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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.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 01 January 1994
>>Available from IWHC and CEPIA (see below)
Summary: Published by the International Women's Health Coalition and Cidadania, Estudos, Pesquisa, Informacao, Acao (CEPIA, Brazil), 1994. Report of a conference of 215 women from 79 countries held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1994, including consensus statement and strategies for the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (39 pages).
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 01 January 1994
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 01 January 1994
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Summary: By Adrienne Germain and AnibalFaundes (Challenges in Reproductive Health Research: Biennial Report1992-1993, edited by J. Khanna, P.F.A. Van Look and P.D. Griffin,Geneva: World Health Organization, 1994). Invited chapter in report ofUNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Developmentand Research Training in Human Reproduction describing the need for andbenefits of including women as decision makers in the development anddelivery of reproductive health technology (7 pages).
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 August 1993
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Summary: By Ruth Dixon-Mueller (Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1993, New York: Population Council). Literature review commissioned by IWHC and the Working Group on Sexuality and Gender (IWHC and the Population Council). Explores the importance of sexuality and gender-based power relations to reproductive health policies and programs (13 pages).
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionFriday, 01 January 1993
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionFriday, 01 January 1993
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Summary: By Ruth Dixon-Mueller and Adrienne Germain, (Population Policy and Women's Rights: Transforming Reproductive Choice, Ruth Dixon-Mueller, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993). Paper originally commissioned for 1990 Bellagio Symposium, "The Politics of Induced Fertility Change." Also published in modified form in Population and Development Review (A supplement to Vol. 20, 1994, New York: Population Council) (27 pages).
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionWednesday, 30 November -0001
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 28 October 2008
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 January 2008From new commitments to sex education programs to progress on securing a women's right to abortion, these ten developments show that women's health was a priority concern in 2007, and will continue to require our attention and dedication in 2008.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 01 January 2007
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