Arrows For Change articles from September 2004

Arrows For Change archives from September 2004

ICPD 10: reasserting reproductive health in the global agenda.
September 1, 2004... The 2004 global and regional roundtables reviewing and monitoring progress of the Cairo Programme of Action (POA) implementation concluded that this document remains a critical comprehensive UN document which outlines an agenda and framework...

Cambodia: progress in women's reproductive health and rights.(POLICY)
September 1, 2004... Cambodia has had better progress than its counterparts in the region in formulating laws and policies related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as put forward by the ICPD Programme of Action (POA). The first five years after...

Philippines: barriers impeding reproductive health and rights.(POLICY)
September 1, 2004... Before the ICPD Programme of Action (POA), women's reproductive bodies and functions were viewed by health and development planners in a fragmented and instrumentalist way, disassociated from women's own agencies. Women's wombs were important...

The 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok held from 11-16 Jul 2004, organised by the International AIDS Society once again brought together a wide range of actors involved in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic.(Monitoring Country Activities)
September 1, 2004... * The 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok held from 11-16 Jul 2004, organised by the International AIDS Society once again brought together a wide range of actors involved in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Researchers, scientists,...

The Population Council and Population Foundation of India (PFI) in collaboration with NGOs working in the area of young people, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, have formed an alliance to create an enabling environment in which young people can address their health issues, especially reproductive and sexual health and development issues.(India)
September 1, 2004... The Population Council and Population Foundation of India (PFI) in collaboration with NGOs working in the area of young people, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, have formed an alliance to...

Women from 18 different countries in the region attended a four-day consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Dr Yakin Erturk, on 25-28 July 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia.(Indonesia)(Brief article)
September 1, 2004... Women from 18 different countries in the region attended a four-day consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Dr Yakin Erturk, on 25-28 July 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Organised by the Asia Pacific Forum on...

Over 100 women activists and 250 government delegates and UN officials gathered for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) High-level Intergovernmental Meeting (HLM).(Regional)
September 1, 2004... Over 100 women activists and 250 government delegates and UN officials gathered for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) High-level Intergovernmental Meeting (HLM), from 7-10 Sep 2004, to review...

Two sub-regional ICPD+10 roundtable meetings, organised by International Planned Parenting Federation (IPPF), were held in Kuala Lumpur and Nepal on 23-25 Jul 2004 and 4-6 Aug 2004 respectively.(Regional)(Discussion)
September 1, 2004... Two sub-regional ICPD+10 roundtable meetings, organised by International Planned Parenting Federation (IPPF), were held in Kuala Lumpur and Nepal on 23-25 Jul 2004 and 4-6 Aug 2004 respectively. These meetings were aimed at providing a regional...

To mark the 10th Anniversary of ICPD a Global Roundtable organised by the Countdown 2015 initiative (a coalition of NGOs launched by International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Population Action International (PAI), and Family Care International) was held in London, from 31 Aug-2 Sep 2004.(International)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
September 1, 2004... To mark the 10th Anniversary of ICPD a Global Roundtable organised by the Countdown 2015 initiative (a coalition of NGOs launched by International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Population Action International (PAI), and Family Care...

Lee, Kelley; Buse, Kent; Fustukian, Suzanne. (eds.). 2002. Health Policy in a Globalising World.
September 1, 2004... Lee, Kelley; Buse, Kent; Fustukian, Suzanne. (eds.). 2002. Health Policy in a Globalising World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 331 p. Increasing recognition of the impact that globalisation may be having on public health has led...

Petchesky, Rosalind Pollack. 2003. Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights.
September 1, 2004... Petchesky, Rosalind Pollack. 2003. Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights. London: Zed Books. 306 p. This book is a critical analysis of the role of transnational women's groups in setting the agenda for women's health,...

Bergman, Ylva. 2004. Breaking Through: A Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.(Book review)
September 1, 2004... Bergman, Ylva. 2004. Breaking Through: A Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Stockholm: The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU). 64 p. This guide, published to mark the 10th anniversary of the ICPD, is a...

Cook, Rebecca J.; Dickens, Bernard M.; Fathalla, Mahmoud. 2003. Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law.
September 1, 2004... Cook, Rebecca J.; Dickens, Bernard M.; Fathalla, Mahmoud. 2003. Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 554 p. This book is written by three of the leading experts in the...

The Center for Reproductive Rights. (ed.). 2004. Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives: South Asia.
September 1, 2004... The Center for Reproductive Rights. (ed.). 2004. Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives: South Asia. New York: Center for Reproductive Rights. 242 p. The 'Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting...

UNFPA. 2004. Investing in People: National Progress in Implementing the ICPD Programme of Action 1994-2004.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2004... UNFP UNFPA. A. 2004. : National Progress in Implementing the ICPD Programme of Action 1994-2004. [s.l.]: UNFPA. 120 p. This report shows the progress that has been achieved and the challenges that still remain in implementing the ICPD...

Other resources.
September 1, 2004... Challenging Fundamentalisms--a web resource for women' women's s human rights. Website: www.whrnet.org Rao, Mohan. [ed.]. 2004. The Unheard Scream: Reproductive Health and Women's Lives in India. New Delhi: Zubaan. 312p. Nair, Sumathi;...

Arrow's publications.
September 1, 2004... ARROW 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 ARROW. 2000. Women's Health Needs and Rights in Southeast...

Definitions.
September 1, 2004... Political Conservatism Conservatism is a political philosophy that tends to support the status quo and uphold traditional values. Political conservatism is often a right-wing agenda influencing the State, usually in collusion with...

Women still unable to control their fertility: issue of unmet need.(Factfile)
September 1, 2004... Women have an unmet need for family planning if they express a desire to space or limit births but are not relying on any form of contraception, be it modern or traditional. Taking control of one's own sexual and reproductive health, including...