Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Publisher: Australian Women’s Health Network, 2012
Status – CURRENT
This paper advocates for a rights-based approach to ensuring all women can access comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care appropriate to their needs,regardless of their location, age, sexuality, financial status and religious and cultural background. It explores seven key areas through which good sexual and reproductive health for Australian women can be achieved. These are:promoting positive and respectful attitudes to sex and sexuality;developing women’s health literacy; increasing reproductive choice; facilitating women’s health throughout pregnancy and birth;expanding prevention and treatment of reproductive cancers and menstrual issues; improving prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs); and equipping the health workforce to better respond to women’s health needs.
Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health around the World
/in International (global) /by adminPublisher: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, 2014
Status – CURRENT
This report presents information on changes in legal grounds for abortion and related reproductive health policies since around the time of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, for 197 countries in the world, including all 193 Member States of the United Nations, 2 Observer States (the Holy See and the State of Palestine) and 2 non-member States (Cook Islands and Niue) of the United Nations. The report is based primarily on information available from the World Population Policies Database. The report also draws information from the World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision of the United Nations Population Division and the ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Survey conducted by the United Nations Population Fund in 2012, as well as selected data from other sources.
Pregnancy Terminations: Summary of the New Law Fact Sheet
/in Government Policy, Tasmania /by adminPublisher: Department Health and Human Services Tasmania
Status – CURRENT
This resource explains the recent changes to abortion legislation in Tasmania. Key words: Terminations; Abortion; Legislation.