Good health is being the best you. It is taking care of your body. It is taking care of your mind. It is getting along with others. It is showing feelings.
With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, human well-being is a core issue for both researchers and policymakers. The Millennium Development Goals are a powerful remin…
“When a disabled woman has good health it means she experiences well-being—of her body, mind, and spirit.” — A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities Women with disabilities often …
Women have continued to make immense contributions to development in Nigeria. These landmark achievements have not been without challenges, hence the predominance of women issues at local, national…
there are many different ways in which women are abused in a sexual way. When we talk about this in our daily lives we use words like rape, date rape, gang rape, being forced to have sex, sexual vi…
One of the most successful books ever published on women's health, EVERYWOMAN is the essential guide for women who want to learn more about their bodies and health. Written in a sensible and straig…
Psychotherapist Lawrence LeShan has worked with cancer patients for more than thirty-five years and his research has led people with cancer to find new, effective ways to fight for their lives. He …
This volume emerged out of the Adolescent Reproductive Health Network (ARHNe), a European Union-funded concerted action project which developed the competence and capacity of researchers in East an…
This book focuses on the widely overlooked area of gender issues in pesticide use, and its repercussions on women. In many societies, most work in the fields is done by women rather than men. As a …
Special report highlights systemic barriers that still prevent more than 200 million women from accessing contraception, in spite of the evidence showing contraception to be one of the most cost-ef…
The International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics publishes articles on all aspects of basic and clinical research in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology and related subjects, with emphasis …
This issue book was prepared by the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) with input from members of the Governance Issues Forum (GIF) Network in Ghana. It serves as a guide to facilitate deli…
Abortion is a topical issue, which confronts many health workers, including doctors, nurses and also politicians, administrators and the general public. Not every physician involved with women’…
This handbook provides a framework for researching family planning provision in different cultural settings. The book shows NGOs and other health research bodies how to design such a project and pr…
This comparative study of women's empowerment, sexuality and reproductive rights explores issues that are fundamental to the debate on population and gender. Drawing on material from a wide varieti…
"A brilliant, gutsy, exhilarating, exasperating fury of a book." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW In this compulsively readable, fascinating account of menopause, renowned feminist and author Germa…
This comprehensive situation analysis provides an overview of issues related to public policy, social budget, and service delivery environment affecting children and women in Ghana.
It is a study of aging and how people face aging. Struggling to hold on to the illusion of youth, Friedan wrote, we have denied the reality and evaded the new triumphs of growing older. We have see…
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have continued to threaten individuals and communities all over sub-Saharan Africa. "What the Global Fund means to Africans" collates stories of hope created out …
KIND stands for the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, a not-for-profit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria. We work primarily in Nigeria in the areas of leadership development for young women and …