Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America.
These four multi-disciplinary studies focus on sexual and reproductive health advocacy and programs in Latin America. Based on original research and the author's 25 years of experience working in the region, the text illuminates the political, cultural, and organizational dynamics that pose an obstacle course to sexual and reproductive health—dynamics that veterans of the culture wars in many other regions of the world will recognize.
"This book should be obligatory reading for anyone who wishes to understand reproductive health and rights in Latin America and the role of organizations seeking to move the Cairo agenda forward."--Studies in Family Planning
"The author is to be commended for conducting such a thorough analysis of the mechanisms at play when individuals, organizations, and government agencies implement and evaluate health-promotion programming."—American Journal of Evaluation
Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America. Westport, CT: Praeger, Greenwood Publishing Group (Now ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), 2006
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"This book should be obligatory reading for anyone who wishes to understand reproductive health and rights in Latin America and the role of organizations seeking to move the Cairo agenda forward."--Studies in Family Planning
"The author is to be commended for conducting such a thorough analysis of the mechanisms at play when individuals, organizations, and government agencies implement and evaluate health-promotion programming."—American Journal of Evaluation
Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America. Westport, CT: Praeger, Greenwood Publishing Group (Now ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), 2006
This year, I purchased the electronic rights to this book from the publisher, and have applied a Creative Commons license: You can upload the whole book, or individual chapters, through the following links to pdf files: The license allows distribution without alteration for non-commercial purposes.
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Preface and Front Matter
Introduction
Chapter One: The ‘‘Double Discourse’’ on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Latin America: The Chasm between Public Policy and Private Actions
Chapter Two: NGO Advocacy Networks in Latin America: Lessons from Experience in Promoting Women’s and Reproductive Rights
Chapter Three: ‘‘Let’s Be Citizens, Not Patients!’’: Promoting Partnerships between Women’s Groups and Health Services in Peru
Chapter Four: Conversations and Controversies: A Sexuality Education Program in Chile
Chapter Five: Crosscutting Issues
Index
Selected Bibliography
Preface and Front Matter
Introduction
Chapter One: The ‘‘Double Discourse’’ on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Latin America: The Chasm between Public Policy and Private Actions
Chapter Two: NGO Advocacy Networks in Latin America: Lessons from Experience in Promoting Women’s and Reproductive Rights
Chapter Three: ‘‘Let’s Be Citizens, Not Patients!’’: Promoting Partnerships between Women’s Groups and Health Services in Peru
Chapter Four: Conversations and Controversies: A Sexuality Education Program in Chile
Chapter Five: Crosscutting Issues
Index
Selected Bibliography
La Salud Sexual y Reproductiva: una Carrera de Obstáculos. Santiago, Chile: FLACSO & Editorial
Catalonia, 2009
You can purchase the Spanish translation here.
You can purchase the Spanish translation here.
Cover photo by Marcelo Montecino, from Chilean edition of Bonnie Shepard’s book La Salud Sexual y Reproductiva: una Carrera de Obstáculos. Santiago, Chile: FLACSO & Editorial Catalonia, 2009.