-
In 1995 the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) Platform for Action put forward the groundbreaking concept that the right of women to control their sexuality—the basis for sexual rights—is an indivisible part of their human rights, and that without it, women cannot fully realize their other human rights. This notion has been reaffirmed at several subsequent international meetings, but in practice, few countries' laws and policies provide women with effective protection against coercion, discrimination, and violence, and fundamentalist states and movements all over the world consistently target women's sexual and reproductive autonomy.
Our resources on human rights and sexuality include articles on violence against women, as well as the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, sex workers, and other populations whose bodily autonomy is threatened by laws and policies that impact how they express their sexualities.
Browse our resources on human rights and sexuality below.
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionFriday, 01 April 2005
>>Available in PDF
Summary: By Adrienne Germain (Published in Restoring American Leadership: 13 Cooperative Steps to Advance Global Progress, a joint publication of the Open Society Institute and the Security and Peace Institute, April 2005). Outlines key opportunities for the Bush administration to play a leadership role in accelerating global cooperation on women's health and human rights, especially in slowing the advance of HIV/AIDS
(7 pages).Click here to download Restoring American Leadership from the Open Society Institute's website.
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 08 March 2005
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 05 March 2005
The New York Times, March 5, 2005
Editorial
At a moment when the United States should be leading the world on advancing women's equality, the Bush administration chose instead to alienate government ministers and 6,000 other delegates at an important United Nations conference on that issue with a burst of anti-abortion zealotry this week.
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 28 February 2005
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 07 February 2005
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 February 2005
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 February 2005
>>Available from WWHR's website
Summary: WWHR Booklet (Published byWomen for Women's Human Rights-New Ways, February 2005). Includes thestories and results of two successful campaigns by the women's movementin Turkey: The Campaign on the Reform of the Penal Code from a GenderPerspective (2002-2004) and the civil code reform campaign (2000-2001).It also offers a concise description the legal status of women inTurkey, reflecting new laws in both private and public spheres. Thebooklet provides an excellent resource for advocacy and research onwomen's human rights (68 pages).
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 February 2005
>>Available in PDF from WWHR's website
Summary: By Dr. Sherifa Zuhur (publishedby Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways, February 2005). Examinesthe common aspects of criminal laws in the Middle East and North Africarelated to sexuality and provides a historical perspective on theamalgamation of tribal, religious, colonial laws and their impact onmodern codes. Providing a thematic comparative study of constructs ofhonor, adultery, honor crimes, rape, sexual abuse, abortion, maritalrape, homosexuality, sex work, FGM and similar issues, the articleexplores how human rights violations in the domain of sexuality arelegitimized by law in the region and how oppression of sexuality inperpetrated by the existing penal systems. The article is both a uniqueresource and a powerful advocacy tool for ongoing reform initiatives inthe region (76 pages).
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 11 January 2005
-
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 11 January 2005
-
Home 
Resources Information Library Browse by Issue
Resources Information Library Browse by Issue
Results 31 - 40 of 203
International Women's Health Coalition
333 Seventh Avenue, 6th Floor | New York, NY 10001 USA
212.979.8500 | info@iwhc.org