September 2006
Joeyta Bose & Tina Johnson
New Titles: Health, Sexuality & Reproductive Rights and related titles
in Rights & Information CommunicationWelcome to the Women, Ink. Booklink, the monthly e-mail bulletin on what's new in our collection for this September.
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This month, we feature an exciting array of titles and additional resources in the area of health, sexuality and reproductive rights and related titles under the categories of rights and information communication. The new titles for this month are:
1. Reproductive Rights in a Global Context
South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, United States, Vietnam, Jordan2. Sexuality, Gender & Rights
Exploring Theory & Practice in South & Southeast Asia3. Trading Women's Health & Rights
Trade Liberalization & Reproductive Health in Developing Countries4. Diversity in Action
HIV and AIDS and Gender Policies in Newsrooms - Media Action Plan Handbook5. Talking about Taboos
Asia Pacific Women Reflect on Issues of Sexuality6. Strengthening Resistance
Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDSVisit our website at www.womenink.org for further information and to buy any of the featured titles.
Reproductive Rights in a Global Context
South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, United States, Vietnam, Jordan
Lara M. KnudsenThis report is the culmination of five years of traveling, interviewing, reading and writing by Knudsen to gain an understanding of what women's sexual and reproductive rights are like in seven diverse countries. In each setting she asked, "How much control do women have over their bodies and fertility-related decisions?' The book examines women's access to sex education, maternity care, family planning and abortion and analyses the ability of women in different circumstances to negotiate sexual practices. It places the experiences of women within the global context of how international population control agendas have influenced women's reproductive rights in the past, and how the changing international discourse on reproductive health continues to influence those rights today.
2006. 289 pages. ISBN 0-82651-528-2. WE761. US$29.95
Sexuality, Gender & Rights
Exploring Theory & Practice in South & Southeast Asia
Geetanjali Misra and Radhika Chandiramani (Eds.)Diverse forces in South and Southeast Asia - such as the resurgence of religious fundamentalism, increased militarization, the spread of HIV/AIDS and the continued preference for male children, coupled with constraints on women's power to control all aspects of their lives - continue to have negative consequences for gender and sexuality. Yet, there is virtually no record of work on sexuality and rights in the region and even less to show how theory can link to practice. This volume fills the gap by demonstrating how the ideas of scholars and activists can be converted into action that can make a difference to people's lives. The 15 original essays span eight countries and analytically document ongoing work in areas such as sexuality education, sexual health services, sexual rights, transsexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention. They also offer a variety of strategies for advocacy, service delivery, education, training and media outreach activities.
2005. 316 pages. ISBN 0-76193-403-0. WE788. US$25.95
Trading Women's Health & Rights
Trade Liberalization & Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
Caren Grown, Elissa Braunstein and Anju Malhotra (Eds.)How do economic and trade policies shape public health? This book adds a new dimension to this global debate by synthesizing research from various disciplines on how international trade liberalization affects reproductive health and rights. It reviews the direct and indirect linkages between the two, and then focuses on how the linkages are mediated through women's employment, using case studies from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. It takes up the issue of how trade liberalization affects government capacity to deliver reproductive health services, as illustrated by South Africa, Tanzania and the international migration of nurses and midwives. It also addresses the policy and advocacy issues for advocates of both reproductive health and rights and economic justice, and shows how trade agreements weighted against the poor in the South have very specific gendered consequences.
2006. 288 pages. ISBN 1-84277-775-0. WE800. US$29.99
Diversity in Action
HIV and AIDS and Gender Policies in Newsrooms - Media Action Plan Handbook
Patricia A. Made and Colleen Lowe MornaThrough the messages and other content they disseminate, the media play a critical role in shaping public attitudes and opinions, influencing public policy and framing public debates on issues such as gender inequality, HIV/AIDS and human rights. This handbook forms part of the Media Action Plan on HIV and AIDS, a collaborative effort by the Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) and NGOs to improve coverage of gender and HIV/AIDS; to promote diversity and the equitable and fair treatment of all in media workplaces; and to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the media industry. Targeted at key decision makers and staff in media houses, as well as those outside the industry who can exert pressure for change (including government, civil society organizations and the general public), it contains information, checklists, pointers and guidelines for the creation of a holistic media policy on HIV/AIDS and gender.
2006. 116 pages + CD-ROM. ISBN 0-620-36456.4. WE768. US$10.00
Strengthening Resistance
Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
Cynthia Rothschild, Mary Anne Reilly and Sara A. NordstromThis new report from the Center for Women's Global Leadership focuses on the points of intersection in the social, political and public health crises of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. It uses a human rights lens to examine critical political challenges and innovative strategies used by activists worldwide as they respond to the links between violence and HIV/AIDS. From street theatre to tele-novelas/ soap operas to traditional lobbying, activists in both violence against women and HIV/AIDS communities are beginning to work together to concentrate attention on ways both crises are causes and consequences of each other. Neither can be addressed adequately without taking into account the links between them and their human rights implications alone and together. The report is designed as an overview of the most salient issues, offers recommendations to a range of actors and contains a resource section for further study.
2006. 40 pages. ISBN 0-9711412-4-X. WE805. US$6.95
Talking about Taboos
Asia Pacific Women Reflect on Issues of Sexuality
Lisa PuseyThis report of a workshop on Sexuality and Violence against Women: Access to Justice and of the Asia-Pacific Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women attempts to deepen understanding of the contexts that aggravate the problem of sexual violence in the region. Different sections look at the Special Rapporteur as a mechanism for the women's movement; understanding sexuality; the linkages between sexuality and violence against women; emerging issues (including fundamentalisms, globalization, militarization and armed conflict, and the growing HIV/AIDS pandemic); access to justice; and recommendations and strategies. Annexes include a glossary of terms and the presentations on the issues made at the workshop by women from 12 countries.
2004. 167 pages. ISBN 974-92670-3-6. WE813. US$15.95****************************************************************************
RESOURCES
This section is a compilation of free resources on health, sexuality and reproductive rights available on the Internet:
1. Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument, 2006
The Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) is a strategic tool that can be used to enhance lobbying activities for better implementation of women's health rights. Guided by explanations, examples, checklists and questions in six main steps, it examines local, national and international influences on women's health policy and contrasts what actually happens with what should happen according to the human rights obligations of a country. At the end of the process, the analysis produces a set of recommendations for the improved impact of the policy, as well as an action plan that can be used to lobby for the adoption of the recommendations and raise awareness about the findings of the analysis. Based on a human rights approach, HerWAI draws its main ideas from the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which outlines the human rights of women, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which provides comprehensive information about health rights.
Get your own copy at:
http://www.hom.nl/publicaties/HeRWAI%20def05%20totaal.pdf#search=%22herwai%22
2. Resources from the Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium
The RHRC Consortium strives to promote sustained access to comprehensive, high-quality reproductive health programs in emergencies and advocates for policies that support the reproductive health of persons affected by armed conflict. It is comprised of the American Refugee Committee, CARE, Columbia University, the International Rescue Committee, JSI Research and Training Institute, Marie Stopes International and the Women's Commission on Refugee Women and Children. The RHRC has produced a number of resources on reproductive health in situations of armed conflict, including:2a. Field-friendly Guide to Integrate Emergency Obstetric Care in Humanitarian Programs, 2005
The majority of maternal deaths take place during childbirth and the immediate postpartum period. The major causes of maternal deaths due to direct obstetric complications are hemorrhage, sepsis, prolonged and obstructed labor, hypertensive disorders and abortion complications. At least 15 percent of all pregnancies are expected to require an emergency medical intervention; therefore, access to emergency obstetric care is crucial to saving women's lives and preventing disabilities. Since the general principles of providing reproductive health services to conflict-affected populations have been well documented, this field-friendly guide focuses on the practical aspects essential for a successful implementation of emergency obstetric care in the field, including the UN process indicators for monitoring and evaluation of services. A list of key resources is included in each of the steps.2b. Emergency Contraception for Conflict Affected Settings: A Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium Distance Learning Module, 2004
This learning module was developed to meet the need for increased awareness and knowledge about emergency contraception among health service providers working with refugees and survivors of armed conflict. Practical in its approach, the module enables users to learn and teach about the importance of emergency contraception, the different types available and how to administer them and includes a test, resources, FAQs, checklists and charts. The module can be downloaded in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Pashto and Burmese.2c. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control: A short course for humanitarian workers. Facilitator's Manual, 2004
This 5-day course on HIV/AIDS prevention and control aims to assist humanitarian workers to deepen their individual understanding of the complexities of HIV/AIDS and to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to improve HIV/AIDS program design and implementation in their communities. The manual contains PowerPoint presentations, posters, handouts and additional resources for use both during the course and for supplemental research. Also included are audio interviews with a group of HIV-positive students from South Africa who share their stories, allowing course participants to personalize the HIV/AIDS issue.Find all these resources and more at:
http://www.rhrc.org/resources/index.cfm?type=guideline3. Resource Pack on Gender on HIV/AIDS, 2006
Developed by the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Gender and HIV/AIDS, this Resource Pack aims to strengthen the impact of national HIV/AIDS programmes by tackling a key underlying factor that fuels the epidemic: gender inequality. It analyzes the impact of gender relations on the AIDS epidemic and provides guidance, including tools for effective advocacy and programming and contains a rights-based operational guide on gender and HIV/AIDS, a review paper entitled, "Integrating Gender in HIV/AIDS Programmes,î and 17 fact sheets containing concise information on the topic.Find out more at:
http://www.unfpa.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=2794. HIV & AIDS: Stigma and Violence Reduction Intervention Manual
This manual, developed in India, discusses how participatory learning and action (PLA) can be applied to combatting violence and stigma around HIV/AIDS. Two new tools are developed for this purpose, building on PLA: community-led action research, and transformatory workshops. A field guide for community led action research is included, as are sample workshop plans and activities targeted at groups likely to suffer HIV/AIDS related stigma - sex workers, truckers' spouses, and truckers' helpers. Examples are given of how modules were developed and can be adjusted according to the demands of the participants.Download the manual at:
http://www.icrw.org/docs/2006_SVRI-Manual.pdf5. From Rights to Reality: How to Advocate for Women's Reproductive Freedom Worldwide, 2006
This handbook provides tools and strategies that can be used to advocate for the reproductive rights of women and girls everywhere. It enables users to chose an appropriate forum, develop messages and other key lobbying tools and devise long-term strategies. Though the manual was originally devised for the US context, it can be adapted for use anywhere.Take a look at:
http://www.crlp.org/pdf/pg_rights2reality.pdf
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