Women's Health and Wellbeing

The following links concern Women's health and wellbeing in the Arab world within its public health context. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often.

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Audio Visual Materials

Australia for UNHCR (Aus4UNHCR): Maternal Health in Somalia - Interview with Roberta Russo, UNHCR Somalia - Somalia (2010)
Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention in the West Bank (Palestinian Health Sector Reform and Development Project, 2011)
Combating Violence Against Women and Children - Chemonics International (USAID) - Egypt (ChemonicsInt, 2012)
Fighting Discrimination Against Women in Bahrain and the GCC - Bahrain (Macropolis Net, 2012)
Health care and immunization for Palestinian mothers and children in need - Palestine (unicef, 2010)
International Focus - Women, Health and Development in Morocco 1/20/13 - Morocco (InternationalFocus, 2013)
Maternal Health in Yemen - Yemen (counterpartint, 2012)
Mauritania - Insurance at the service of maternal health - Mauritania (aideaudeveloppement, 2010)
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) - Palestine (MedicalAidPalestine): Birth In the Shadows: Protecting Mothers and Newborns in the Palestinian Refugee Camps (2011)
Morocco's Maternal Health Challenges in Rural Areas - Morocco (WomenseNews, 2012)
UNDP in the Arab States (UNDPArabStates) (list of videos related to different public health topics in the Arab countries)
Women’s Empowerment
Womens Mental Health Issues directly relating to Alcoholism and Addiction in Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia (anprofanter, 2009)
نجاحات الكشف المبكر لسرطان الثدي في السودان (AllTVNews, 2012)

Bibliography and Publications

African Women Bibliographic Database: Through this dababase, you can search for various types of documents related to women and gender issues, including health topics, on African Arab countries. Apply appropriate filters in the search engine
Book 'Women, Health and the State in the Middle East: The Politics and Culture of Childbirth in Jordan (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)' (I.B. Tauris, 2012)
Database on Gender and the Empowerment of Women in the Arab Region (ESCWA)
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, edited by Saud Joseph (Brill)
Maternal and Child Health (Special issue of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Volume 11, Issue 4)
Morocco - Maternal Mortality Reduction high national prority to reach MDG 5 - UNFPA Policy brief
UN Women - Publications on the Arab States

Networks, Working Groups and Forums

Professional Associations

Société Marocaine de Fertilité et de Contraception (S M F C) (Morocco)

Regional projects

Pan Arab Project for Family Health (PAPFAM) (League of Arab States)

Resources

Women’s Watch: Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women - UN

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