Women and Health

Women and Health (From Sandesh.org)

Women's reproductive health in the Middle East and North Africa (2003)
About half of the 10 million women who give birth each year in the Middle East and North Africa have some kind of complication, with more then 1 million of them suffering serious injuries that lead to long-term illness.

Translating Reproductive Rights Into Reality (2002)
There is a global call for reproductive health and rights, but the reality of getting the care and supplies to the people who need them is a challenge.

Women's health
This is a links page of organizations and online resources on women's health.

Gender and HIV/AIDS
The document offers an overview of gender and HIV/AIDS. The author discusses current infection rates and trends of HIV in women. She states that the traditional health based approach is not sufficient in tackling the epidemic, that it is necessary to look at gender inequality, sexual politics and what is called the third epidemic, which moves beyond the medical to the social and refers to the denial, blame, stigmatisation, prejudice and discrimination which is present in every country dealing with HIV/AIDS. The paper argues for HIV/AIDS to be addressed with a gendered, rights based approach. A number of research papers and agreements are discussed in support of the argument that HIV/AIDS is a human rights issue.

Gender and HIV/AIDS: Supporting Resources Collection

This document collates key resources on gender and HIV/AIDS. These are divided into:
* Key texts in the subject
* case studies of good practice
* tools and guides
* courses
* web resources
* networking and contact details

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