POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:
INTERNATIONAL POLICIES

"Women Redrawing the Map: The World After the Beijing and Cairo Conferences" (1996). Joan Dunlop, Rachel Kyte and Mia MacDonald in SAIS Review, Vol. XVI, No. 1, Winter- Spring 1996 (Washington: Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies). Invited article describing the pattern of diplomacy and achievements of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) in Beijing, September 1995 and how the FWCW reaffirmed and extended key aspects of the agreements made at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). 12 pages.

The Cairo Consensus: The Right Agenda for the Right Time (1995). Adrienne Germain and Rachel Kyte (New York: International Women's Health Coalition). Analysis of consensus forged at the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, September 1994 at which 184 governments agreed upon new approaches to population and development, with women's health, their empowerment, and rights at the center. Available in Spanish. 30 pages.

"Ensuring Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights" (1995).

Adrienne Germain, in A Commitment to the World's Women: Perspectives on Development for Beijing and Beyond, edited by Noeleen Heyzer with Sushma Kapoor & Joanne Sandler (New York: UNIFEM). Invited article identifying neglected issues to be addressed and specific actions to ensure that sexuality and gender relations are at the center of reproductive and sexual health and rights programs and policies. 14 pages.

Population Policies Reconsidered: Health, Empowerment, and Rights (1994). Edited by Gita Sen, Adrienne Germain, and Lincoln Chen (Cambridge: Harvard University Press). In 17 chapters, scholars, social activists, and policy makers explore future directions for population policies centered on health, women's empowerment, and human rights. (A limited supply is available for free to colleagues in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; please write IWHC for availability. Others may purchase the book from Harvard University Press, 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Fax: 1-800-962-4983-U.S; international, 617-495-8924.) 280 pages.

Reproductive Health and Justice: International Women's Health Conference for Cairo '94 (1994). (New York: International Women's Health Coalition and Cidadania, Estudos, Pesquisa, Informacao, Acao {CEPIA}). Report of the conference of 215 women from 79 countries held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1994, including consensus statement and strategies to ensure that women's perspectives are considered and acted upon by the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development. Available from IWHC in English. Available in Portuguese and Spanish form CEPIA, Rua do Russel, 694 - 2 andar, Gloria CEP 22210-010, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Telefax: 55.21.225.6115. 39 pages.

"The Quality of Life: Making Investments in Human Development" (1994).

Adrienne Germain, in Harvard International Review, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Fall 1994 (Cambridge: Harvard International Relations Council). Invited article describing the population policies and programs to be debated at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo September 1994. Report.

"Time for a New Agenda" (1994).

Adrienne Germain, in POPULI, Vol. 21, No. 5 (New York: UNFPA). Invited article reviewing the state of family planning programs and demonstrating the need for reproductive and sexual health and rights programs and policies. 4 pages.

"Women's Perspectives on Reproductive Health Research" (1994).

Adrienne Germain and Anibal Faundes, in Challenges in Reproductive Health Research: Biennial Report 1992-1993, edited by J. Khanna, P.F.A. Van Look and P.D. Griffin (Geneva: World Health Organization). Invited chapter in report of UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction describing the need for and benefits of including women as decision makers in the development and delivery of reproductive health technology. 7 pages.

"Stalking the Elusive 'Unmet Need' for Family Planning" (1994).

Ruth Dixon-Mueller and Adrienne Germain, in Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 23, No. 5 (New York: The Population Council). Shortened version of article also appears in Four Essays on Birth Control Needs and Risks, 1993 (New York: International Women's Health Coalition). (See below.) 6 pages.

"Population Policy and Women's Political Action in Three Developing Countries" (1993).

Ruth Dixon-Mueller and Adrienne Germain, in Population Policy and Women's Rights, Ruth Dixon-Mueller (Westport CT.: Praeger). Paper commissioned for 1990 Bellagio Symposium, "The Politics of Induced Fertility Change". Also published in modified form in Population and Development Review, A Supplement to Vol. 20, 1994. (New York: The Population Council). 27 pages.

Four Essays on Birth Control Needs and Risks (1993). Ruth Dixon-Mueller and Adrienne Germain (New York: International Women's Health Coalition). Essays on differing perspectives of women's health advocates, scientists, and researchers on contraceptive development; assessing "relative risks" of contraception and pregnancy; defining "unmet need" for family planning; and abortion. 20 pages.

Women's Declaration on Population Policies (1992).

Declaration launches by the Women's Voices '94 Alliance during the second preparatory meeting of the International Conference on Population and Development in May 1993 and signed by 2,539 individuals and organizations from over 110 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe. Available in French, Spanish and Portuguese. 7 pages.

Population Control and Women's Health: Balancing the Scales (1989). Adrienne Germain and Jane Ordway (New York: International Women's Health Coalition, in cooperation with the Overseas Development Council). Explains Southern women's interest in and need for comprehensive reproductive health services and suggests means of strengthening existing programs. Available in Spanish. Also published in Beyond the Numbers: A Reader on Population, Consumption, and the Environment, edited by L A. Mazur (New York: Island Press 1994). 15 pages.

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