Women's Health Journal articles from January 2008

Women's Health Journal archives from January 2008

Towards healthy mothers and children: a gender and rights approach to breastfeeding promotion.(DOCUMENTS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Breastfeeding plays a crucial role in reducing child mortality especially in developing countries where health status is poor due to inadequate access to water,...

Violence against women and girls is a violation of their human rights.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We see the increasing legitimacy of the use of force and violence to resolve conflict around the globe, from the most trivial of domestic concerns to matters in the international arena. We see this upsurge of covert...

Femicide in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua.(ENOUGH IMPUNITY!)
January 1, 2008... The Observatorio Ciudadano para Monitorear la Imparticion de Justicia en los casos de Feminicidio en Ciudad Juarez y Chihuahua (Citizens' Watchdog Group for Monitoring the Administration of Justice in Cases of Femicide in Ciudad Juarez and...

Forced sterilization and access to justice in Peru: ten years of efforts to achieve justice, truth and reparation.
January 1, 2008... The Movimiento Amplio de Mujeres Linea Fundacional (MAM Fundacional) was created in 1986 to eliminate discrimination against women and promote and disseminate women's rights, particularly sexual and reproductive rights. The movement is...

HIV/AIDS, women and violence: two faces, one reality.
January 1, 2008... There is a connection between all forms of violence against women and girls and increased risk of HIV infection. While this reality affects countries around the globe, the risks tend to be greater in contexts marked by armed conflict, refugee...

Careful! Machismo kills.(CHILE)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2007, the Red Chilena contra la Violencia Domestica y Sexual (Chilean Network against Domestic and Sexual Violence) launched a national campaign to call for an end to violence against women. The effort focused on...

For the freedom to decide.(FROM THE COORDINATING OFFICE)
January 1, 2008... The current state of sexual and reproductive rights is at a critical juncture. The fundamentalists have redoubled their onslaught as evidenced in the recent announcement by the Vatican that the Catholic Church will promote a worldwide campaign...

May 28, International Day of action for Women's Health: our bodies, our lives, our health--for the right and freedom to choose.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... Women's bodies are disputed territory, marked by the ruling power of a patriarchal system that historically has exploited them for its own purposes, appropriating their productive and reproductive potential. This system is present in all...

Lacwhn call for acting 2007 stop the violence! Protect women's and girls' comprehensive health!(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network )
January 1, 2008... In commemoration of November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network promoted a three-year campaign from 2005 to 2007 identify the different forms of violence against women...

11th Latin American and Feminist Encounter.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The organizing committee of the 11th Latin American and Feminist Encounter, to be held in Mexico, has announced the decision to postpone the meeting until March 2009 to facilitate the organizational process of the meeting and to promote the...

International AIDS Conference, Mexico 2008.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Conference news)
January 1, 2008... Preparations are underway for the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008), to be held in Mexico City, Mexico, August 3-8, 2008. Under the banner of "Universal Action Now," AIDS 2008 will be the first International AIDS Conference ever...

The "Women Won't Wait" campaign.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the context of the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico, "Women Won't Wait" will broaden its outreach for allies to support the political agenda of this international initiative. This campaign recognizes that sexual...

52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women: financing women is global priority.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... Representatives of United Nations Member States, UN agencies and ECOSOC-accredited, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world met at the United Nations headquarters in New York from February 25 to March 7 to address...

From the declaration by the Latin American and the Caribbean Women's Caucus at the 52nd CSW.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... "We are pleased to see that the document being negotiated here recognizes the importance of and reinforces the need for a greater commitment to the principles of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, seeking greater coherence with...

Nicaragua: women's human rights leaders face charges.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A number of women who have a long history of advocating for the human rights of women and girls in Nicaragua are being brought to court in a fundamentalist attack orchestrated by the President of the Republic and...

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calls for the decriminalization of abortion.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... In a report issued March 18, 2008, the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on member states which have not already done so to decriminalize abortion. This first...

Chilean citizens on alert: judges, politicians and priests are in your bed!(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In an historic setback for sexual and reproductive rights, Chile's Constitutional Court prohibited the public health system from distributing emergency contraception (EC) without charge in an April 2008 ruling. ...

Dire consequences.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(abortion)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... In a recent study, the Universidad de Chile Medical School found that an additional 2.2 children will be aborted for every live birth and that annual rates of clandestine abortion will surpass rates of childbirth in our country if the...

Public declaration of the movement for the defense of contraception.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... "Chilean women and men demand respect for our right to have access to modern and efficient contraceptives with which to regulate our fertility and our right to be able to decide freely and responsibly when to have children or to not have...

Uruguay: first Latin American country to legalize civil union for same-sex couples.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Uruguay has become the first country in the region to legalize civil unions for couples of the same sex. The law entered into effect on January 2008 and regulates common-law marriage for different-or same-sex couples...

Gendered performances on an exotic stage: dimensions of difference and sex tourism in the Caribbean.(PANORAMA)(Report)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction This traveler's response to his encounter with sex tourism in the Dominican Republic is representative of many of the key elements that are unique to the sex tourist's experience in the islands of...

For safe and legal abortion.(SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Because motherhood should be chosen and not imposed by cultural, political or religious dictates or repressive laws. Because women have the right to choose if they wish to bear children and when to do so. ...

Complex problems, comprehensive interventions.(ABORTION IN URUGUAY)(Report)
January 1, 2008... Introduction Abortion is a response to a pregnancy that is unplanned, unwanted, unintentional and/or cannot be brought to term. Women have very limited options in these circumstances. They can continue the pregnancy and raise the child,...