Trading women's health and rights? : trade liberalization and reproductive health in developing economies /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Zed Books, 2006. |
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| Description: | xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6016271 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: Reproductive Health, Trade Liberalization and Development
- Definitions
- Pathways between the Liberalization of Trade and Reproductive Health
- Conclusion and Organization of the Volume
- Part I. Conceptual Overviews: Direct and Indirect Linkages
- 1. Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health: A Framework for Understanding the Linkages
- Introduction
- Pathways between Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health
- Direct Pathways; Trade Agreements and Provision of Reproductive Health Services
- Indirect Pathways: Trade Liberalization, Women's Employment and Reproductive Health
- Conclusion
- 2. Implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services for Reproductive Health Services
- Introduction
- International Trade and Health: A Framework for Analysis
- GATS Rules and Their Application to Health Services
- GATS and Reproductive Health Services in Developing Countries
- Reproductive Health Services Issues in the WTO GATS Negotiations
- Reproductive Health Advocacy in the Context of GATS Negotiations
- 3. Women's Work, Autonomy and Reproductive Health: The Role of Trade and Investment Liberalization
- Introduction
- Bargaining and Autonomy in the Household
- Investment Liberalization and Women's Autonomy
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Theoretical Model of Women's Bargaining Power
- Part II. Country Case Studies on Trade Liberalization, Women's Employment and Reproductive Health
- 4. Implications of Trade Liberalization for Working Women's Marriage: Case Studies of Bangladesh, Egypt and Vietnam
- Introduction
- Country Case Studies of Trade Liberalization
- Discussion
- 5. Trade Liberalization, Women's Migration and Reproductive Health in China
- Introduction
- Trade Liberalization and Labour Migration
- Women, Rural-Urban Migration and the Private Sector
- The Impact of Women's Migration and Employment on Their RH in the Context of Trade Liberalization: Positive versus Negative
- Conclusion
- 6. Local Response to Global Development: An Emerging Culture of Health among Pregnant Women in Mexican Maquiladoras
- Introduction
- Background
- The Study
- Conclusion
- 7. Runaway Knowledge: Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Practices among Sri Lanka's Garment Factory Workers
- Introduction
- Trade Liberalization, the FTZ and the 'Respectable Woman'
- Knowledge versus Practice - Unwanted Pregnancies and Abortions
- As the Cart that Follows the Bull
- Conclusion
- Part III. Trade Liberalization and Government Capacity to Deliver Reproductive Health Supplies and Services
- 8. I Would Pay, if I Could Pay in Maize: Trade Liberalization, User Fees in Health and Women's Health Seeking in Tanzania
- Introduction
- Trade, an Ailing Economy and Resources for Health Care
- Rationalizing User Fees: Deficit in the Health Sector Revenue
- Women's 'Unmet' Reproductive Health Needs
- Data and Methodology
- Living on the Margins and a Gender Dimension of User Fees
- Conclusion
- 9. Tripping Up: AIDS, Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property in South Africa
- Introduction
- The Status and Impact of the AIDS Epidemic
- Intellectual Property and AIDS Treatment
- Patently Defiant: South Africa versus the 'Big Pharma'
- Contested Realities: South Africa and the TAC
- Towards Comprehensive HIV Prevention: A Directional Shift
- Conclusion
- 10. Midwifery and Nursing Migration: Implications of Trade Liberalization for Maternal Health in Low-Income Countries
- Introduction
- Background
- Current State of Maternal Health
- The Importance of Midwives and Nurses for Maternal Health
- The Size and Causes of Migration
- The Effects of Midwife and Nurse Migration
- Free Trade and Migration
- Policy Issues for Key Stakeholders
- Conclusions
- Part IV. Policy and Advocacy
- 11. Trade Agreements and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Agenda for Analysis and Advocacy
- Introduction
- Entry Points for an Effective Advocacy Strategy
- National Level Advocacy
- Strategic Alliances
- Conclusion
- 12. Reproductive Health Advocacy
- Introduction
- The Difficulties with General Advocacy
- A Framework for Effective Advocacy
- Conclusion
- About the Contributors
- Index