“Globally, the largest share of adolescents is and will continue to be in Asia, which has 60 per cent of the world’s population”. And “at 1.05 billion, today’s is the biggest-ever generation of young people between 15 and 24, and this age group is rapidly expanding in many countries”. However, in assessing commitments made since […]

Incest, coerced pregnancy, mass rape, ethnic cleansing, forced prostitution, date rape, marital rape, gang rape, rape in conflict situations and rape as a weapon of war- are not about violent sex but power or sexual violence. That one out of every five women is a survivor of rape constitutes the prevalence of rape globally, and […]

The 1980s and 1990s have witnessed rapid and complex global changes- economic, political, cultural and technological- that have greatly influenced almost every aspect of human life including gender relations. The most significant of these globalisation trends include: (1) the rise of a global economic order that opens up financial markets to free flows of commodities […]

The development and implementation of National Reproductive Cancer Screening policies and programmes is an urgent priority in the area of reproductive health in Asia and the Pacific. Most women in both industrialised countries and poorer countries of the region have never had a pap smear test for cervical cancer or any education on how to […]

A collection of key papers and articles.

Feminist theory and research on the sociology of human reproduction have historically been 1 bound together as each has developed. Yet recently, sociologists of reproduction and women’s health have lost sight of core debates in feminist theory. They still tend to work with the assumption that feminism is an internally coherent body of thought, despite […]

The most serious obstacles to women’s health and their health rights are cultural, religious and social biases against women. These lead to barriers in accessing quality health information, education and services and inadequate allocation of governmental and donor resources. Lack of medical knowledge, for example, cannot be used to explain why women in developing countries […]

One of the persistent beliefs about the HIV/AIDS pandemic is that it is mostly men who get infected. The reality, particularly in developing countries, is that women are not only getting infected at a faster rate than men but are also suffering more from the adverse impact of AIDS. As of mid-1996 the Joint United […]

This bibliography is a selection of abstracts of key materials from ARROW’S Documentation Centre related to the themes of the resource kiT. The materials thus focus on change in conceptual frameworks, perspectives, policies and programmes towards more appropriate and responsive policies and programmes to meet women’s health needs. Practicality was a main selection criteria, thus […]