t the March 1999 Preparatory Committee Meeting for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session's five-year review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+5), the "pro-family" newspaper Vivant! published a feature artiele, replete with statistical data and graphics, condemning the "flawed human rights-based approach to health."' Central to the article's attack...

In a seminal 1993 article, RuthDixon-Mueller questioned the reproductive health field’s conceptualization of sexuality, arguing that it had treated intercourse as a sanitized, emotionally neutral act. If one were to learn about human sexuality by reading family planning research andprogrammanuals, she suggested, onewould have no idea that sex leads to great enjoyment—as well as pain—for human b...

a Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Correspondence to Kent Buse (e-mail: [email protected]). Recent increases in resources for achieving the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support have given renewed impetus to the longer-standing political commitment for achieving targets in sexual and reproductive health an...

Argentine sexual and reproductive rights activists insist on using the language and framework of "human rights," even when many reproductive rights activists in the US and elsewhere now prefer the framework of "reproductive justice." Reflecting on conversations with Argentine feminist anthropologists, social scientists, and reproductive rights activists, this paper analyzes why the Argentine mo...

Background: One of the important components reproductive Health that can has some effects on physical and psychological aspects of couple's life is Infertility. Infertile women are concerned about their sexual and physical health, it is even possible, and use and evaluation of assisted reproductive techniques have negative effects on women feelings about the sexual value and marital relati...

Background & aim: The preservation and enhancement of the sexual function are the key elements of sexual health. One of the most important predictive factors of sexual behavior and function is sexual self-concept. This construct is defined as the individuals’ understanding and evaluation of their own sexual desires and orientations. The aim of the present study was to determine the correlation ...

abstract introduction: sexuality constitutes an important part of women's life. healthy and proper sexual functioning is one of the signs of physical and mental health. the aim of this study was to identify effect of training on sexual health of women with reduced sexual desire.   methods: this study was a randomized clinical trial. the participants were 80 married women at reproductive age who...