Women's health: the context. Recent recommendations of UN Conferences and Commonwealth initiatives, by Lorraine Dennerstein = 9
Women's health across the life-cycle, by Penny Kane = 30
Infants, children and adolescents, by Lucile Newman = 37
Case study: Sex selection in India, by K. Kusum = 50
Case study: Female circumcision, by N. Toubia = 58
Reproductive health, by Attiya Inayatullah = 63
Case study: The South-African decentralised education programme in advanced midwifery, by Sister Christa Mary-Jones = 76
Case study: Deferred parenthood in the Netherlands, by RM den Hartog van Ter Tholen = 82
Towards men's participation in reproductive health, by Roland Edgar Mhlanga = 89
Family relations and gender roles: the example of North Africa, by Laila El-Hamamsy = 97
Violence against girls and women in Latin America, by Genoveva Keyeux and Silvina Ramos = 107
Case study: Women as victims of war, by Berit Schei, Amiera Frljak, Mhr Pjskic, Monika Houser = 116
Case study: Sex trafficking and prostitution: human rights and health consequences, by Janice G. Raymond and H. Patricia Hynes = 122
Women's health in mid- and later life, by Margaret Baltes and Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen = 136
Case study: The impact of widowhood on elderly women's health and well-being, by Susan Feldman and Rosie Beaumont =142
Women and occupational health, by Penny Kane = 151
Case study: Women working with women, by Elizabeth McGregor = 161
Duties to implement reproductive rights: the case of adolescents, by Rebecca Cook and Rika Pretorius = 175
Summary, by Lorraine Dennerstein = 190
Some reflections in conclusion, by Michele Jean =196
Bibliography = 199
Women's health across the life-cycle, by Penny Kane = 30
Infants, children and adolescents, by Lucile Newman = 37
Case study: Sex selection in India, by K. Kusum = 50
Case study: Female circumcision, by N. Toubia = 58
Reproductive health, by Attiya Inayatullah = 63
Case study: The South-African decentralised education programme in advanced midwifery, by Sister Christa Mary-Jones = 76
Case study: Deferred parenthood in the Netherlands, by RM den Hartog van Ter Tholen = 82
Towards men's participation in reproductive health, by Roland Edgar Mhlanga = 89
Family relations and gender roles: the example of North Africa, by Laila El-Hamamsy = 97
Violence against girls and women in Latin America, by Genoveva Keyeux and Silvina Ramos = 107
Case study: Women as victims of war, by Berit Schei, Amiera Frljak, Mhr Pjskic, Monika Houser = 116
Case study: Sex trafficking and prostitution: human rights and health consequences, by Janice G. Raymond and H. Patricia Hynes = 122
Women's health in mid- and later life, by Margaret Baltes and Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen = 136
Case study: The impact of widowhood on elderly women's health and well-being, by Susan Feldman and Rosie Beaumont =142
Women and occupational health, by Penny Kane = 151
Case study: Women working with women, by Elizabeth McGregor = 161
Duties to implement reproductive rights: the case of adolescents, by Rebecca Cook and Rika Pretorius = 175
Summary, by Lorraine Dennerstein = 190
Some reflections in conclusion, by Michele Jean =196
Bibliography = 199