Despite their demographic significance and the lifetime impact of gender disparities on their
health and rights, women considered older than reproductive age are excluded from most …

In 1948, the WHO posited health to be,'… a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity', to be enjoyed by 'every …

Global debate on required policy responses to issues of older persons has intensified over
the past 15 years, fuelled by a growing awareness of the rapid ageing of populations. Health …

More than a decade ago, three landmark world conferences placed the human rights of
women on the international agenda. The first, in Vienna, officially extended the definition of …

Violations of human rights have specific and disproportionately harmful ef-the physical
mental of girls and women, especially on fects on the physical and mental health of girls and …

Inclusive of 23 papers, this journal explores current issues relevant to women's health, as
addressed in the 2009 World Report on Women's Health. Important issues on women's …

It is now well established that the world's population is ageing, and has been doing so
rapidly in the last century. According to the United Nations, as of 1950, there were an …

Globally, life expectancy has been rising rapidly over the course of the last century, thanks to
technological advances in medicine, rises in public health expenditure, overall …

The Cairo and Beijing conferences and documents legitimised more than just reproductive
health; notions of reproductive rights and sexual health, as well as issues related to sexual …

Political leaders at all levels must champion sexual health as part of sexual and reproductive
health to counteract conservative opposition. Sexual and reproductive health and rights …