Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Women’s Rights and Women’s Health: “An ambitious but ambiguous agenda” (Serge RABIER) 3 Is women’s health issue able to make a difference in this agenda ? 4 See Also Introduction This note has been drawn from a conference on Women’s Health and the Objectives of Millenium, done at Sciences Po […]

A study by psychologists at Purdue and Northwestern Universities (USA) have uncovered the effect of gender stereotypes on public perceptions of the mentally ill. Stereotypes of men as violent and women as depressed and docile affect the responses of the public and institutions to those suffering from . Table of Contents 1 The Study 2 […]

Table of Contents 1 Overview 2 Issues 3 MSWs and HIV/AIDS 4 Recommendations 5 References 6 See also 7 External links Overview While the majority of attention is usually given to female sex workers, a new report has shed some light on the dire situation of the male sex worker (MSW) industry in . Decades […]

Mental health problems are one of the world’s leading causes of disease and disability. While previously cases of mental health problems (ranging from depression to chronic mental disorders) were more prevalent in industrialized countries, trends in developing countries are also showing increased rates of mental health problems. While mental disorders affect both genders, there is […]

The pill has been described as the most significant medical advance of the 20th century. Hailed as playing a major role in the women’s liberation movement, it was associated with the swinging sixties and greater sexual freedom. Worldwide, around 100 million women take the pill. Table of Contents 1 Pre-1950 2 Development of the Pill […]