Global reproductive health and human rights
Subtitle: the way forward
By: edited by Laura Reichenbach and Mindy Jane Roseman.
Contributors: Reichenbach, Laura.; Roseman, Mindy Jane.
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780812241525
Subjects: ICPD Programme of Action; ICPD Programme of Action; Human rights; Reproductive health; International cooperation; Right to health care; Reproductive Medicine; International Cooperation; Reproductive Rights; Women's Health
Description: This text critically reflects on the past 15 years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global reproductive health and rights : reflecting on ICPD / Mindy Jane Roseman and Laura Reichenbach; title: The global reproductive health and rights agenda : opportunities and challenges for the future / Laura Reichenbach; title: The conundrum of population and reproductive health programs in the early twenty-first century / George Zeidenstein; title: Population, poverty reduction, and the Cairo agenda / David E. Bloom and David Canning; title: Mobilizing resources for reproductive health / Tom W. Merrick; title: Measuring reproductive health : from contraceptive prevalence to human development indicators / Joan Kaufman; title: Bearing human rights : maternal health and the promise of ICPD / Mindy Jane Roseman; title: Advocacy strategies for young people's sexual and reproductive health : using UN processes / Bonnie Shepard; title: Approaches to sexual and reproductive health and HIV policies and programs : synergies and disconnects / Sofia Gruskin; title: Technology, reproductive health, and the Cairo consensus / Kelly Blanchard; title: The Cairo "compromise" on abortion and its consequences for making abortion safe and legal / Marge Berer; title: Advocacy for sexuality and women's rights : continuities, discontinuities, and strategies since ICPD / Françoise Girard; title: Situating reproductive health within the academy / Alaka Basu; title: The political limits of the UN in advancing reproductive health and rights / Heidi Larson and Michael R. Reich; title: Examining religion and reproductive health : constructive engagement for the future / Frances Kissling; title: Conclusion : conceptual successes and operational challenges to ICPD : global reproductive health and rights moving forward / Rebecca Firestone, Laura Reichenbach, and Mindy Jane Roseman.