FWCW Factsheets on Women's Health and Rights

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Summary: Set of 3 factsheets on reproductive health and rights, sexual health, and sexual rights, prepared for the Fourth World Conference on Women, 9 pages total.

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Summary: Edited by Gita Sen, Adrienne Germain, and Lincoln Chen (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995). In 17 chapters, scholars, social activists, and policy makers explore future directions for population policies centered on health, women's empowerment, and human rights (280 pages).

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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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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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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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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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