These resources provide legal and policy advocacy strategies on the topics of legal abortion, female genital cutting, reproductive health, and human rights around the world. These materials provide recommendations for policy updates, literature reviews, and tools to help implement sound reproductive health practices.
Abortion Laws into Action: Implementing Legal Reform (1997)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/publications/en/initiatives_in_reproductive_health_policy/default.asp
Summary: This publication focuses on the actions that may need to occur when abortion is legalized to ensure patient access and provider training. The two examples presented are Brazil and South Africa. ( Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, policymakers
Format: N ewsletter, case studies
Languages: English, Spanish
Advancing Safe Motherhood through Human Rights (2001)
The World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/reproductive
health/publications/RHR_01_5_advancing_safe_motherhood/RHR_01_05_abstract.en.html
Summary: This report explains human rights and human rights laws that pertain to maternal health. It presents a discussion of the rights relevant to women’s health and access to care as well as governments’ role in upholding and monitoring human rights laws. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, program managers
Format: M anual
Languages: English
Breaking Through: A Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2004)
The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education
http://www.rfsu.se/admin/download.asp?FileLink=upload%2FPDF-Material%2Fbreaking.pdf
Summary: This guide presents the International Conference on Population and Development’s (ICPD) approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). It summarizes the goals of the ICPD Programme of Action, controversies and debates surrounding aspects of this approach to SRHR, and relevant international treaties and documents. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: P olicymakers, non-governmental organizations
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Female Genital Mutilation: A Matter of Human Rights, An Advocate’s Guide to Action (2000)
Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org/pub_bo_fgmhand.html
Summary: This guide provides background information on female genital mutilation (FGM) including the cultural contexts and health risks associated with this practice. Applicable international human rights laws and recommended actions that governments and non-governmental organizations can take to curtail FGM and promote women’s rights are also discussed. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: P olicymakers, non-governmental organizations
Format: Manual
Languages: English, French
From Rights to Reality: How to Advocate for Women’s Reproductive Freedom Worldwide (2003)
Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org/pdf/pg_rights2reality.pdf
Summary: This resource provides an overview and guide to effective activism for women’s rights. It offers guidance on preparing and delivering messages, working with media, government, and the Internet, and selecting audiences for maximum impact. ( Accessed August 11, 2004)\
Audience: P olicymakers, non-governmental organizations
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Justice, Change and Human Rights: International Research and Responses to Domestic Violence (2000)
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
http://www.cedpa.org/publications/pdf/violenceprowid.pdf
Summary: This report assesses the advantages and disadvantages of applying development and human rights-based approaches to eliminating domestic violence. Research for this report covers social trends, public awareness, and professional capacity to address domestic violence. Case studies from Mexico, Bulgaria, and Russia are included as well as lessons learned and recommendations for linking development and human rights methodologies. (Accessed August 13, 2004)
Audience: Health care professionals, policymakers
Format: Report, case studies
Languages: English
Making Abortion Safe, Legal, and Accessible: A Tool Kit for Action (2000)
Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org/pub_packets.html#abortionkit
Summary: This tool kit is a collection of fact sheets on the provision of safe and legal abortion for women and adolescents. Public health, religious, human rights and legal perspectives are also provided. ( Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, policymakers
Format: Fact sheets
Languages: English, Spanish
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights (2001)
Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org/pub_bo_rrhr.html
Summary: This brief report outlines ten human rights that are essential to recognizing reproductive rights as human rights. Major international treaties, conventions, and conference documents are referenced. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: P olicymakers, non-governmental organizations
Format: Report
Languages: English, French, Spanish
A Rights-Based Approach to Reproductive Health (2003)
PATH\
http://www.path.org/files/EOL_20_4_dec03.pdf
Summary: This issue of Outlook discusses the relationship between human rights and reproductive health, detailing human rights principles and progress, rationale for and implementation of rights-based approaches to reproductive health, and expectations and roles for stakeholders at local, national and international levels. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: P olicymakers, non-governmental organizations , health care providers
Format: Newsletter
Languages: English
Young People: Sexual and Reproductive Health Booklet (No date)
Interact Worldwide
http://www.interactworldwide.org/pdfs/youngpeopleandSRH.pdf
Summary: This publication summarizes information regarding adolescents and gender inequality, Female Genital Cutting, child marriage, unplanned pregnancy, unsafe abortion, pregnancy, STIs, and education. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Policymakers, health care providers
Format: Report
Languages: English
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