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Date Added to Site: 26th January 2006 |
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Short Summary
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| Title |
From Reproductive Health to Sexual Rights: Achievements and Future Challenges
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| Author |
Correa, S. |
| Publication Date |
November 1997 |
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Reproductive Rights Matters |
| Volume |
Reproductive Rights Matters |
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10 |
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Short Summary
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The language of reproductive health, gender and sexuality is included in international programmes of action such as that of the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo 1994). The term “reproductive rights” initially linked to the struggle for the right to safe, legal abortion and contraception was, in the 1990s, brought within the human rights framework. The concept of “sexual rights” evolved from feminists linking sexuality, reproduction and inequalities between the sexes and from the political struggles against discrimination led by lesbian and gay groups. The link made between the concepts of gender and sexuality in theoretical debates is problematic. Gender identity and inequalities in power relations between women and men do not necessarily determine a person's sexual desires or practices. For example, women cannot be assumed to take a subordinate role. An encounter between two (or more) people will always contain the potential for each of them to be active and creative agents in the search for pleasure.
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| Summary Source |
Adapted from author |
| Complete Document |
 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/reprorights/docs/correa.html
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