Women's Health Journal articles from July 2007

Women's Health Journal archives from July 2007

Women's lives in the balance: maternal mortality.
July 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Twenty years ago, the international community acknowledged an alarming problem of public health and a grave violation of human rights: maternal mortality. For many women--especially the poorest and those without...

Maternal mortality prevention in Chiapas, Mexico: the impact of decentralization, change in ruling political parties and gender.(MATERNAL MORTALITY: Women's Lives in the Balance)
July 1, 2007... Introduction Recent years have seen concern resurfacing among institutions and governments about inequality in society and in health. This concern has led to the reiteration of proposals for Primary Health Care (PHC) that followed the 1978...

Maternal mortality in Chile.(MATERNAL MORTALITY: Women's Lives in the Balance)(Report)
July 1, 2007... Social, Economic, Cultural and Religious Context (1) Chile's transition to a restored democracy began 15 years ago in 1990, and the coalition of political parties that opposed the military regime has been in power for three consecutive...

Associated social, economic and political factors.(MATERNAL MORTALITY IN CUBA)
July 1, 2007... In our cultures, maternity is seen as the ultimate symbol of femininity. In fact, it seems to be an indispensable requirement for validating this femininity both subjectively and objectively. According to the social mandate of patriarchal...

"Easy access to emergency contraception is absolutely necessary and right": interview with Carol Petraitis.(OPINION)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... The Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project was founded in 1979 by Linn Duvall Harwell in response to her mother's tragic death. Linn's mother, Clara Bell Duvall, died at age 34 from complications of a self-induced abortion in 1929. Five...

Economic, social and cultural rights are women's rights.(PANORAMA)
July 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) are considered "second-generation rights" in the development of the international system of human rights. Second-generation rights ensure equality among the different...

The economic, social and cultural rights of women in Latin America: Status and Strategies.
July 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction The following essay examines the strategies and approaches used in the protection of the economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) of women in Latin America. The first section provides a brief...

Women and Human Rights: The Convergences and Divergences of Two Social Movements.
July 1, 2007... The Women's Movement and ESCR: Rights Without Rights The women's movement in Latin America and the Caribbean intensified and strengthened its use of a human rights framework to demand economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) during the...

Community Advocates: A Community Response to Domestic Violence: Cusco, Peru.(SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES)
July 1, 2007... The project "Defensorias comunitarias: Una respuesta comunitaria a la violencia familiar" (Community Advocates: A Community Response to Domestic Violence) was first implemented in 1999 by a Peruvian non-governmental organization, the Instituto...