The Health of Women and Girls Determines the Health and Well-Being of Our Modern World: A White Paper From the Intenational Council on Women's Health Issues
Access Status
Authors
Date
2011Type
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women and girls throughout the world through participation, empowerment, advocacy, education, and research. We are a multidisciplinary network of women's health providers, planners, and advocates from all over the globe. We constitute an international professional and lay network of those committed to improving women and girl's health and quality of life. This document provides a description of our organization mission, vision, and commitment to improving the health and well-being of women and girls globally.
Citation
Source Title
Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Mitchell, Helen; Shoebridge, Andrea; Howat, Peter; Cross, Donna; O'Farrell, I. (2007)This formative research examines the effects of health promotion on girls' and young women's health behaviours. Health promotion campaigns targeting women have previously had variable success. Some have been criticised ...
-
Mitchell, Helen (2006)This formative research examines the effects of health promotion on girls' and young women's health behaviours. Health promotion campaigns targeting women have previously had variable success. Some have been criticised ...
-
Hinton, Rachael (2009)International perspectives of women’s health have drawn on biomedical solutions and pathology-based aspects, and one of the main components of a changing and evolving definition of women’s health is to provide an alternative ...