Child Beauty, Child Rights and the Devaluation of Women

In: Health and human rights, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 472-476

Abstract

Argues that advocacy for children, while still recognizing the beauty of childhood, must recognize that their future is best served by a system that values the rights & dignity of women. The child health community's almost complete neglect of women's health in favor of a central focus on fetal & infant concerns is criticized. It is argued that the infant mortality problem in the US is a legacy of inattention to women's health & that the child's well-being is fundamentally dependent on the resource of adults who care for them. It is concluded that the needs & rights of children be reframed to advance the needs & rights of women. 4 References. M. Greenberg