women around breastfeeding in Abidjan et Bobo-Dioulasso, in the Ivory Coast.

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