Rosalind P. Petchesky
Autor(a) de Abortion and Woman's Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom
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Reproductive and Sexual Rights: Charting the Course of Transnational Women's NGOs (2000) 1 exemplar(es)
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- Nome padrão
- Petchesky, Rosalind P.
- Outros nomes
- Petchesky, Rosalind Pollack
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-08-16
- Sexo
- female
- Educação
- Columbia University (PhD)
Smith College (AB, summa cum laude) - Ocupação
- political scientist
university professor - Organizações
- International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group (founder)
Hunter College, City University of New York
Ramapo College
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Global prescriptions is a critical analysis of the role of transnational women's groups in setting the agendas for women's health, and especially reproductive and sexual rights, in the international and the various national settings.This book reviews a decade of women's participation in UN conferences, transnational networks, national advocacy efforts and sexual and reproductive health provision, assessing both their strengths and weaknesses
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- 5
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- 120
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- #165,356
- Avaliação
- 4.0
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diverse settings, the book asks when, whether and how grassroots women express
a sense of entitlement or self-determination in everyday decisions about
childbearing, work, marriage, fertility control and sexual relations. What
strategies do women employ in their negotiations with parents, husbands or
partners, health providers, and the larger community over reproductive and
sexual matters? What role do economic constraints, religion, tradition,
motherhood, and group participation play in shaping their decisions?… (mais)