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Millennium Development Goals and Sexual and Reproductive Health: Briefing Cards
2005Universal access to sexual and reproductive health education, information, and services is key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).DocumentSexual Health, Rights and the MDGs: International Perspectives
2006he Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) address issues of gender equality and empowerment (MDG3), maternal mortality (MDG5), and HIV/AIDS (MDG 6) but do not refer to sexual health. To address this gap, the 17th Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health (Montreal 2005) identified eight goals for achieving sexual health.DocumentPublic Choices, Private Decisions: Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals
United Nations Development Programme, 2006Apart from being important in and of itself, ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is instrumentally important for achieving many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report brings out the linkages between the Programme of Action from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the MDGs.DocumentIn Their Own Words: The Formulation of Sexual and Health-Related Behaviour Among Young Men in Bangladesh. Summary Report
Catalyst Consortium, 2005Adolescence is a time when attitudes and values about 'correct' behaviours are often learned and internalised. For boys, these can include viewing women as sex objects, condoning violence to obtain sex, and equating sexual 'prowess' (or skills) and multiple sexual partners with 'manhood'.DocumentSexual and Reproductive Rights of Men
2003The global debate around sexual and reproductive rights has been heavily women-focused. In Chile, men are still largely invisible when it comes to child rearing: public policies have focused primarily on the relationship between mothers and children, and women are considered to have prime responsibility for child-rearing.DocumentPromoting Men's Participation in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes, Summary of the Final Report - Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Health Ministry, 2004There is now more awareness of the implications of men's attitudes and behaviours on the spread of sexually transmitted infections (including HIV/AIDS), early or unwanted pregnancies, maternal mortality, and children's social and economic neglect.DocumentThe war over women's wombs escalates
2006The religious right's drive to smash reproductive freedom, is bad news for all women, yet affects some groups more profoundly. Poor women are taking the hardest hits. Between 1994-2006, unwanted pregnancies in the USA rose by 29 percent for low income women; and declined 20 percent for the better off.DocumentAn Assessment of Reproductive Health Needs in Ethiopia (Chapter on Gender and the Social Context of Reproductive Health)
World Health Organization, 1999In the years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, Ethiopia has begun to grapple with the need to assess a broader range of reproductive health issues. This is most notable in the creation in 1996 of its national Health Sector Development Programme - a 20-year effort to achieve universal access to essential primary health care services.DocumentFemale Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcome: WHO Collaborative Prospective Study in Six African Countries
The Lancet, 2006Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a common practice in a number of countries, predominantly in Africa. Reliable evidence connecting FGM to obstetric complications during childbirthI is scarce. This study examines the effect of different types of FGM on obstetric outcome.DocumentPosition statement: injecting drug users and access to HIV treatment
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, 2005In 2005, there were an estimated 13.2 million injecting drug users worldwide, 80% of whom live in developing and transitional countries.Pages