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UNFPA: POPULATION ISSUES: IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVEb> HEALTH: Protecting Reproductiveb> Rights

These rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductiveb> health.
Particular emphasis was given to reproductiveb> rights as a cornerstone of development, and to empowerment of women as being an important element in ensuring the exercise of these rights.
HOME: POPULATION ISSUES: IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVEb> HEALTH: Reproductiveb> Rights

http://www.unfpa.org/rh/rights.htm (552 words)



Reproductiveb> Justice

As we are currently experiencing an escalated assault on women& rights as well as a shrinking of the mainstream reproductiveb> health and rights movement, it is critical that we include a Reproductiveb> Justice Framework in our collective work.
And the Reproductiveb> Justice Framework stipulates that reproductiveb> oppression is the result of the intersections of multiple oppressions and is inherently connected to the struggle for social justice and human rights.
The Reproductiveb> Rights framework is based on universal legal protections for women, such as Roe v.

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2006/01/reproductive_justice.html (1109 words)



Reproductiveb> Rights

Transforming social, political, and economic conditions are part of the reproductiveb> rights agenda so that all women are able to fully exercise their reproductiveb> rights.
The Center for Reproductiveb> Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending womens reproductiveb> rights worldwide.
It is to support their ability to obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full human rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities in regard to sexual behavior and relationships, reproduction and family formation.

http://www.sfu.ca/~fisls/reproductive_rights.htm (643 words)



Reproductiveb> Rights and Social Policy, Civil Liberties

Millions of women (and men) in the United States are subjected to violations of one of their most fundamental reproductiveb> rights for no other reason than that they are single.
This reproductiveb> right is the right to keep their own child.
It could be your daughter or granddaughter who is pressured into surrendering her parental rights when all she really needs is some temporary assistance and moral support in order to keep her child and prevent a life-time of suffering from an unnecessary loss that is unacknowledged by society.

http://www.adoption-articles.com/reproductive_rights.htm (928 words)



Welcome to GoLive CyberStudio

In order to accomplish the stated rights, the Native Women for Reproductiveb> Rights will create conditions and alliances to network with other groups.
When speaking to traditional elders knowledgeable about reproductiveb> health matters, repeatedly they would refer to a women knowing which herbs and methods to use "to make her period come." This was seen as a woman taking care of herself and doing what was necessary.
The right of Two Spirited women, their partners, and their families to live free from persecution or discrimination based on their sexuality and/or gender, and the right to enjoy the same human, political, social, legal, economic, religious, tribal, and governmental rights and benefits afforded all other indigenous women.

http://www.nativeshop.org/pro-choice.html (1012 words)



WHRnet Issue - Sexual and Reproductiveb> Rights

Generally, rights in relation to sexuality and reproduction cover two basic principles: the right to sexual and reproductiveb> health care and the right to sexual and reproductiveb> self-determination.
It aims to make reproductiveb> health and rights objectives integral to all relevant US international population and health policies and programs and to find effective means of applying public health and human rights principles to health programs.
The term “reproductiveb> rights” emerged to refer to human rights related to reproductiveb> health, and in a broader way, human rights pertaining to human reproduction, including rights that are undermined in the context of population development policies.

http://www.whrnet.org/docs/issue-sexualrights.html (2089 words)



Reproductiveb> Rights Are Labor Rights

Reproductiveb> freedom and choice are essential aspects for the struggles for workers rights.
While many people think of "reproductiveb> rights" as the right to have access to family planning options, including abortion, for many women workers their struggle is defined by the desire to both have a healthy child and to maintain their economic health.
It may be time to widen reproductiveb> rights to be "the right to bear or not bear children without undue economic hardship."

http://www.resistinc.org/newsletter/issues/2002/10/stein.html (1725 words)



Welfare Reform and Reproductiveb> Rights:

Both the welfare rights movement and the reproductiveb> rights movement are under attack by those who would deny women the right to control our bodies, the right to make decisions for our children, and the right to achieve economic independence in ways that honor our intelligence and desires.
In fact, reproductiveb> rights really means being able to have as many or as few children as you want—it is in your control.
Three of these groups are reproductiveb> rights groups, two are multi-issue women& groups, and three are welfare rights organizations.

http://www.fwhc.org/tanf.htm (2577 words)



Reproductiveb> rights: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic

(gives an argument against an inherent rights for people to argue the case of Reproductiveb> rights.
Reproductiveb> rights: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
It is merely stated that the physical impossibility of a woman to self-restrict her own reproductiveb> system, EHandler: no quick summary.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/r/re/reproductive_rights.htm (705 words)



Reproductiveb> Rights - Grants - 2001 Annual Report

The Women of Color Resource Center has a history in bringing to the front lines the issues of women of color who are often under acknowledged in the reproductiveb> rights movement, and is a leader in convening conferences, workshops, dialogues and media opportunities whereby women of color can share their experiences.
This grant was used to strengthen religious grassroots work around a broad reproductiveb> health and rights agenda by interjecting issues of morality, spirituality, and faith-based support for full reproductiveb> choice.
Reproductiveb> Rights - Grants - 2001 Annual Report

http://www.noyes.org/2001ar/reprights01.htm (2828 words)



Soros Reproductiveb> Health and Rights Fellowships

The second cycle of the Soros Reproductiveb> Health and Rights Fellowship program challenges fellows to address these issues of economic, social and political development in light of renewed concern about women& rights and fertility.
The Soros Reproductiveb> Health, and Rights Fellowship Program at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, invites fellows and activists to engage in collective discussion, research, analysis and publication to advance progressive reproductiveb> and sexual health and women& rights policies around the world.
The first cycle of the fellowship program focused on understanding reproductiveb> and sexual health and rights within the context of human rights frameworks codified at the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.

http://www.soros.org/initiatives/repro/focus_areas/reproductive_fellowships (1796 words)



Worldwide

On February 3rd, the Committee issued concluding observations, highlighting the States responsibility to focus on and uphold womens reproductiveb> and sexual rights.
In collaboration with numerous women's organizations, the Center for Reproductiveb> Rights currently is actively involved in advocacy efforts in the regions of Africa, Asia, East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
On March 8, 2006, the Center for Reproductiveb> Rights and its Mexican partners reached a landmark settlement with the Mexican government in a case involving "Paulina," a 13-year-old who became pregnant as the result of rape and was then denied access to a legal abortion.

http://www.crlp.org/worldwide.html (4011 words)



PhpWiki - Reproductiveb> Womens Rights

In this effort, Norplant is the drug of choice for those interested in curtailing the reproductiveb> rights of women of color.
A genuine program for reproductiveb> rights must include the fight for free, safe and reliable contraception, a public program of effective anti-repressive sex education that affirms the rights of youth and women in particular, as well as free abortion on demand so that the most oppressed women have access to the procedure when necessary.
These hypocrites oversee a system and advocate policies that offer miserable health protection and living conditions for the masses of human beings already on the planet -- never mind for the next generation ahead.

http://www.g0lem.net/PhpWiki/index.php/ReproductiveWomensRights (2964 words)



Sexual health

Validity of data collection, given researcher bias and difficulties in discussing such a private issue, also remains a problem in some settings that must be overcome if a greater understanding of sexuality in various settings is to be achieved.
Understanding sexuality and its impact on practices, partners, reproduction and pleasure presents a number of challenges as well as opportunities for improving sexual and reproductiveb> health care services and interventions.
The responsible exercise of human rights requires that all persons respect the rights of others.

http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/gender/sexual_health.html (719 words)



Everything Is Connected: Nadia Anjuman, Dalton Conley's "Men's Right To Choose" and Saadi's Bustan

After stating the pro-choice position that the debate about reproductiveb> rights “is really about a woman’s control over her body,” Conley goes on to write, “Hence my lack of rights to have any say in whether my seed comes to fruition.”
Limiting reproductiveb> rights to women is gender-specific and is therefore unacceptable.
The first article was called “His Sexuality, Her Reproductiveb> Rights;” the second, “Fertility and Virility: A Meditation on Sperm.” (The link will take you to a PDF file that contains both essays.

http://richardjeffreynewman.blogspot.com/2005/12/nadia-anjuman-dalton-conle_113382858956460977.html (2472 words)



Sexual and reproductiveb> health and rights

The guide also highlights current and future challenges for attaining greater levels of sexual and reproductiveb> well-being, and considers the role of innovative technologies and approaches in achieving sexual and reproductiveb> health and rights for all.
This Eldis Health Key Issues guide reviews current policy issues relating to sexual and reproductiveb> health and rights (SRHR), examining questions of definition and exploring key debates.
These positive approaches recognise that good reproductiveb> health, and the realisation of sexual rights, including rights to pleasure and fulfillment, are crucial for achieving equity and social justice.

http://www.eldis.org/health/SRHR.htm (390 words)



Review of Women of Color and the Reproductiveb> Rights Movement, Vol. 9, No. 1

Because Nelson provides little by way of analysis of the reproductiveb> rights movement as a social movement, basic information, such demographic profiles of members, organizational structure, and ties between the various groups she discusses, is missing.
Thus, while the goals of the reproductiveb> rights movement became more inclusive, the movement itself may have remained dominated by European-American feminists.
Her work will make an excellent text for both undergraduate students and scholars seeking more specific information about the role of women of color in the reproductiveb> rights movement.

http://womhist.binghamton.edu/reviewmoravec.htm (906 words)



Bibliography: Health and Human Rights

Negotiating the Relationship of HIV/AIDS to Reproductiveb> Health and Reproductiveb> Rights.
Women's Reproductiveb> Rights and the Politics of Fundamentalism: A View from Bangladesh.
Coliver, Sandra (1995).The right to know : human rights and access to reproductiveb> health information.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/humanrights/bibliographies/healthbib.reproductive.html (414 words)



UUA Programs & Services: Social Justice

*Because the issue of reproductiveb> rights is what keeps me in the Unitarian Universalist movement, I keep an eye out for ways to help assure that Roe v.
By affirming the inherent worth and dignity of every person, the right of individual conscience, and respect for human life, our tradition continues to support the choices of women, men, and families, providing tolerance and compassion even when those choices may differ from our own.
Our UUA statements of support for reproductiveb> choice began in 1963, ten years before the passage of Roe v.

http://www.uua.org/programs/justice/issues_reproductivehealth.html (1051 words)



Reproductiveb> Rights - Liza Sabater

Activism · Family · Life · Love · Motherhood · Parenting · Personal · Reproductiveb> Rights
Many who want to preserve reproductiveb> freedom are also troubled by the large number of abortions performed in this country.
It's not just the silent majority Democrats should be focusing on.

http://lizasabater.com/categories/reproductive_rights (758 words)



Program on Reproductiveb> Health and Rights

The Program on Reproductiveb> Health and Rights promotes reproductiveb> freedom as a core element in advancing womens civil liberties and human rights, and in securing larger social and economic opportunities for women and their families.
The fellowships provide scholars and activists with the opportunity to engage in collective discussion, research, analysis, and publication to advance progressive reproductiveb> health and rights policies around the world.
The Program on Reproductiveb> Health and Rights supported projects emphasizing grassroots advocacy and litigation.

http://www.soros.org/repro (111 words)



Reproductiveb> rights - Salon

The administration's recent moves to weaken reproductiveb> rights range from the declaration of "Human Sanctity of Life Day" (Jan. 20), to a steady stream of presidential appointments to posts with influence on reproductiveb>-rights issues.
She points out that the Roe vs. Wade decision relied largely on the constitutional right to privacy, which, prior to its application in Roe, had been cited in other landmark rulings that had significant implications for reproductiveb> rights.
Women who have come of age taking the rights guaranteed by Roe vs. Wade for granted will need to become familiar with the threats to reproductiveb> rights, say pro-choice proponents.

http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2003/01/22/choice/index.html (951 words)



Our Bodies Ourselves - Reproductiveb> rights Web Links

women of color organizations working for reproductiveb> and sexual health and rights
extensive information on reproductiveb> rights in the U.S. from the American Civil Liberties Union
published the Reproductiveb> Health Bill of Rights for Women of Color

http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/links.asp?id=20&topicID=58 (584 words)



Ipas > Press Room > 2005 > Releases > Reproductiveb> Rights and African-American women

Throughout US history, African-American women have repeatedly been denied their basic reproductiveb>-health rights.
History has shown us that women ’s reproductiveb> freedom is not just an issue of choice, but an issue of public health, of civil rights and of human rights.
In the United States, abortion rights are often thought to be synonymous with reproductiveb> rights.

http://www.ipas.org/english/press_room/2005/releases/02232005.asp (552 words)



Reproductiveb> rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Supporters of reproductiveb> rights often take the position that such principles fall within the context of the right to privacy, or freedom from governmental interference, supporting legalized contraception and abortion.
In this context, “reproductiveb> rights” is largely perceived as being synonymous with the “pro-choice” position, which states that a woman ought to be in control of her own body by deciding if and when she reproduces.
In the United States Constitution, the right to privacy has been interpreted to include reproductiveb> rights, as seen in such Supreme Court cases as Griswold v.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_rights (269 words)



Books for Understanding: Reproductiveb> Rights

Ethics in Reproductiveb> Rights and Perinatal Medicine: A New Framework
Reproductiveb> Rights in a Global Context: South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, United States, Vietnam, Jordan
Generations at Risk: Reproductiveb> Health and the Environment

http://aaupnet.org/news/bfu/reprorights/list.html (688 words)



PAI ViewPoint: African Treaty Establishes Reproductiveb> Rights as Human Rights

Address womens rights in relation to HIV/AIDS and identify protection from HIV/AIDS as a key component of womens sexual and reproductiveb> rights.
Explicitly articulate womens reproductiveb> rights as human rights.
By affirming reproductiveb> choice and autonomy as a vital human right, it has taken a monumental step toward the firm inclusion of reproductiveb> rights into the global human rights agenda.

http://www.populationaction.org/news/views/2005/12_12_Protocol.htm (525 words)



Global Reproductiveb> Health Forum: Research Library: Reproductiveb> Rights: Information

Global Reproductiveb> Health Forum: Research Library: Reproductiveb> Rights: Information

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/reprorights/info.html (9 words)



CHANGE: Links - Reproductiveb> Health & Rights

National Family Planning and Reproductiveb> Health Association (NFPRHA)
SHAAN Online: Webzine on Gender, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights

http://www.genderhealth.org/L11.php?TOPIC=LNK (279 words)



Reproductiveb> Rights Blog

She writes that sex brings as much happiness as a $50,000 raise, (.pdf) and that the pro-choice movement is far more broad than just abortion - covering contraception and gay rights.
A new book out, called "How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America" alleges that the pro-choice movement helped improve life for Americans.

http://cara.typepad.com/reproductive_rights_blog (1121 words)

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