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ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – pakistan (2004)
Published in 2004
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Pakistan’s population programme began in 1953; the first official population policy was introduced in the mid-sixties. The programme has been characterised by the demographic objectives of reducing the population and fertility growth rates. Initially it solely addressed women and failed in reaching its objectives. The programme received a major setback during the military government of […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – cambodia (2004)
Published in 2004
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The civil war of the seventies and the ensuing political unrest during the past three decades has left Cambodia with a poor public sector infrastructure and services. The Khmer Rouge decimated the health system: of the 1,000 doctors trained prior to 1975, less than 50 survived the regime. In 1979, the restoration of a functioning […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – india (2004)
Published in 2004
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India was the first country in the world to implement a national family planning programme that over time, expanded so much that it sidelined not only maternal and child health but all other health programmes. The fear of a population explosion ensured that fertility control became the core of health care planning. Family planning targets […]
ICPD ten years on; monitoring and advocacy on SRHR – asia-pacific (2004)
Published in 2004
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This overview is based on the eight country monitoring reports listed below and a regional NGO consultation of the ARROW coordinated project, “ICPD Ten Years On; Monitoring and Advocacy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” funded by the Foundation, New York and NOVIB, Netherlands. It also draws on: eight NGO country reports to be […]
access to quality gender-sensitive health services
Published in 2003
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The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) is committed to supporting efforts in mainstreaming gender perspectives in health, population and reproductive health policies and programmes. One of ARROW’s strategies for policy advocacy is to build a body of knowledge on action research that focuses on analyses of health policies and programmes. ARROW therefore […]
women’s health needs and rights in southeast asia – a beijing monitoring report
Published in 2001
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In the Fourth World Conference on Women that took place in Beijing in 1995 governments agreed on the Platform For Action (PFA). It highlighted twelve areas of critical concern, one of which is women and health. This report is an outcome of the first regional effort in Asia- Pacific by women NGOs to systematically monitor […]
gender and women’s health – ideas for action
Published in 1997
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A collection of key papers and articles. Continue reading gender and women’s health – ideas for action at Arrow.
gender and women’s health – annotated bibliography
Published in 1997
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Feminist theory and research on the sociology of human reproduction have historically been 1 bound together as each has developed. Yet recently, sociologists of reproduction and women’s health have lost sight of core debates in feminist theory. They still tend to work with the assumption that feminism is an internally coherent body of thought, despite […]
changing our perspectives, policies and programmes on women’s health in asia and the pacific
Published in 1996
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This bibliography is a selection of abstracts of key materials from ARROW’S Documentation Centre related to the themes of the resource kiT. The materials thus focus on change in conceptual frameworks, perspectives, policies and programmes towards more appropriate and responsive policies and programmes to meet women’s health needs. Practicality was a main selection criteria, thus […]
towards women-centred reproductive health – annotated bibliography
Published in 1994
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Information package No. Continue reading towards women-centred reproductive health – annotated bibliography at Arrow.