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arrow for change – maternal mortality: why women need not die
Published in 2001
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To this day, women continue to die from the age-old and most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth – hemorrhage, infections, unsafe abortion, obstructed labour, and the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. In 1995, the latest estimated number of maternal deaths globally was 515,000. Of these deaths, 53 per cent (272,000) occurred in Africa, 42 per […]
arrow for change – the health rights of migrant women
Published in 2000
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Current globalisation strategies, restructuring of economies through structural adjustment programmes and removal of protective regulations for cheap, temporary contractual workers favour migrant labour. Poverty, conflicts, environmental catastrophes, forced displacement and changes in production processes have increased migration. The demand for cheap, flexible, contractual and deregulated labour has also encouraged highly organised recruitment. The demand for […]
arrow for change – the impact of health sector reform on reproductive health
Published in 2000
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In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo agreed on women’s right to reproductive health care. Article 7.6 of its Programme of Action states that “All governments should strive to make accessible through the primary health care system reproductive health to all individuals of appropriate ages as soon as possible and no […]
arrow for change – gender-sensitive healthcare
Published in 2000
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Although the 1994 Cairo Programme of Action and the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action made significant gains in women’s rights, gender equality and reproductive health issues, Asia-Pacific health care systems remain insensitive to women’s health needs. Women suffer inequalities in health status and treatment despite the availability of modern medical technology and overall increase in […]
arrow for change – women’s health and barriers of culture and religion
Published in 1999
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Cultural benefits and practices such as son preference, pregnancy and childbirth taboos, traditional contraceptive and abortion methods, sati, dowry killings and patriarchy have been identified as problems which hold back the improvement of women’s health, especially their reproductive health. More traditional religious views and practices of Islam and Christianity regarding sexuality, abortion, contraception and the […]
taking up the cairo challenge: country studies in asia pacific
Published in 1999
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There is still a long way to go before the recommendations of the International Conferenceon Population and Development (ICPD)in Cairo 1994 are known, understood and acted upon primarily by government, international agencies and donor organisations in Asia and the Pacific.This was one of the main conclusions of a regional research project Changes in Population Policies […]
arrow for change – older women’s health: facing the challenges
Published in 1999
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In a region where women continue to be valued less than men, older women’s health reflects their life-long experience of discrimination, deprivation and neglect. The older women of Asia-Pacific today face similar situations of poverty, malnutrition, poor health care, physical overwork and unhealthy work environments in their younger years. Along with high infant mortality rates, […]
arrow for change – critical steps forward: five years after the cairo conference
Published in 1999
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NGO perspectives on what is critical to improving the further implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action are clear, with much commonality throughout the regions including Asia and the Pacific. These have been articulated through a review process which has included national discussions and NGO meetings, regional NGO consultations, and several international meetings including the […]