New publication from the Center for Health and Gender Equity

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The Center for Health and Gender Equity announces a new publication,

Health, Rights, and Realities: An Analysis of the Reprosalud Project in

Peru, by -Britt Coe. ReproSalud is an innovative reproductive health

project funded by USAID, the single largest bilateral donor to the Peruvian

family planning program. The project, begun in 1996, pursues conventional

objectivessuch as reducing unmet need for reproductive health servicesby

using unconventional strategies that promote reproductive health and rights

through individual and community empowerment. It is run by a Peruvian

feminist organization, Movimiento a Ramos (MMR), which has worked to

advance the rights of low-income and marginalized women in Peru for over 20

years. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of ReproSalud's strategies and

assesses the political and programmatic challenges that still impede the

achievement of health and rights objectives in Peru. Coe's analysis of the

project pinpoints the critical lessons that can be used to improve

ReproSalud, and to guide similar efforts in other settings.

The paper is free to colleagues in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (a

Spanish version is forthcoming), and costs $5.00 per copy for colleagues in

the United States and Europe. Copies can be obtained by writing Ronda Logan

at rlogan@..., at the Center for Health and Gender Equity,

6930 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, land, USA, 20912, or by calling (301)

270-1182.

OTHER RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM THE CENTER FOR HEALTH AND GENDER EQUITY:

Health Sector Reforms in Zambia: Implications for Reproductive Health and

Rights, by Priya Nanda, PhD. This report examines the disjuncture between

the reproductive health and rights agendas and the process of health sector

reforms underway in Zambia. Dr. Nanda is now heading up a multi-country

study on the implications of health sector reforms for the quality of and

access to reproductive health programs, with work currently underway in

India and Tanzania. The Zambia report is free to colleagues in Africa,

Asia, and Latin America, and is $5.00 to colleagues in the United States

and Europe (exceptions made for small non-profit organizations).

" Transforming Family Planning Programs: Towards a Framework for Advancing

the Reproductive Rights Agenda, " by Jodi L. son in Reproductive Health

Matters, Volume 8, No. 15, May 2000. Copies are free to colleagues.

Copies of either paper can be obtained by writing Ronda Logan at

rlogan@..., at the Center for Health and Gender Equity, 6930

Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, land, USA, 20912, or by calling (301)

270-1182.

Jodi L. son, Executive Director

Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)

6930 Carroll Avenue

Suite 910

Takoma Park, land 20912 USA

Phone: (301) 270-1182

Fax: (301) 270-2052

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