Arrows For Change articles from December 2002

Arrows For Change archives from December 2002

Quality health services for women, what women want.
December 1, 2002... Women are rarely consulted and listened to on their experiences of health services, and their assessment of service quality. Furthermore, women's feedback is not solicited regularly through systematic research. ARROW's regional six-country...

Women in Bangladesh want better quality maternity care.(Services)
December 1, 2002... The researchers examined maternity care in a rural health centre operated by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and assessed the extent to which health care provision met women's needs and expectations during childbirth. ...

Women in the Philippines speak on reproductive health services.(Research)
December 1, 2002... Research was conducted at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of a public tertiary hospital frequented by low income women in the Philippines. This was done through exploring the perceptions and experiences of women clients admitted at...

The second WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) Global Forum was held in Arusha, Tanzania on September 23-27, 2002.(Global)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The second WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) Global Forum was held in Arusha, Tanzania on September 23-27, 2002. Some 300 people ranging from WABA members to NGOs and health personnel attended the conference entitled, "The WABA...

The Society for International Development (SID), UNFPA, the Research Network GWINDA and the Key Centre for Women's Health in Society (University of Melbourne) jointly organised the Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific Regional Dialogue on Reproductive Rights, Political Mobilization and the Law.(Southeast Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Society for International Development (SID), UNFPA, the Research Network GWINDA and the Key Centre for Women's Health in Society (University of Melbourne) jointly organised the Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific Regional Dialogue on...

Aggressive attempts by the Bush Administration to change key ICPD language in the Plan of Action, the regional action document that shapes population and fertility policies in the region failed in the face of a united opposition by the Asian and Pacific governments and NGOs at the Fifth Asian and Pacific Conference (APPC).(ESCAP)(International Conference on Population and Development)
December 1, 2002... Aggressive attempts by the Bush Administration to change key ICPD language in the Plan of Action, the regional action document that shapes population and fertility policies in the region failed in the face of a united opposition by the Asian...

ARROW organised a three-day regional workshop in Kuala Lumpur to orient participants to the Abortion Advocacy Training Manual designed by the South African Women's Health Project.(South and Southeast Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... ARROW organised a three-day regional workshop in Kuala Lumpur to orient participants to the Abortion Advocacy Training Manual designed by the South African Women's Health Project. The purpose of the manual is to guide abortion choice activists...

The first nationwide conference of community health workers was held on December 10-12, 2002 in Antipolo City.(Philippines)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The first nationwide conference of community health workers was held on December 10-12, 2002 in Antipolo City. Over 120 men and women from all walks of life gathered to find a common solution to women's health problems. Several resource persons...

The Society for International Development held its final meeting of its series of SID-UNFPA policy dialogues on November 27-29 2002 in Katmandu, Nepal.(South Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Society for International Development held its final meeting of its series of SID-UNFPA policy dialogues on November 27-29 2002 in Katmandu, Nepal. Organised jointly with the Women's Rehabilitation Center, the dialogue entitled "Political...

Wood, Susan Y; Friedland, Barbara A; McGrory, C. Elizabeth. 2002. Informed Consent: from Good Intentions to Sound Practices. A Report of a Seminar, 24-25 May 2001.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... 24-25 May 2001. New York: Population Council, 43p. This report is a summary of presentations and discussions at a seminar on the challenges of informed consent in research. The underlying premise of the seminar was that even when those who...

Sen, Gita; George, Asha; Ostlin, Piroska. (eds.). 2002. Engendering/Internationa/Health: The Challenge of Equity.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. xii, 453 p. This book presents the work of leading researchers on gender equity in international health. Growing economic inequalities reinforce social injustices,...

Klugman, Barbara; Fonn, Sharon; Khin San Tint. 2001. Reproductive Health for All: Taking Account of Power Dynamics Between Men and Women, a Training Manual.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Rome and Johannesburg: AIDOS and Women's Health Project. 177 p. This manual, which is directed at programme officers of international and local NGOs and Government officers who work in the area of reproductive health is expected to be used...

Ulin, Priscilla R. [et al]. 2002. Qualitative Methods: a Field Guide for Applied Research in Sexual and Reproductive Health.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Research Triangle Park: Family Health International. X, 278 p. This field guide intends to make methods of qualitative science more accessible to researchers and health practitioners who study sexual and reproductive health problems and...

Cottingham, Jane [et al]. 2001. Transforming Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Geneva: WHO, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family and Community Health. 492 p. This training curriculum for health programme managers offers a session and case-based curriculum on how to promote gender equity and...

Other resources.(Bibliography)
December 1, 2002... Graham, J.W. (et. al). 1995. Asking Questions About Women's Reproductive Health in Community-Based Surveys: Guidelines on Scope and Content. London: Maternal and Child Epidemilogy Unit. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 79p. ...

ARROW's publications.(Bibliography)
December 1, 2002... ARROW. 2003. Access to Quality Gender-Sensitive Health Services: Women-Centred Action Research. Kuala Lumpur:ARROW. 147p. * Price: US$10.00 plus US$3.00 postal charges. ARROW. 2000. Women's Health Needs and Rights in Southeast Asia. A...

Definitions.(Glossary)
December 1, 2002... Empowerment The process by which women strengthen their capacity individually and collectively to identify, understand and overcome gender discrimination, thus acting to take control of their lives. Source: Asian-Pacific Resource &...

Action Research results in immediate improvement of quality of health services for women.(Factfile)
December 1, 2002... ARROW is convinced that action research can effect change in the perceptions of health service providers and in women's knowledge of their rights to quality health services. This in turn would result in more gender-sensitive provision of...