Health and well-being

Teen Mothers

Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancies that occur before the adolescent girl has reached legal adulthood. The rates of teenage pregnancy differ widely across developed countries. The United States continues to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world—almost twice as high as those of England, Wales and Canada, and eight times as […]

SisterLove, Inc.

SisterLove, Inc., is a reproductive justice organization for women, with a focus on .  Based in Atlanta (), the organisation was founded in 1989. Mission SisterLove is on a mission to eradicate the adverse impact of /AIDS and other reproductive health challenges upon women and their families through education, prevention, support and human rights advocacy […]

Roe v Wade

In January 22, 1973, was legalised in the due to the landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade overtuned a Texas interpretation of abortion law, and by doing so, overtuned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion. Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Ruling 3 Impact 4 References Background In 1970, attorneys Linda […]

Reproductive Rights

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Beijing Platform 3 Other 4 Sources 5 See also 6 External links 7 Further reading About In 1994 the Cairo Programme of Action was adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development. This reproductive health document was the first to be of international policy nature. It states: Reproductive […]

Sustainable development? Not without family planning!

This article is the 10th in a series of articles related to Wikiprogress. “The lack of recognition of reproductive rights as essential to sustainable development was especially disappointing.” Anita Nayar, Executive Committee Member of Development Alternatives with Women for A New Era (DAWN) – on the outcomes of Rio+20The Zimbabwean (2012), Women outraged at Rio+20 […]

The Intersection of HIV and AIDS and the Education System in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 The HIV and Education Challenge 1.2 The Gendered Impact of HIV on Education 1.3 Primary School Children and HIV 1.4 TeachersAvert.org (2012) ‘The Impact of HIV & AIDS in Africa’ http://www.avert.org/aids-impact-africa.htm (accessed 14 July 2012) 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 5 Feedback Introduction The past two […]

Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health

“Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health” highlights the centrality of gender equality to the development agenda and the MDGs. Specifically, it shows how improving the health of adolescent girls in the developing world is key to improving maternal and child health, reducing the impact of HIV, and accelerating social and economic development. […]

“Unmet Need for Contraception”, by Shailaja Chandra

Holding India back The unmet demand for contraception is the highest in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. Together with Madhya Pradesh, these States produce the maximum underweight, stunted and wasted children born to under-aged mothers Were it not for the Hindi-belt States, India might well have been another country. Girl’s married before the legal age, […]

Women and disability

Table of Contents 1 What is disability? 2 Declarations on women and disability 3 The situation at a glance 4 Issues relating to women with disability and development programs 5 Barriers between women with disability and access to services 6 What the UN says 7 Some suggestions 8 References What is disability? According to WHO, ‘Disabilities’ […]

World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. Founded on 7 April, […]

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