International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), New York, USA
From the Global Women's Network
| International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), New York, USA | |
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| State or Province: | New York |
| Country: | United States |
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| Location coordinates: | 40° 42' 52" N, 74° 0' 22" WLatitude: 40.7143528 Longitude: -74.0059731 |
| Contact email: | asia@iwhc.org |
| Website: | http://www.iwhc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2246&Itemid=540 |
| Target: | Girls and Women |
| Organization type: | International NGO (operating in multiple countries) |
| Sectors: | HIV/AIDS, Health, Agriculture/Food Security, Violence Against Women |
Summary
WHC works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide.
About
Over the past two years, IWHC has supported research to examine how health sector reforms in Bangladesh address gender dynamics and reproductive and sexual health concerns. Since the early 1990s, many developing countries have undertaken health sector reforms, far-reaching, fundamental changes intended to improve the overall efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of their health systems. Bangladesh undertook such reforms in 1996 and 1998, with the formulation of a Health and Population Sector Strategy and a Population Sector Program, both of which were focused on "improving the health of women, children, and the poor." Members of civil society played a key role in designing these programs, and as a result, the proposed reforms recognized social and gender equity as central concerns of the health system and took steps to develop a strong base of community support for the proposed changes.
Our Vision:
IWHC believes that global well-being, and social and economic justice, can only be achieved by ensuring women`s human rights, health, and equality. IWHC seeks to ensure that:
- women are equally and effectively engaged in decisions that concern their sexual and reproductive rights and health;
- women experience a healthy and satisfying sexual life free from discrimination, coercion, and violence;
- women can make free and informed choices about childbearing; and
- women have access to the information and services they need to enhance and protect their health.
