Women's Health and Human Rights
Considers how women's health is impacted by their status, roles, & rights in the larger society, & describes how efforts to improve women's health can benefit from larger human-rights-oriented efforts. Inequalities in women's health are linked to inequities in their opportunities for equal pay for equal work, education, & political participation. Guidelines for the promotion of women's health are outlined, along with the provisions of national laws & international covenants designed to protect women's health rights. The most pressing health problems facing contemporary women are reviewed, including human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), domestic violence, rape, male child sex preferences, female genital mutilation/circumcision, adolescent pregnancy & access to family planning, & general reproductive rights/access to pharmaceuticals. Implications for global health policy are considered. K. Hyatt Stewart