Laura Reichenbach

Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Laura Reichenbach

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 8; This text critically reflects on the past 15 years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights.. Table of Contents: Preface -- Part I. Global Agendas and Population and Development Perspectives -- 1. Global Reproductive Health and Rights: Reflecting on ICPD / Mindy Jane Roseman, Laura Reichenbach -- 2. The Global Reproductive Health and Rights Agenda: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future / Laura Reichenbach -- 3. The Conundrum of Population and Reproductive Health Programs in the Early Twenty-First Century / George Zeidenstein -- 4. Population, Poverty Reduction, and the Cairo Agenda / David E. Bloom, David Canning -- 5. Mobilizing Resources for Reproductive Health / Tom W. Merrick -- 6. Measuring Reproductive Health: From Contraceptive Prevalence to Human Development Indicators / Joan Kaufman -- Part II. Human Rights Realizations -- 7. Bearing Human Rights: Maternal Health and the Promise of ICPD / Mindy Jane Roseman -- 8. Advocacy Strategies for Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health: Using UN Processes / Bonnie Shepard -- 9. Approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Policies and Programs: Synergies and Disconnects / Sofia Gruskin -- 10. Technology, Reproductive Health, and the Cairo Consensus / Kelly Blanchard -- 11. The Cairo Compromise on Abortion and Its Consequences for Making Abortion Safe and Legal / Marge Berer -- Part III. Challenges to Institutionalizing Reproductive Health and Rights -- 12. Advocacy for Sexuality and Women's Rights: Continuities, Discontinuities, and Strategies Since ICPD / Francoise Girard -- 13. Situating Reproductive Health Within the Academy / Alaka Basu -- 14. The Political Limits of the United Nations in Advancing Reproductive Health and Rights / Heidi Larson, Michael R. Reich -- 15. Examining Religion and Reproductive Health: Constructive Engagement for the Future / Frances Kissling -- 16. Conclusion: Conceptual Successes and Operational Challenges to ICPD: Global Reproductive Health and Rights Moving Forward / Rebecca Firestone, Laura Reichenbach, Mindy Jane Roseman -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. Biographical Note: Laura Reichenbach is Social Scientist and Head of the Reproductive Health Programme at ICDDR, B in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mindy Jane Roseman is Academic Director of the Human Rights Program and teaches law at Harvard Law SchoolPublisher Marketing: This text critically reflects on the past 15 years of international efforts aimed at improving health, alleviating poverty, diminishing gender inequality, and promoting human rights. Review Citations:

Choice 01/01/2010 (EAN 9780812241525, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Roseman, Mindy Jane Mindy Roseman is Lecturer on Law and Academic Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.