Women's Health Journal articles from January 2005

Women's Health Journal archives from January 2005

The Beijing platform for action: an ethical and political commitment.(FROM THE COORDINATING OFFICE)
January 1, 2005... The year 2005 marks a milestone for the advancement of women around the world. This year, we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), a crucial event in the promotion of women's...

Beijing + 10: a decade in review.(PANORAMA)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Scores of women from around the world attended the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held in New York from February 27 to March 11, 2005. Some came as members of their countries' official delegations, others as...

Report on the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (1): Beijing + 10 regional follow-up committee for Latin America and the Caribbean.
January 1, 2005... 1. Background Regional and national networks, campaigns and organizations of feminist women formulated a strategy for political advocacy in the process towards the Ninth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held...

Youth for Women's Rights Caucus statement to the 49th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.(BEIJING+ 10)
January 1, 2005... Several nongovernmental caucuses submitted statements on various issues to the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, held at the United Nations in New York from February 28 to March 11, 2005. The following is a statement...

Statement from the Diverse Sexualities Caucus to the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.(BEIJING+10)
January 1, 2005... This statement was submitted and scheduled to be delivered as an oral intervention to the plenary meeting of the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Unfortunately, due to time constraints the Diverse Sexualities Caucus was...

Indigenous women demand recognition of their role and rights.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The International Indigenous Women's Forum was held in New York on February 2627, 2005, just prior to the 49th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Participants included more than 80 indigenous women from 21 countries (Mali,...

International Indigenous Women's Forum declaration: "bringing indigenous perspectives to the international arena: an Indigenous Women's Conference".
January 1, 2005... We, the women of the International Indigenous Women's Forum, have come together in New York on February 26 and 27 and March 12, 2005, for a three-day conference beginning just prior to the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the...

Draft resolution.(Indigenous Women Beyond Beijing+10)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Convinced of the commitments assumed in the Convention on the Elimination of AII Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action, the Millennium Development Goals, the Durban Plan of Action, and the General...

Global action for women's rights.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2005... In recent weeks, calls for action have been launched from all over the world to reaffirm human rights, make progress towards greater social justice, and reject the religious and economic fundamentalism prevalent in our societies. The Latin...

Against poverty, for justice.(Global Call to Action against Poverty )
January 1, 2005... The Global Call to Action against Poverty is a call for women, men and youth to mobilize against poverty and to unite their actions and messages to bring about real and urgent change. It is a call for people all over the world to demand that...

World Health Day 2005: make every mother and child count.(public health awareness)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... On April 7, 2005, hundreds of organizations around the world hosted events to help raise awareness about the unacceptable rates of maternal and child mortality and morbidity and to encourage collective responsibility and action to remedy this...

Violence against women: a global health emergency.(Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The call for action "Violence Against Women: A Global Health Emergency" is part of the global Women's Access to Health Campaign (WAHC), originally launched on the International Day of Action for Women's Health (May 28) in 2003. The Women's...

Strategies for advancement and growth.(LACWHN)
January 1, 2005... The Board of Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, together with our newly appointed General Coordinator, Nirvana Gonzalez, is currently in the process of updating the organization's Plan of Operations approved...

"There has been a lot of excitement over health care reform in El Salvador": Ruth Polanco.
January 1, 2005... A new member of LACWHN's board of directors, Ruth Polanco is a representative from Las Dignas, the Women's Association for Life and Dignity in El Salvador. In this interview, she explains the latest activities of this well-known organization....

Abortion law challenged in the constitutional court.(Colombia)
January 1, 2005... Colombia's abortion law, which outlaws the procedure under all circumstances, was challenged in Constitutional Court on April 14, 2005 by a Colombian citizen seeking to legalize abortion in the most extreme cases: when the woman's life or...

Women's resources in Argentina.(Group News and Announcements)(Women to the West)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... In 1995, women in the western sector of Buenos Aires, Argentina founded Mujeres al Oeste (Women to the West). A non-profit, feminist association, the group works to improve the lives of women, adolescents and youths. Areas of emphasis include...

Psychological care in Chile.(Group News and Announcements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The clinic and research center at Chile La Morada has a team of eleven trained psychologists who provide quality therapy at affordable prices. With more than eight years of experience, La Morada offers individual counseling, counseling for...

HIV/AIDS prevention in Chile.(Group News and Announcements)
January 1, 2005... In Santiago, CIPRESS, the Center for Health and Sexuality Research and Promotion, offers free, confidential counseling on HIV/AIDS prevention and sexual health, as well as HIV and syphilis testing. The organization is committed to...

Towards a comprehensive health agenda for women.(Nicaragua)
January 1, 2005... Since early 2005, women's collectives and organizations in Nicaragua have united to develop a Comprehensive Agenda for Women's Health. During provincial meetings across the nation, various organizations have taken part in open forums to...

National Feminist Encounter 2005.(CHILE)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... June 24-27, 2005 "By the end of the nineteenth century, Chilean women had transformed their experiences of marginalization into an impetus for creating their own political parties. In 1922, women formed the Women's Civic Party and in 1946...

Support for Latinas in the U.S.(CHILE)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... In the late 1980s, participants at a meeting of the U.S. National Coalition against Sexual Assault declared the month of April to be "Sexual Assault Awareness Month." During this month, clinics, centers and groups working in the field of sexual...

Beyond the millennium development goals.
January 1, 2005... MAY 28, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH For the Full Exercise of the Right to Health, Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights In the context of the fifth anniversary of the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development...

The Beijing platform for action: a crucial foundation for achieving the millennium development goals.(CLADEM)(Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights)
January 1, 2005... This position paper was drafted by the members of CLADEM's Management Committee, who met in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, December 2-4, 2004. Contributors include: Marisol Espana, Madela Sainz and Julieta Montano (Bolivia), Elba Nunez...

25 years of international activism for women's health: gone with the wind?(MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS)
January 1, 2005... What [is] wrong with [the Millennium Development Goals]? According to... the UN Secretary General's office, the only substantive difference is that the reproductive health goal has been removed. Although discrete goals and indicators on...

Demystifying the millennium development goal processes: AWID's executive Director, Joanna Kerr, explains the key meetings and processes associated with the Millennium Development Goals that will occur in 2005. Originally published in AWID's virtual newsletter, the Resource Net Friday File, no. 213, February 11, 2005.(INTERVIEW WITH JOANNA KERR)(Association for Women's Rights in Development)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... AWID: 2005 is a critical year for international engagement on women's rights and gender and development issues. The five-year review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is one of the key international processes for women to pay attention...

Women's empowerment, gender equality and the millennium development goals: a WEDO information and action guide.(Beyond the Millennium Development Goals)(Women's Environment and Development Organization)
January 1, 2005... The complete text of this guide is available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese on the WEDO website at http://www.wedo.org/library.aspx?ResourceID=5. It includes numerous resources and useful links. We reprint a slightly modified...

Sexual violence against women as a form of torture.(OPINION)
January 1, 2005... Chile's military dictatorship began in 1973 with a brutal coup d'etat against President Salvador Allende that left thousands of people dead, disappeared, jailed or exiled. During 17 years and under the direct command of General Augusto...

Secrets revealed: women victims of sexual violence as torture during Chile's era of political repression, 1973-1990.
January 1, 2005... Introduction This report was written in the context of the 30-year commemoration of the military coup in Chile in 1973. The objective of the study is to contribute a gender perspective to the nation's historical memory of the repression...

"Chile's military dictatorship incorporated traditional gender roles in its efforts of political domination".(Maria Isabel Matamala)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... Wars, armed conflict and similar situations of violence always leave a wake of pain and death. Sexual violence and other forms of torture long have been used against women detained or disappeared in these contexts. It is often difficult for...

Lives blown apart: crimes against women in times of conflict.(AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... In most of today's wars, civilian casualties far outnumber those of armed combatants. Women and men both suffer human rights violations in conflicts, such as unlawful killings and torture. However, the particular ways in which women are...

The International Criminal Court: an opportunity for women.(DOCUMENTS)
January 1, 2005... In this article, Ana Elena addresses key aspects of the International Criminal Court (ICC), such as gender crimes and related case law, gender-sensitive proceedings and the possible implications of implementing international standards...

De Retamas y Orquideas.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... De Retamas y Orquideas Movimiento Manuela Ramos (Peru) no. 17, December 2004. This issue focuses on the process undertaken by the Movimiento Manuela Ramos to transfer the ReproSalud project to the networks of community reproductive...

Meridiam.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... Meridiam Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer de Sevilla (Spain). Winter 2005. Edited by the Andaluz Women's Institute, this excellent publication addresses the different forms of violence that women endure in daily life, during situations of...

Informativo Mujer.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... Informativo Mujer Area Mujer del Centro de Documentacion y Estudios, CDE (Paraguay) vol. 16, no. 168, March-April 2004. This issue of the publication produced by the Women's Department of the Documentation and Study Center includes a...

Outlook.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... Outlook PATH (United States) vol. 21, no. 3, January 2005. Published by PATH, the Program for Health in Technology, this magazine is dedicated to the field of reproductive health. This issue focuses on male sterilization. Outlook is...

Global Future.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... Global Future World Vision International (United States/Sweden), second quarter 2004. This issue of the World Vision Journal of Human Development focuses on HIV/AIDS as an obstacle to human development. * For more information,...

Canadian Woman Studies.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... Canadian Woman Studies York University (Canada) vol. 23, no. 3-4, September 2004. Through a diverse collection of articles entitled "Benefiting Women? Women's Labour Rights," this issue of the quarterly magazine Canadian Woman Studies...

Con-spirando.(Periodicals)(Brief Article)(Periodical Review)
January 1, 2005... Con-spirando Revista Latinoamericana de Ecofeminismo, Espiritualidad y Teologia Colectivo Con-spirando (Santiago, Chile) no. 47, August 2004. "Other Realities: Mysticism, Shamanism and Madness" discusses mystical and shamanistic...

Rafael Sanseviero: Condena, tolerancia y negacion. El aborto en Uruguay.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Rafael Sanseviero Condena, tolerancia y negacion. El aborto en Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay: Centro Internacional de Investigacion e Informacion para la Paz, 2003, p. 248. Condemnation, Tolerance and Denial shares the results of a study...

Gabriel Lara and Helena Hofbauer, eds. VIH/SIDA y Derechos Humanos: El presupuesto publico para la epidemia en Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico y Nicaragua.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Gabriel Lara and Helena Hofbauer, eds. VIH/SIDA y Derechos Humanos: El presupuesto publico para la epidemia en Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico y Nicaragua Mexico: FUNDAR, 2004, p. 195. HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Fiscal Budgets for...

Monica Gogna, ed. Las Reformas en el Sector Salud en la Argentina y Chile. Oportunidades y obstaculos para la promocion de la salud sexual y reproductiva.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Monica Gogna, ed. Las Reformas en el Sector Salud en la Argentina y Chile. Oportunidades y obstaculos para la promocion de la salud sexual y reproductiva Argentina: CEDES, 2004, p. 304. Health Sector Reform in Argentina and Chile:...

Ana Guezmes Garcia: Reforma del Sector Salud y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Ana Guezmes Garcia Reforma del Sector Salud y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization, 2004, p. 104. Health Sector Reform and Sexual and Reproductive Rights was prepared through the Pan...

Consorcio Nacional de Derechos Reproductivos y Sexuales, CoNDeRS: Situacion de la Atencion de la Salud Sexual y Reproductiva desde la Perspectiva de las/os Usuarias/os.(Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: An evaluation by health care users)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Consorcio Nacional de Derechos Reproductivos y Sexuales, CoNDeRS Situacion de la Atencion de la Salud Sexual y Reproductiva desde la Perspectiva de las/os Usuarias/os Argentina, Buenos Aires: CoNDeRS, 2004, p. 69. Sexual and...

Florencia Luna, et al. Salud publica y anencefalia.("Public Health and Anencephaly" is a short pamphlet which promotes a critical and non-dogmatic perspective in the health sciences)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Florencia Luna, et al. Salud publica y anencefalia Document no. 1, Buenos Aires: FLACSO, 2004, p. 40. "Public Health and Anencephaly" is a short pamphlet produced by the Argentine Biotech Watchdog Group, part of the Bioethics Project...

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, ICW Visibility, Voices and Visions: A Call for Action from HIV-positive women to policymakers.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, ICW Visibility, Voices and Visions: A Call for Action from HIV-positive women to policymakers United Kingdom: ICW, 2004, p. 21. Also available online in English, French and...

AWID: "How does change happen?".(10th Association of Women Industrial Designers International Forum on Women's Rights and Development)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Call for Participation in the 10th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development (Bangkok, Thailand, October 27-30 2005). The upcoming AWID forum will explore the many ways in which change happens and is sustained. Through...

Race Gender Ethnicity: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Dynamics of Poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Race Gender Ethnicity: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Dynamics of Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean Brazil, January 2005. This bilingual publication shares papers and discussions from the seminar entitled "The Dimensions of...

Shea O. Rutstein and Iqbal H. Shah: Infecundity, Infertility and Childlessness in Developing Countries.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Shea O. Rutstein and Iqbal H. Shah Infecundity, Infertility and Childlessness in Developing Countries DHS Comparative Reports No. 9, Calverton, Maryland, USA: ORC Marco and the World Health Organization, 2004. p. 56. By using data from...

Tania Boler and Kate Carroll: Addressing the Educational Needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Tania Boler and Kate Carroll Addressing the Educational Needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children ActionAid International and Save the Children Fund: United Kingdom, 2003, p. 10. Prepared for the UK working group on education and...

Femicide database.(Online: Resources and Competitions)
January 1, 2005... For three years, Isis Internacional coordinated the campaign entitled, "For Women's Lives, Not One More Death," with the participation of national-level networks, NGOs and other women's organizations throughout the region. This campaign focused...

Changemakers.net competition: how to end human trafficking.(Online: Resources and Competitions)
January 1, 2005... Changemakers.net, an initiative of Ashoka (http://www.ashoka.org), announces an awards competition to discover the most effective, innovative strategies for ending human trafficking. Changemakers Innovation Awards include US$5,000 cash prizes...

ILGA's new magazine online.(Online: Resources and Competitions)
January 1, 2005... The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a worldwide network of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere. Founded in 1978, ILGA now has more than...