Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights

by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky

Book Overview

Global Prescriptions is a critical yet optimistic analysis of the role of transnational women's groups in setting the agendas for women's health in international and national settings. The book reviews a decade of women's participation in UN conferences, transnational networks, national advocacy efforts and sexual and reproductive health provision, assessing both their strengths and weaknesses. It critiques the Cairo, Beijing and Copenhagen conference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842770071
• ISBN13: 9781842770078
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"