Brings together perspectives on issues related to child and maternal health from a variety of different angles. While diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and others continue to threaten the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, there is more to combating these epidemics than eradicating the vectors responsible for them. The chapters here discuss social and legal issues such as women's abortion rights and African practices; the rights of HIV-infected children and AIDS orphans and the prevalence of violence against women. Index, 291pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

A global sourcebook with case studies on the health needs and rights of women and men, which provides recommendations on achieving gender equity in health. Case studies include: Engendering communicable disease policy and practice in Malawi; Examining strategies to mitigate female genital mutilation in Ethiopian communities; The involvement of boys and men in HIV/AIDS work in South Africa and Brazil. Includes a large and up-to-date annotated bibliography of international resources, both printed and online, makes this a truly global sourcebook on the topic. 184pp, UK. OXFAM PUBLICATIONS.

Using the results of a consensus built up in a series of workshops in different regions of the commonwealth, the authors discuss what is the most effective way of applying Gender Management System principles and methodology to the health sector in a variety of geographical contexts. Refs, charts, tables, 87pp, UK. COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, 0850927331

An in depth analysis of the destructive effects of gender inequality on society and the planet. Index, notes, tables, diags, ix, 291pp, UK. POLITY PRESS, 0745629644

2002 Paperback

Volume which draws together work which examines and challenges old assumptions about sex, gender inequity, reproduction and the HIV epidemic. Looks at politicising women in the context of development policies so that they can take charge of their reproductive and sexual well being and protect themselves and their families. Index, refs, notes, bib, tables, 322pp, UK. ZED BOOKS, 1856499693

Since the publication of Silent Spring in the 1960s, the dangers of chemical pesticides has been well documented. This new collection of essays delves more deeply into the long term effects of pesticides on those who grow most of the world's food, women. Explains the manifestations of toxicity and their knock on effects on the communities whose livelihoods revolve around the growing and harvesting of crops. The analysis is backed up with case studies and empirical data. Includes a technical annex. Index, gloss, refs, tables, x, 342pp, UK. ZED BOOKS, 1856499960