African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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78 p., This documents the lack of access to reproductive and maternal care in post-earthquake Haiti, even with unprecedented availability of free healthcare services. The report also describes how hunger has led women to trade sex for food and how poor camp conditions exacerbate the impact of sexual violence because of difficulties accessing post-rape care. It looks at how recovery efforts have failed to adequately address the needs and rights of women and girls, particularly their rights to health and security.
Discusses the highlights of the 44th Session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Population and Development which dealt with the issue of Fertility, Reproductive Health and Development in which the 1994 Programme of Action from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt was reaffirmed.
