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Complying with the Law? How Catholic Hospitals Respond to State Laws Mandating the Provision of Emergency Contraception to Sexual Assaults Victims
2006In the United States five percent of women who have been sexually assaulted become pregnant as a result of the attack, the majority of which undergo elective abortion. This report argues that women who have experienced sexual assault should have easy access to emergency contraception (EC).DocumentCulture Matters. Working with Communities and Faith-Based Organisations: Case Studies from Country Programmes
United Nations Population Fund, 2004Empowering women and meeting women's needs for education and health, including reproductive health, were identified as core development objectives at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).DocumentBeyond inequalities: women in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network, 2005This profile provides a gender analysis of the status of women and girls in Zimbabwe. Part I looks at the situation of women since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. The section covers economic policies; women's participation in politics and decision-making; laws and legal reform; education and technology; the socio-cultural context; health and media.DocumentTrade liberalisation policy
International Labour Organization, 2003Trade liberalisation (decreasing restrictions on trade) has taken place through several policy frameworks over the past ten years. In addition to the rules of the WTO, trade liberalisation has also been a key factor of World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes. Advocates of such policies argue that trade liberalisation should increase a country's growth and incomes.DocumentTrade impact review: Mexico case study: NAFTA and the FTAA: a gender analysis of employment and poverty impacts in agriculture
Women's Edge Coalition, 2003Mexicans working in agriculture were hit hard by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There is now concern over the potential impact of increased trade liberalisation through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This case study seeks to quantify the differential impact on Mexican women and men of trade agreements so that lessons learned can inform new trade agreements.DocumentWTO TRIPS Agreement
International Labour Organization, 2003The TRIPS agreement is an overarching framework for a multilateral approach to intellectual property rights (IPR), in force since 1996. TRIPS means that use of plants, micro-organisms, biotechnological techniques, food and essential drugs can be restricted under patent protection.DocumentGreat Ancestors: Women Asserting Rights in Muslim Contexts - A Training and Information Kit
Shirkat Gah, 2005There is a myth that women's rights struggles are alien to Islamic societies. When taken as fact, these myths can lead to disengagement with contemporary women's rights discourse and deter women from standing up for their rights.DocumentAction research: garment industry supply chains
Women Working Worldwide, 2003This manual, aimed at researchers, gives practical guidance on how to conduct action research that will promote and support workers' rights, focusing on garment industry supply chains.DocumentConcluding comments of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Venezuela
United Nations, 2006Recognising and commending the Venezuelan Constitution, 1999, which establishes the equality of rights between women and men, this document makes recommendations to the State regarding implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, which was ratified by Venezuela in 2002.