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From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

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From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

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Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

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The development of contraceptive technologies: a feminist critique

01/06/1994

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The development of contraceptive technologies: a feminist critique

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The high number of abortions worldwide can be partly explained by inappropriate and/or inaccessible means of contraception. Hardon attributes this to the way in which contraceptives are developed. Trials don’t match the reality for either users or providers, with researchers aiming for population control rather than safety or acceptability. Many women are the recipients of […]

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Female sexuality, regulation and resistance

01/06/1994

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Female sexuality, regulation and resistance

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Views of sexuality around male dominance and female suppression are not always accurate. Khanna examines changing views in colonial and post-colonial India, to show an ongoing fight by women for control of their sexuality. Her journey goes through child marriage, prostitution, missionary influence, and expectations of motherhood, to campaigns and programmes for contraception and safe […]

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Land reform in South Africa: Lessons from Latin America

01/05/1994

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Land distribution in South Africa has always favoured white farmers. This article examines lessons from the history of land reform policies in Brazil, Bolivia and Chile, looking at problems of rural poverty, landlessness and dispossession. Political developments in South Africa may limit the scope for land reform. In October 1993, the World Bank presented its […]

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Decentralising urban health activities in developing countries

01/05/1994

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While there is considerable documented experience of decentralising health services in rural areas of developing countries, the decentralisation of health services in the urban context is rarely analysed. Urban development literature usually fails to address health issues, while the literature on the decentralisation of health services tends to ignore the urban sector. This article addresses […]

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A sustainable farming programme in Malawi

01/05/1994

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This article examines the Christian Service Committee (CSC) Agricultural Pilot Programme in Malawi, funded by Christian Aid (UK) and ICFID of Canada. It aims to address some of the constraints faced by the poorest farmers and to demonstrate to the government better ways of supporting the small-holder sector. Two key objectives were to demonstrate that […]

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Training indigenous workers in mental-health care

01/05/1994

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This article develops issues raised in Hans Buwalda’s article, ‘Children of war in the Philippines’. It considers the training of indigenous workers in mental-health care in areas of recent or continuing armed conflict. It explores the possibilities of combining Western therapeutic techniques with local and culturally appropriate ways of working. It stresses the need to […]

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Mangrove planting in Vietnam

01/05/1994

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In 1989, Save the Children Fund (UK) began an experimental project to plant mangroves along a coastal estuary in the Thach Ha district of Ha Tinh province in northern central Vietnam. It was designed and managed by the district forestry and water management officials and implemented through the commune People’s Committees. This article looks at […]

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Disaster without memory: Oxfam’s drought programme in Zambia

01/05/1994

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In Southern Africa, a major drought during 1992-93 threatened devastating consequences for poor rural populations in the region. The article describes the unconventional approach to disaster mitigation undertaken by Oxfam (UK and Ireland) in Zambia. This enabled people at the local level, with little prior organisational experience, to establish effective dialogue with government officials in […]

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Alternatives to residential care for children

01/05/1994

3 pages long

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Institutional care for children separated from their family (for whatever reason) continues to be the first choice of governments of developing countries. The long-term consequences of institutionalisation can be severe and in 1991, Save the Children Fund (UK) (SCFUK) initiated a research programme to examine the experience SCF and its partners have had of working […]

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