reproductive health

Refugee Participation Network 1995, No. 20

Contents: 1. What is reproductive health care? by Sara Davidson and Louisiana Lush; 2. The Question of Gender by Bridget Walker; 3. Improving gender planning in emergency operations by Eftihia Voutira; 4. The legal protection of refugee women by Ghaith Al-Omari; 5. Delivering reproductive health care by Peter Poore; 6. Mozambican Women claiming recognition for the human rights of refugees: observations from Tongogara Camp, Zimbabwe by Shirley DeWolf; 7. The reproductive health needs of adolescent refugees by Cindy Waszak and Beverly Tucker; 8.

RAISE Initiative: The blind spot of the Millennium Development Goals

Ten years after the Millennium Summit, and only five years before the deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), progress towards MDG 5 – a 75% reduction in global maternal mortality – is most behind schedule.

Reproductive health for communities in crisis: UNFPA emergency response

This document outlines and examines United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) support with regard to emergency reproductive health needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and others affected by a crisis.

Women's human rights project: report

A report of a workshop project on women's human rights held at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Includes proposals for follow-on work.

FMO Research guide: reproductive health

This FMO research guide is a thematic guide on reproductive health, which provides a general overview and introduces key issues with regard to forced migration; guiding the user to relevant resources, key websites and relevant documents.

IDP health in Colombia: needs and challenges

Providers of reproductive health care to displaced communities in Colombia need to plan not only for the immediate needs of IDPs but also for their longer-term needs.

Still in need: reproductive health care for Afghan refugees in Pakistan

This report, looking at Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, focuses on four technical areas of reproductive health: safe motherhood (including emergency obstetric care), family planning, HIV/AIDS and sexually-transmitted infections, and gender-based violence. It also addresses the issue of adolescent health.

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