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Overview"More than a decade ago, three landmark world conferences placed the human rights of women on the international agenda. The first, in Vienna, officially extended the definition of human rights to include a woman's right to self-determination and equality. A year later, in Cairo, this concept was elaborated to deal explicitly with issues of sexuality and procreation. Subsequently, at a conference in Beijing, the international community committed to a wide range of practical interventions to advance women's sexual, social, political, and economic rights. Despite these accomplishments, we find ourselves at an ever more difficult juncture in the struggle to fully realize women's rights as human rights. Complications, such as terrorism and the ""war"" against it, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the incursion of religious fundamentalism into governments, and the U.S. government's retreat from the international agenda on sexual and reproductive rights have raised questions about the direction of policy implementations and have prevented straightforward progress. This timely collection brings together eight wide-reaching and provocative essays that examine the practical and theoretical issues of sexual and reproductive health policy and implementation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wendy Chavkin , Ellen Chesler , Wendy Chavkin , Ellen CheslerPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9780813536576ISBN 10: 081353657 Pages: 330 Publication Date: 17 October 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a unique and important collection of field-based examples the implementation of reproductive rights. No other book pulls together in one place such a rich collection diverse stories from an equally diverse set of well-known researchers and activists. - Joan Kaufman, Heller School of Social Policy, Brandeis University This is a unique and important collection of field-based examples the implementation of reproductive rights. No other book pulls together in one place such a rich collection diverse stories from an equally diverse set of well-known researchers and activists. - Joan Kaufman, Heller School of Social Policy, Brandeis University Author InformationWendy Chavkin is a professor of clinical public health and obstetrics/gynecology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Ellen Chesler is a senior fellow at the Open Society Institute, the international foundation supported by George Soros. OSI sponsored the fellowship program that made this project possible. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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