Women's Health Journal articles from April 2008

Women's Health Journal archives from April 2008

Measuring impact will be the Itinerant University's greatest challenge: Maria Isabel Matamala.(Interview)
April 1, 2008... In 1998, the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network kicked off a new program to promote the strategy of human resources training: the Itinerant University (IU). The team of well-known feminist activists and researchers who give the...

Catholics appeal to Pope Ratzinger on the anniversary of the Humanae Vitae.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... On July 25, over 50 Catholic groups from around the world presented an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI on the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, which was drafted in 1968 under Pope Paul VI. This document officially established the Church's...

Women demand prevention and treatment: UNGASS 2008 & The International Aids Conference.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... Under the slogan "Keep the Promise," the 2008 meeting of the United General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS was held in New York, June 9 to 11, to follow up on the UNGASS 2001 and the Declaration of Principles that emerged from that...

Women and girls are still waiting! UNGASS 2008.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(United Nations General Assembly Special Session; protection of women against HIV/AIDS)
April 1, 2008... At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in 2001, governments committed to promote and protect women's human rights and reduce women's vulnerability to HIV&AIDS by eliminating all forms of discrimination including...

Women's rights groups demand action and accountability now! UNGASS 2008.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... The following declaration was presented on June 11, 2008, by the women's groups attending the UNGASS. We, women's groups (including women living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and young women) present here at the High Level Meeting on AIDS,...

Contraception and population: not-so-strange bedfellows.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... In celebration of World Population Day, July 11, the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) emphasized the importance of family planning, stressing the urgent need to increase the global offer of modern contraceptives as demand for fertility...

Women take a stand: Civil Society of the Americas.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... The women of civil society who took part in the Civil Society of the Americas Conference, in preparation for the Durban Review Conference, issued a public declaration reasserting their full commitment to this process, which has facilitated...

Women's declaration.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We, women--African descendants, indigenous peoples, gypsies, youth, adults, migrants, lesbians and feminists, gathered at the Civil Society of the Americas Conference, in preparation for the Durban Review Conference,...

Brazil authorizes stem cell research: a triumph for the feminist agenda.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... In 2005, amidst great controversy, Brazil's Congress approved the Biosafety Law, which authorized, among other things, scientific research on stem cells of embryos obtained from in vitro fertilization. The purpose of these efforts is to...

Worth so many words.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)('Putting Birth Back in Women's Hands')(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2008... The 12th issue of the Women's Health Collection, Putting Birth Back in Women's Hands, published by LACWHN in 2007, features not only a wealth of articles written by various individual and group members of the Network throughout Latin America...

Case of maternal morbidity in Brazil goes before the CEDAW committee.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)
April 1, 2008... In an unprecedented action on maternal mortality and human rights, New York's Center for Reproductive Rights and the Rio de Janeiro NGO Advocaci filed a complaint with the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...

Diverse perspectives on women and health: LACWHN Board of Directors.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network)(Conference news)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... In 2008, our Chilean colleague Josefina Hurtado Neira ended her term as a member of the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network. Josefina made a tremendous contribution to the political leadership of the Network from her experience...

For the right and freedom to choose: May 28, International Day of Action for Women's Health.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LACWHN's 2008 Call for Action "Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Health--For the Right and Freedom to Choose" supported the many activities of our member groups in commemoration of May 28, International Day of Action for...

Stop conflict waged on women's bodies!(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), which recently registered its branch office in the Global South in Manila, launched a May 2008 Call for Action entitled "Stop Conflict being Waged upon Women's Bodies!" As WGNRR...

How "free" is freedom of choice? The gordian knot for sexual and reproductive rights activists.(OPINION)(Viewpoint essay)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An activist in the Mexican feminist movement for nearly 25 years, Yanina Avila has a doctorate in anthropology and teaches at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e...