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Not So Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Rights and International Development
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Is sexuality less important than poverty? This article, based on a session facilitated by BRIDGE at the 2005 Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) conference, explores the connections between development and sexuality. The speakers argue that sexuality is itself a survival issue.DocumentConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
United Nations, 1990The CEDAW Convention is often described as an international bill of rights for women. It was first adopted in December 1979 and in 2005, 180 countries had signed up to the Convention.DocumentSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Eldis, 2006Development agencies have long addressed issues of sexuality and reproduction. However traditionally they have dealt with them in largely negative ways. Whether through population programmes or the use of scare tactics in HIV prevention work, sexuality has been regarded as a problem that needs to be controlled rather than as a positive force that can be part of the solution.DocumentThe pleasure project: global mapping of pleasure
The Pleasure Project, 2004How can a focus on pleasure help promote safer sex? The Pleasure Project mapped initiatives taken around the world which use pleasure as a primary motivation for promoting sexual health.DocumentA Client-centered Approach to Reproductive Health: A Trainer's Manual
Population Council, 2005How can reproductive health service providers deliver more client-centred services? This manual adopts an approach for bringing about behaviour-change in providers, making them more receptive and responsive to client needs. The approach, called SAHR, involves four interconnected steps: Salutation, Assessment, Help, and Reassurance.DocumentThe Changing Context of Sexual Initiation in sub-Saharan Africa
Population Council, 2005During the past 20 years, there has been a substantial reduction in the proportion of young women who marry as teenagers in sub-Saharan Africa. It is often argued that delaying marriage leads to a rise in the proportion of young women who engage in premarital sex.DocumentGetting it right, doing it right: gender and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004How can international assistance operations address the specific needs of women and girls in a practical way when planning in post-conflict situations? Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) interventions often focus primarily on goals of disarming men rather than acknowledging there are women combatants or women supporters of armed groups.DocumentAccelerating reproductive and child health program development: the Navrongo initiative in Ghana
Population Council, USA, 2005Successive health, reproductive health and development agendas have been adopted by African governments over the past decades. However many of these have been followed by widespread implementation failure. This paper highlights lessons learned from an approach to programme development in Ghana which uses research to accelerate policy implementation.DocumentChanging a harmful social convention: female genital mutilation/cutting
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a global concern. Not only is it practiced among communities in Africa and the Middle East, but also in immigrant communities throughout the world. Moreover, recent data reveal that it occurs on a much larger scale than previously thought. This Digest examines the social dynamics of FGM/C.DocumentAnnotated bibliography: sexuality and human rights
International Women's Health Coalition, 2002This bibliography provides summaries of 28 key materials on sexuality and human rights, and a list of further references. The summarised material provides an overview of the key issues in current work on sexual rights/sexuality and human rights.Pages