Women's Health Journal articles from January 2004

Women's Health Journal archives from January 2004

Two decades of achievement.(From The Coordinating Office)(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network)
January 1, 2004... In 2004 the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network celebrates 20 years since its creation in Tenza, Colombia to coordinate the efforts of groups working in women's health throughout the region, a role that LACWHN has fulfilled with...

A decade of action: International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994).(News And Meetings)
January 1, 2004... The significance of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development held by the United Nations in Cairo, Egypt, lies partly in the resulting Programme of Action. Signed by 179 nations, this international agreement defined a new...

"We must take our victory to Puerto Rico": Ximena Machicao ICPD+10.(News And Meetings)(Centro de Informacion y Desarrollo de la Mujer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Ximena Machicao is the Executive Director of the Centro de Informacion y Desarrollo de la Mujer, CIDEM, in La Paz, Bolivia; General Coordinator of the Red de Educacion Popular entre Mujeres, REPEM; LACWHN board member; and a member of Bolivia's...

"Poor women understand their rights": Mabel Bianco.(News And Meetings)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Longtime advocate, researcher and activist for the rights of women and young people, Mabel Bianco spoke with Revista Mujer Salud editor Adriana Gomez about the importance of fora such as the ICPD+10 for generating cultural change. The Argentine...

"For women's comprehensive health and rights: ICPD+10, not one step back": May 28, call for action.(News And Meetings)(International Conference on Population and Development)
January 1, 2004... In commemoration of the International Day of Action for Women's Health, the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network has launched a new call for action in the context of the Campaign for the Exercise of Sexual and Reproductive...

Latin American and Caribbean feminist women's and youth organizations declaration: presented at the open-ended meeting of the presiding officers of the ECLAC Sessional Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, Santiago, Chile, March 10-11, 2004.(News And Meetings)
January 1, 2004... President Executive Secretary of ECLAC Ladies and Gentlemen, Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen of Civil Society Reasons to Rejoice We, the feminist organizations of women and youth of Latin America and the Caribbean,...

Draft declaration: from the open-ended meeting of the Presiding Officers of the ECLAC sessional Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, Santiago, Chile, March 10-11, 2004.(News And Meetings)
January 1, 2004... The countries participating in the open-ended meeting of the Presiding Officers of the sessional Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered in Santiago, Chile, on 10...

One woman's choice: fibroids and hysterectomy.(Opinion)(Column)
January 1, 2004... Seven months after my surgery, I still dream that I am bleeding: I look down, and there is blood all over the place, soaking my underwear, running down my thighs. A lapful of blood. Damn, I think, and then Oh well, there it is again....

Indigenous and African-descendant women: a double burden of discrimination.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... The World Conference against Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held by the United Nations in Durban, South Africa, in September 2001 focused international attention and individual awareness on a long and ominous list of...

Community work with women victims of domestic, ethnic/racial and social violence in Brazil.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... Maria Mulher is a Brazilian feminist group that combats sexist, social and racial/ethnic discrimination. The following article describes some of the activities carried out by the organization's multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, nurses,...

Working with indigenous women in the Arequipa region.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... CAPRODA is a non-profit NGO based in Arequipa, Peru. Founded in 1988, CAPRODA offers training, technical assistance, and consultation and information services and implements programs and projects designed to generate income and create...

Chile's indigenous women's network: building peace.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... "In the city of Santiago in the Diego Portales building, we, the indigenous and African-descendant women who have attended the 4th National Town Meeting of Culture, 'Come, Let Us Build Peace,' have testified freely about our realities. This has...

Brazil: discrimination based on race and gender.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... Brazil suffers from a longstanding tradition of inequality and discrimination in the labor market based on race and gender, according to information released in 2004 by the International Labour Organization, ILO. Statistics contained in the...

Sexual and reproductive health in the Garifuna communities.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... Since 1985, the Honduran Black Women's Network (ENMUNEH) has been dedicated to improving quality of life in the African-descendant community with a focus on prevention and timely care. In early 2003, the Network launched a sexual and...

Chincha Province, Peru: a history of women of African descent.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... Chincha Province is located in the Ica region, approximately 200 kilometers south of Lima. The city is known for its population of African descent, a quantitative and qualitative contribution: 80% all cultural production finds its roots in...

Black women in Uruguay: ethnic differences.(Campaign)
January 1, 2004... Half of all employed black women in Uruguay work in domestic service. Among the remaining black women who work outside the home, the majority are employed in poorly-remunerated jobs requiring minimal skills. Very few black women achieve a...

I sing the body autonomous: a call to renew our struggle for sexual freedom.(Panorama)
January 1, 2004... Contemporary feminism identified predominant sexual practices as a key element in maintaining inequities between women and men, as one more way of subordinating women. The fight for the autonomous body thus became central in feminists' demands,...

Sexuality and human rights: towards a Latin American agenda.(Panorama)
January 1, 2004... On November 17-18, 2003 a group of scholars, activists and representatives from international organizations met in Santiago, Chile to take part in the Seminar-Workshop, "Towards a Sexuality and Human Rights Agenda." Held in the headquarters of...

Looking at sexuality with wide-open eyes: interview with Violeta Barrientos.(Panorama)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Peruvian lawyer Violeta Barrientos is the Executive Director of the recently-founded Centre Latinoamericano de Sexualidad y Derechos Humanos (Latin American Center of Sexuality and Human Rights), currently housed in the Centre de la Mujer...

Good Catholics use condoms: a new challenge to the Vatican's misinformation on condom effectiveness.(Panorama)
January 1, 2004... Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) is a non-governmental organization with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Catholics for a Free Choice shapes and advances sexual and reproductive ethics that are based...

UN resolution on sexual orientation and human rights: IGLHRC.(Panorama)(International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission )
January 1, 2004... On January 30, 2004, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) issued the following press release "IGLHRC Calls for Global Mobilization to Help Pass the UN Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Human Rights" to draw...

"The struggle against discrimination based on sexual preference is a matter of human rights": an interview with Alejandra Sarda.(Panorama)(Latin American and Caribbean Program of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Alejandra Sarda is the coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Program of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). What is the importance of the Brazilian Proposal in the global context and specifically...

From the Fourth World Social Forum.(Documents)
January 1, 2004... The World Social Forum was organized in response to the growing international movement against neo-liberal economic policies being pursued in most countries and capitalist-led globalization. For decades international financial institutions like...

Network.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Family Health International (USA) vol. 23, no. 2, 2003. "Preserving Fertility" is the focus of this issue of FHI's quarterly publication. Published in English, Spanish and French, Network is free of charge to health providers, educators,...

Women in Action.(Periodicals)(Isis International-Manila)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Isis International-Manila (Philippines) no. 2, 2003. The quarterly magazine Women in Action covers a broad range of issues affecting women globally but focuses on the particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South. This grrreat...

Conciencia Latinoamericana.(Periodicals)(Catolicas pot el Derecho a Decidir)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Catolicas pot el Derecho a Decidir(Bolivia) vol. 8, no. 6, July 2003. This magazine is produced by the Latin American network of Catholics for the Right to Decide thanks to the support of HIVOS and the Ford Foundation. This edition...

Femnet News.(Periodicals)(African Women Development and Communication Network)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... African Women Development and Communication Network (Kenya) May-August 2002. The quarterly newsletter of the African Women Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is worth the wait. This bi-lingual (French and English) edition looks...

Informativo Mujer.(Periodicals)(CDE--Area Mujer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... CDE--Area Mujer(Paraguay) ano 15, no. 164, July-August 2003. This attractive periodical is published twice a month by the Women's Department of the Centre de Documentacion y Estudios (CDE, Documentation and Studies Center). Among other...

Perspectivas de Salud.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Pan American Health Organization (USA) vol. 8, no. 3, 2003 Published three times a year, Perspectives in Health covers stories of interest to a range of readers and is available on-line. The lastest issue features the following articles:...

Boletim ABIA.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Associacao Brasileira Interdisciplinar da AIDS (Brazil) no. 50, October-November 2003. The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association publishes its newsletter six times a year. This issue celebrates "20 years of struggle against AIDS"...

Reproductive Health Matters.(Periodicals)(RHM-Elsevier)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... RHM-Elsevier (UK) vol. 11, no. 22, November 2003. Under the title "HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health: Intimately Related," this issue of Reproductive Health Matters examines why the areas of HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive...

GMHC treatment issues.(Periodicals)(Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. (USA) vol. 17, no. 12, December 2003. This monthly newsletter specializes in current issues in HIV/AIDS, with a focus on therapies, drug trials and campaigns for drug assistance. An asset for activists in the...

Action.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... WACC (UK) no. 254, December 2003. Action is a bi-monthly newsletter on media issues and WACC news. This issue examines a new Panos Institute report that brings together lessons from the many failures and few successes in HIV communication...

Voice.(Periodicals)(DES Action)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... DES Action (USA) no. 99, Winter 2004. The DES Action newsletter Voice provides a focus on diethystilbestrol (DES), a potent synthetic estrogen that was widely used to prevention miscarriage and pregnancy complications in the 1940s through...

Conscience.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Catholics for a Free Choice (USA) vol. 24, no. 4, Winter 2003-4. "The Newsjournal of Catholic opinion" is produced quarterly by CFFC. "Babies are Us," the most recent edition, examines the possibilities and perils of new reproductive...

A Friend Indeed.(Periodicals)(Initiative for Women's Health, Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Initiative for Women's Health, Inc. (Canada) vol. 20, no. 6, January-February, 2004. Founded in 1984, A Friend Indeed provides information and support to women in menopause and midlife. This regular newsletter offers reliable information...

Gina Cedamanos, Marivel Saldana, Nelly Jitsuya and Violeta Barrientos La libre orientacion sexual, un derecho de las mujeres.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Lima: Grupo de Lesbianas Feministas, 2003. 117 p. Founded in 1984, the Grupo de Lesbianas Feministas (GALF, Lesbian Feminists Group) has a long history of activism and advocacy promoting the human rights of lesbians in Peru. Freedom of...

Carlos Andre Passarelli, Richard Parker, Cristina Pimenta, Veriano Terto Jr., eds. AIDS e desenvolvimento: interfaces e politicas publicas.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Rio de Janeiro: Associacao Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS, 2003. 298 p. AIDS and Development: Interconnections and Public Policies is a tri-lingual publication (Portuguese, English and Spanish) that presents an overview of the Seminar...

Fabiola Echevarria and Carmen Duran Voces: Defensoria del Aborto en Chile.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Concepcion, Chile: Libertinas Asociadas, 2003. 72 p. This publication is a collection of opinions and perspectives on abortion from 67 women and four men from 53 organizations (NGOs, collectives, government agencies and others) throughout...

Narda Henriquez Ciudadania y Derechos en una Nueva Era: Los derechos economicos y sociales de las mujeres como desafio.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Lima: CLADEM, 2003. 95 p. Published by the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights, Citizenship and Rights in a New Era: The Challenge of Women's Economic and Social Rights provides facts and figures on...

Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer, CLADEM Prostitucion: ? Trabajo o esclavitud sexual?(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Lima: CLADEM, 2003. 78 p. Prostitution: Work or Sexual Slavery? is a collection of essays that address the controversial issue of prostitution--or sex work, depending on your perspective. These essays examine different national contexts of...

Viviana Waisman, ed. Cuerpos Nuestros: Redefiniendo la justicia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Lima: CLADEM and Women's Link Worldwide, 2004. 165 p. Our Bodies: Redefining Justice is the culmination of a joint project that brought together CLADEM. Spain's Family Planning Federation, the Danish Centre for Human Rights and the Irish...

Lydia Alpizar, Roxana Arroyo, Marina Bernal, Alda Facio, Laura Queralt, Julia Velasquez, eds. Manual de capacitacion en derechos humanos de las mujeres jovenes y la aplicacion de la CEDAW.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Buenos Aires: REDLAC/ILANUD, 2003. 341 p. The massive Training Manual on Young Women's Human Rights and the CEDAW was produced by the Red Latinoamericana y Caribena de Jovenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (REDLAC, Latin...

WHO/UNICEF Antenatal Care in Developing Countries: Promises, achievements and missed opportunities.(Other Materials)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Geneva: WHO, 2003. 32 p. This publication analyzes the trends, levels and differentials of prenatal care in developing countries from 1990 to 2001. It poses such questions as: Why does prenatal care matter? What should it consist of? How...

WHO Reproductive Health Library.(Other Materials)(World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Geneva: WHO, no. 6, 2003. CD-Rom. The WHO Reproductive Health Library is "an affordable, accessible and user-friendly source of up-to-date evidence for reproductive health care in developing countries." The RHL is an annual electronic...

Human Rights E-Newsletter.(Virtual Newsletters and Winning Websites)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The Spanish Human Rights Network prepares an "informative bulletin" in Spanish and English, distributed via email, with short news stories on human rights violations and links to solidarity actions. * To subscribe, contact the founder and...

Links with Russian Women.(Virtual Newsletters and Winning Websites)(East-West: Women's Innovation Projects)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The Open Women Line (OWL) of the regional, non-governmental organization "East-West: Women's Innovation Projects" maintains the Information Portal "Women & Society," which includes gigas of information on the Russian women's movement and...

Read it, wear it, promote it: the Inter-American Convention on Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights.(Virtual Newsletters and Winning Websites)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Free People, Secular States: Not the State's nor the Church's, My Body is Mine! Sex When I Want, Pregnancy When I Choose. The Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM, Latin American and...

Canadian Women's Health.(Virtual Newsletters and Winning Websites)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Brigit's Notes is an electronic bulletin full of great women's health news. This monthly bulletin will keep you informed about what's new on the Canadian Women's Health Network website, including new policy initiatives, research, calls for...

Donate a mammogram.(the breast cancer site)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... It takes less than a minute to go to the Breast Cancer website and click on "donate a mammogram." The site's corporate sponsors and advertisers use the number of daily visits to calculate how many mammograms they will donate to underprivileged...

The Meatrix.(the breast cancer site)(http://www.themeatrix.com/)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The Meatrix is all around you... It is the steak you had last night for dinner; it is the eggs you scrambled with your toast this morning... The award-winning website http://www.themeatrix.com/ is a humorous demystification of the factory...

"Health information you can trust".(the breast cancer site)(Health Research and Education Foundation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Informed Health Online is published by the Health Research and Education Foundation based in Melbourne, Australia. This virtual newsletter is delivered weekly, monthly or quarterly (your choice) and features a review of health news, links to...

Our new website: http://www.reddesalud.org.
January 1, 2004... The Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network website has a new look (and a new URL). Ever wonder what LACWHN's logo was? Visit the site for a surprise as well as new information about the network's programs and activities. Selected...