WOMEN, INK. BOOKLINK #70
July 2007
Aude Plassard
1. Gender and Health Policy and
Practice. A Global Sourcebook 2. Integrating Poverty and Gender
into Health Programmes: 3. Female Circumcision:
Multicultural Perspectives 4. Reproductive Health and Human
Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics and Law 5. Gender Sensitive Approaches to
HIV/AIDS Gender and Health Policy and
Practice. A Global Sourcebook. Will current initiatives to improve
women's health succeed in meeting the targets prescribed
by the Millennium Development Goals by 2015? This
sourcebook presents strategies, approaches, and tools to
mainstream gender-equality concerns in the formulation of
health policy and practice. It brings together case
studies from around the world that illustrate ways of
addressing the health needs and rights of women and men,
and ensures equal access to health care. Cases reveal the
effect of gender roles and relations on the way in which
key diseases are experienced by the poor; strategies to
mitigate female genital mutilation in Ethiopian
communities; communication on sexual and reproductive
health and rights for and by young boys and girls in
Argentina; the involvement of boys and men as
agents/partners in HIV/AIDS work in South Africa and
Brazil; local responses to HIV/AIDS from a gender
perspective; and the stigma, discrimination, violence and
implications for HIV/AIDS work in India among female sex
workers and men who have sex with men. Integrating Poverty and Gender
into Health Programmes: A Sourcebook for Health
Professionals, Module on Gender-Based Violence As a result of the fact that women
interact with health services at some point in their
lives, health professionals are in a unique position to
identify the problems, contribute to prevention, and
assist victims of gender-based violence. This module is
designed to improve the awareness, knowledge and skills
of health professionals on gender-based violence (GBV).
Divided into six sections, this book examines
gender-based violence as a health issue through a gender
and poverty lens. Section One defines gender-based
violence, its extent, its consequences on health and on
the health care system, and its contribution to gender
inequities in health. Section Two examines the links
between poverty, gender and gender-based violence.
Section Three discusses why it is important for health
professionals to address gender-based violence, and
Section Four outlines ways in which health professionals
and the health care system as a whole can address
gender-based violence, with a special focus on low-income
women and those from other marginalized groups.
Facilitation notes are included in Section Five, and
Section Six includes a collection of tools, resources,
and references to support health professionals in their
work in this field. Female Circumcision:
Multicultural Perspectives Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor,
qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene
are a few of the terms used in local African languages to
denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as
female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across
Africa and Asia, this hotly-disputed ritual is examined
in this publication within various cultural and
historical contexts. The book also explores the debates
regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in
the United States and the human rights efforts to
eradicate female circumcision. This work brings African
women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds
indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and
demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for
women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and
democratic modes of economic development. Further,
instead of focusing narrowly on female circumcision as a
set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society,
contributors to this essay collection explore a chain of
connecting issues and processes through which the
practice is being transformed in local and transnational
contexts. Reproductive Health and Human
Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics and Law The danger to women's reproductive
health comes from multiple oppressions and denials of
opportunities and choice in their families, communities,
cultures, and national political systems. The work of
three leading experts on reproductive medicine, human
rights, medical law, and bioethics, this book provides an
accessible and comprehensive introduction to reproductive
and sexual health. It comprises 15 case studies that
focus on the experiences of women in resource-poor
countries and regions. Explanatory chapters and case
studies are supported by data from the study of various
epidemics, human rights documents and research materials
and websites on reproductive and sexual health. Further,
the authors suggest solutions at the clinical and health
system levels and also consider the kinds of social
change that would relieve the underlying conditions of
reproductive health dilemmas. Gender Sensitive Approaches to
HIV/AIDS Stemming from the idea that the
HIV/AIDS pandemic is perpetuated by gender inequality in
personal, household and community relationships, this
training manual is intended to assist managers and
planners identify the gender aspects of HIV/AIDS and
factor these into programs, projects and activities. The
manual utilizes a highly participatory approach and draws
on a number of creative methods, including brainstorming,
self-reflection exercises, case studies, checklists and
testimonies. Gender concepts, the impact and
mainstreaming processes within the area of HIV/AIDS, and
multi-sectoral responses to HIV/AIDS are defined and
analyzed. The book includes a DVD containing this
information as well. ********************************************************************* RESOURCES Free resources on Health, Sexuality
and Reproductive Rights that are available over the
Internet: 1. Gender Guide for Health
Communication Programs, 2003 2. Online Courses on
Reproductive Health, Sexuality and Sexual Health,
Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS and Infection
Prevention 3. Training in Gender and
Health 4. Sisters for Life: Gender and
HIV Training Manual 5. Advocating for Abortion
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OR CONCERNS, WRITE TO joey@womenink.orgThis month, we are featuring
an exciting array of titles and additional resources,
from different regional perspectives, in the area of
Health, Sexuality and Reproductive Rights. The new titles
for this month are:
A Sourcebook for Health Professionals, Module on
Gender-Based Violence
A Training Kit for Peer Educators
Visit our website at www.womenink.org
for further information and to buy any of the featured
titles.
KIT Editors in association with Oxfam GB
2006. 184 pages. ISBN 0 85598 571 2. WE 836. US
$27.15.
T.K. Sundari Ravindran, Anjana Bhushan, Kathleen Fritsch,
et al.
2005. 57 pages. ISBN: 92-9061-194-4. WE839. US $
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Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
2006. 296 pages. ISBN 978-0-8122-1941-8. WE827.
$19.95
Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard M. Dickens, & Mahmoud F.
Fathalla
2003. 542 pages. ISBN 0-19-924133-3. WE831.
$50.00
A Training Kit for Peer Educators
Commonwealth Secretariat
2005. 50 pages + DVD. ISBN 085092815-X. WE846.
$9.95
John Hopkins School of Public Health
Including gender concerns in health communication
programs can make health messages more effective and
stimulate awareness of the need for equity in gender
roles. This guide provides insight into the gender-based
roles and responsibilities that are traditionally
attributed within the society. It highlights ways to
implement, develop, and evaluate health programs that
respond most effectively to the needs of men and women.
It aims to make health information more accessible and to
challenge gender roles through delivering practical
advice on alternative health behaviors, practices and
actions. This guide is intended to help program planners
clearly identify what changes are expected in
communication programs about access to health in order to
reach outcomes that foster gender equity and
awareness.
http://www.jhuccp.org/pubs/cp/102/102.pdf
Engenderhealth
Designed for use by health care providers, supervisors,
students, and trainers around the world, this series of
self-instructional courses cover issues like reproductive
health, sexuality and sexual health, sexually transmitted
infections, HIV/AIDS and infection prevention. Each
course consists of different modules that include
interactive exercises and quizzes, case studies, as well
as educational materials that can be printed for use in
health-care programs that focus on the rights and needs
of clients and aim to involve clients in participatory
approaches to program design, implementation, and
evaluation. The courses can be ordered on CD-ROMs as
well.
Take a look at:
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/onc/index.html
Focusing on gender and women's health, these courses
cover various topics such as domestic violence,
masculinities, men's role in reproductive health, women
and communicable disease and integrating gender into
development. The role and impact of gender on access to
health are defined within these situations. The training
also notes the ways in which gender stereotypes impact
health access and gives practical strategies for
overcoming these stereotypes so that control of resources
and health care can equally and specifically benefit both
men and women. This practical training offers modules and
case studies to guide health providers and gender
equality advocates to cerate more equitable and
empowering health programs for women and men.
http://www.paho.org/english/hdp/hdw/gendertraining.htm
J. Kim and M. Motsei
This curriculum is based on participatory learning and
covers a broad range of issues that have been identified
as priorities for rural women. Topics include: gender
roles, gender inequality, and culture; the body,
sexuality, and gender based violence; communication and
relationships; and HIV transmission and prevention.
Sessions are structured to give participants an
opportunity to strengthen confidence and skills relating
to communication, critical thinking and leadership.
Moreover, they are designed to complement microfinance
values and principles such as mutual respect, personal
responsibility, and group solidarity. Throughout Phase 1,
participants are encouraged to identify both obstacles
and opportunities for engaging with men and youth in
their communities.
http://www.wits.ac.za/radar/PDF%20files/SFL%20Manual.pdf
The Womenís Health Project
The result of work undertaken in an international project
of capacity building for advocacy on expanding abortion
policy and access, this book offers a comparative
analysis of strategies in abortion advocacy based on the
experiences of activists in 11 countries.
http://web.wits.ac.za/NR/rdonlyres/88FB7645-9C48-4804-B938-
8B9D3CF27C26/0/AdvocatingabortionAccess.pdf
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