SEXUALITY AND GENDER:
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
"Gender and Health: From Research to Action" (1996).
Adrienne Germain, in Women's Health in India: Risk and Vulnerability, edited by M. Das Gupta, L. Chen, and T.N. Krishnan (Bombay: Oxford University Press). Article focuses on gender implications for health and suggests action and research priorities. 10 pages.
Learning About Sexuality: A Practical Beginning (1996).
Edited by Sondra Zeidenstein and Kirsten Moore (New York: The Population Council and International Women's Health Coalition). 24 essays by social and biomedical scientists, family planning and reproductive health providers and activists from over a dozen countries on sexuality and gender within family planning and reproductive health programs. (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 The Population Council, Publications Office, One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Fax: 212-755-6052.) 404 pages.
Violence Against Women: The Hidden Health Burden (1994).
Lori Heise, with Adrienne Germain and Jacqueline Pitanguy (Washington, D.C.: World Bank). Working paper #255 surveys the health consequences of gender violence and offers practical steps toward eliminating violence against women. (A limited supply is available for free to colleagues in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; please write IWHC for availability. Others may purchase the publication from World Bank Publications, P.O. Box 7247-8619, Philadelphia, PA 19170-8618. Fax 202-676-0581.) 71 pages.
"The Sexuality Connection in Reproductive Health" (1993).
Ruth Dixon-Mueller, in Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 24, No. 5,
September/October (New York: The Population Council). Literature review commissioned by IWHC and the Working Group on Sexuality and Gender (IWHC and Population Council) explores the importance of sexuality and gender-based power relations to reproductive health policies and programs. 13 pages
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