health, sexuality, and women in the new millennium
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Chavkin, Wendy > (ed.)
- Creator
- Chesler, Ellen > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Davis, Martha F.
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 34 2006
- Thesaurus
- mensenrechten, wereldvrouwenconferenties, islam, wetgeving, seksualiteit, abortussen, geweld, aids, seropositieven, reproductieve rechten, genitale verminking, terrorisme, voortplantingstechnologie, fundamentalisme, VN, bundel
- Description
- More than a decade ago, three 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. Nowadays 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. This collection brings together essays that examine the practical and theoretical issues of sexual and reproductive health policy and implementation.