WOMEN'S ISSUES AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

UPDATED: 17 March 2014

United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA)

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helps developing countries find solutions to their population problems. Good resource on issues related to women and reproductive health

EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health (RHI) in Asia A very good resource on women's issues and reproductive health in ASIA

UNIFEM portal Gender and HIV/AIDS United Nations Development Fund for Women -- Web portal "Gender and HIV/AIDS"

Global Reproductive Health Forum, South Asia An up-to-date resource with lots of information on women's issues in India from the Harvard School of Public Health

Center for Health and Gender Equity An organization devoted to actively promoting women's reproductive and sexual health

Women's Human Rights Resources at the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto

National Commission for Women, India Commision to review the Constitutional and legal safeguards for women; recommend remedial legislative measures, facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.

Human Trafficking Resources Resource for trafficking in people

US Department of State, Human Trafficking US Department of State resource for trafficking in people

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Home page

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation

Network of Sex Work Projects Many useful reports under various categories like "Health and Safety"

Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education: UCSF study What are the arguments? What is the evidence?

An Outline of Sex Ed Guide The importance of sex education

Sex Education: Resources from Rutgers University

Sex Education and Teen Pregnancies A UW study: comprehensive sex education reduces teen pregnancies

Healthline BodyMaps Graphical, video and text information on the human body, health and healthy habits

links to Information on Male and Female contraceptives

Disclaimer: I have not read the following books. They have been listed on request by the author

Women's Reproductive Health in India, edited by Radhika Ramasubban and Shireen Jejeebhoy. Jaipur and Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2000.

Author's note: The book consists of reviews of the following areas, based on published and unpublished social science and biomedical research in India in the 1980s and 1990s: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Behaviour, Research on Sexuality and Sexual Behaviour, Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, Abortion Research, Research on Gynaecological Tract Infections, Research on Sexually Transmitted Infections, Policy Change from Contraceptive Targets to informed Choice, Quality of Care in the Family Planning Program, and a review of Social Policy and Reproductive Health.