Resources on HEALTH
Section c
"Women have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. The enjoyment of this right is vital to their life and well-being and their ability to participate in all areas of public and private life."
"Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so."
Beijing Platform for Action.
Websites and Electronic Resources
http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/
Marie Stopes International is a leading international advocate for family planning services and reproductive health care. The web site contains detailed information about MSI's global clinic services, including where to find the nearest MSI clinic, and information about MSI's activities and advocacy projects around the world. Also in French.
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english /index.htm
"Reproductive Health Online," affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, provides comprehensive information about family planning, training, contraception, and mastery learning for reproductive health trainers. In addition to tools and information for direct training, the site keeps abreast of changes in training philosophies and technologies, and, through its e-mail discussion group, serves as a network for sharing information with other trainers around the world. In English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian.
http://www.popnet.org/
PopNet is a resource for population information where you can search a comprehensive directory of population-related Web sites --by topic or keyword, by organization, or through PopNet's world regions map. PopNet presents information on population topics such as Demographic Statistics, Economics, Education, Environment, Gender, Policy and Reproductive Health. Its resources include Web sites produced by Government and International Organizations, Non-Governmental Org-anizations, University Centers, and Associations and Listserves.
http://www.stakes.fi/sfa/disweb0.html
European Network of Women with Disabilities. A small website with contact information for women with disabilities. (Check out World Institute on Disability, Rehabilitation International and Mobility International USA through the International Disability Exchanges and Studies (IDEAS) Project)
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective is a non-profit, public interest women's health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. Beginning with a publication of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" in 1970, the organization has inspired the women's health movement. This website is an invaluable resource for links alphabetized according to illnesses as well links to other women and health websites.
http://www.cedpa.org
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is a women-focused nonprofit international organization founded in1975. CEDPAís website provides information on training programs, workshops, and publications linking reproductive health services and women's empowerment. This website focuses on youth as an integral part of the development agenda set by the organization.
http://www.crlp.org
The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy is a non-profit legal and policy advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women's reproductive rights. This website provides information on CRLP 's programmes, policy analysis, legal research, and public education seeking to achieve women's equality in society, and ensure that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services.
http://www.familycareintl.org
Family Care International (FCI) is a non-profit organization established to improve women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries with a special emphasis on making pregnancy and childbirth safer. This website provides an invaluable, alphabetized set of links to relevant sites relating to motherhood, and women-centered approach to reproductive health.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/contra/info.html
This site is maintained by Harvard University's research library. It focuses on abortion, contraception, gender, biology, technology, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, population and family planning, reproductive rights, and sexually transmitted diseases.
http://www.healthnet.org
HealthNet 's Satelite's computer-based telecommunication system that links health care professionals with each other. This website provides access to physician collaborations, data collection, Health Care Delivery, Medical alerts, and Medical Libraries.
http://www.icw.org
The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, is a registered UK charity, established by a group on HIV positive women in 1992. This website provides information on issues and needs facing all women living with HIV, support groups, and key contacts in five regions of the world.
http://www.igc.org/pwd/women.htm
IGC ís People with Disabilities website is an invaluable resource for women with disabilities. This website provides many links relating to different disabilities, organizations, services, and support groups all over the world.
http://www.ippf.org
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a registered UK charity founded in Bombay in 1952. IPPF links national autonomous Family Planning Associations (FPAs) in over 150 countries worldwide. This website provides links to websites in different regions, press releases, and resources that include documents and reports.
http://www.iwhc.org/whm.html
The International Womenís Health Coalition (IWHC) is a nonprofit organization that works with individuals and groups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to promote womenís reproductive and sexual health and rights. IWHC supports 50 projects in six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroun, Chile, Nigeria, and Peru. IWHC also supports NGOs in Chile and Brazil that provide women-centered health care. This website provides information on country programs, U.S. Activities, Beyond Cairo & Beijing, Global Activism, as well as publications, reports, and links to relevant websites.
http://www.rainbo.org
Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO) is a non-profit organization working on issues of health and human rights of women. Starting with the issue of female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM), RAINBO explores means of preventing this and other forms of gender-based violence and violations. This website provides information for African, International, and Immigrants Programmes, publications, and small grants.
http://www.unaids.org
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS is the main advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. This website provides statistics, local responses, press releases, and reports on HIV/AIDS worldwide
http://www.reddesalud.web.cl/
The Latin American and Caribbean Womenís Health Network (LACWHN) is a network formed of people and groups working in health education, development, human rights, and the environment. This website links womenís health networks in the region, provides information on human resource training in womenís health, public policy, campaigns, and publications.
http://dvlp.www.paho.org/
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ Women, Health & Develop-ment Programme, focuses on providing technical cooperation to member countries to promote equitable and sustainable development with a gender perspective. This website provides information about programmes, resources, internet sites, and priority areas concerning women. Information is available in English and Spanish.
http://www.popcouncil.org/
The Population Council is an international, nonprofit institution that conducts research in biomedical, social science, and public health. This website provides information about the council, available research, award, fellowships, and training available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
http://www.unfpa.org/program/programain.htm
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is an advocate for the goals of the International Conference on Population and Development, at national and international levels. Reproduc-tive health care services include: voluntary quality family planning; safe motherhood, counselling and prevention of infertility; and preventing and treating reproductive tract infections and sexu-ally transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. Information on regional programmes can be found on this website also.
http://www.who.int
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 191 Member States. WHO promotes technical cooperation for health among nations, and carries out programmes to control and eradicate diseases, striving to improve the quality of human life. This website provides information about the organization, statistics, and reports.
http://www.worldenable.net/women/ resources.htm
WorldEnable is an international consortium of experts in various fields providing advocacy and training in Internet Accessibility. This website provides information, links, contacts, and addresses for regional associations for women with disabilities. These regions include Africa, Asia Pacific, Caribbean, Europe, North and South America.
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet
South Asian Women's Network - extensive directory on women's issues.
http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/wnindex.html
A directory on women's issues, including economics, health and reproductive rights, resources on the net, violence, women and technology, women's organizations and women's studies.
Women's Health Action Trust
Women's Health Action is a charitable trust with the aims of providing women with high quality information and education services to enable them to maintain their health and make informed choices about their health care. We have a health promotion and disease prevention focus, with a special interest in screening. We approach health within a holistic framework of the whole of women's lives, rather than from a narrowly medical perspective.
http://www.womens-health.org.nz/
Selected Books
Many of these publications can be ordered online at http://ww.womenink.org
Asia-Pacific Post Beijing Implementation Monitor: 1999 Health
Asia and Pacific Development Centre
The 1999 monitor provides an overview and analysis of implementation strategies of the Beijing Platform for Action in the Asia-Pacific region with a special focus on women and health. Well-compiled and wide-ranging, it contains 33 government and NGO reports from 17 countries. Issues examined include reproductive health rights, trafficking in women, HIV/AIDS, the impact of globalization on womenís health and health conditions of indigenous and other marginalized women, as well as women in situations of armed conflict.
1999. 388 pages. WE 495V. US$25.00
Health Care of Women and Children in Developing Countries
Helen M. Wallace, Kanti Giri and Carlos V. Serrano
With over 70 essays by doctors, health-care practitioners, and policy-makers, this comprehensive volume begins with an overview of womenís health, including issues such as poverty, family planning programmes, and urbanization. It features sections on sexual and reproductive health; maternal and child health; and adolescent health. Bibliography; tables; graphs.
1995. 754 pages. WE301Z. US$34.95
Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual
Intended for use in refugee and refugee-like situations (such as with internally displaced persons), this practical manual covers safe motherhood, sexual and gender-based violence, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS)and family planning. It also looks at other reproductive health concerns, including managing abortion complications and caring for women who have undergone female genital mutilation. The result of the collaborative effort of UN and government agencies, NGOs and refugees themselves, it has been extensively tested in the field and features statistics, indicators, checklists and further readings. Appendices include legal considerations; glossary; reference addresses.
Loud, Proud and Passionate
Mobility International
With a special focus on women in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe, this book describes projects organized by, and for, women with disabilities to improve opportunities for income generation, education, health, and full participation in communities. It includes practical strategies to include and support women with disabilities; resource list.
1997. 200 pages. WE291Z. US$19.95
1999. 135 pages. WE453W. US$9.95
Where Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide For Women
A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell and Kathy Shapiro
This comprehensive community-based health book for women was developed with the help of community-based groups, village health workers and womenís health experts in more than 30 countries. It combines medical information with an understanding of how poverty, discrimination, and culture affect womenís health and access to health care. Liberally illustrated.
1997. 600 pages. WE278Z. US$20.00
Women Coping with HIV/AIDS: We Take It As It Is
Judith van Woudenberg
HIV and AIDS are particular risks for women in developing countries due to their low socioeconomic status, and their lack of power compared to men makes prevention more difficult. The report, based on a 14-month study in Zimbabwe, reaches into the experiences of 35 HIV-positive women, delineating their coping strategies and the support they needed and received. Ideal for policymakers, counsellors and researchers involved in the care and support of those affected by HIV/AIDS, it can be used as a reference to determine what is important for women when developing and implementing activities intended to help them. Numerous quotations from the participants in the study reflect the concerns of the thousands of HIV-positive women around the world.
1998. 126 pages. WE517V. ISBN US$9.00
Women, Povery and AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence
Paul Farmer, Margaret Connors and Janie Simmons (Eds.)
The face of AIDS is increasingly that of a woman: in some regions, women already constitute the majority of those overviews the status of women in the global AIDS pandemic, and analyzes large-scale economic, political, and cultural forces that continue to place millions of women at increased risk for HIV infection. Case studies; charts; glossary; bibliography.
1996. 473 pages. WE289Z. US$19.95
Many of these publications can be ordered online at www.womenink.org