Health and Human Rights

Health and human rights.

ING AND INDEXING Health and Human Rights is abstracted and indexed in ASSIA: Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography, International Bibliography of the Health Sciences, International Development Abstracts, A Matter of Fact, MEDLINE, PAIS International, Periodica Islamica, Social Planning/Policy and Development Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts. He...

"Human Rights"؛ "Citizen Rights"؛ "Human Rights Declaration"؛ " Middle Eastern States"

حقوق بشر و حقوق شهروندی از حقوق ذاتی و طبیعی انسان نشأت گرفته و در طول تاریخ بین اندیشمندان مناطق مختلف جهان و همچنین در مکاتب الهی توجه خاصی به آنها شده است. اما متاسفانه تا پایان جنگ جهانی دوم حقوق بشر بصورت گسترده اقبالی کسب ننمود. اگر چه با اعلامیه جهانی حقوق بشر سال 1948 و دیگر کنوانسیون های مربوطه، حقوق بشر شکل جهان شمولی بخود گرفته ولی هنوز بسیاری از دولتهای خاورمیانه حاضر به پذیرش تمامی...

Women's health and human rights.

Session I (6/26/07): • Introductions and Course Overview • Human Rights, Women’s Rights and Social Justice Readings: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available at http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html Peter Montague and Carolyn Raffensperger. Some ideas for a common agenda. Rachel’s Democracy and Health News #896. Posted 3/1/07. Available at http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=4 ...

Sexuality, health, and human rights.

Maternal health and human rights.

In Malawi the maternal mortality ratio is extremely high. Since almost all maternal deaths are avoidable, maternal mortality is also an issue of human rights. This paper examines the root causes of high maternal mortality in Malawi and applies a human rights-based approach to the reduction of maternal mortality. It recommends roles for the various duty-bearers. It describes indicators to monito...