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Summary of US and UN Platforms for Action for Women, 1975-1995 Women's Health Mexico City (1975) Incorporate women into all aspects of health care Improve access to health and nutritional care for men and women; esp. in development strategy Increase investments into health care programs, including nutrition and education Reduce risks that lead to mortality, esp. women, children, and infants Address rural women's needs, access to and knowledge of health care Community health programs compatible with differing cultural values Coordinate family planning, health, nutrition, and raising the quality of farnily life Develop techniques for better gardening, food processing and preservation Develop safe water and sanitation svstems to improve living conditions Women should decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of children Remove financial and legal obstacles to family planning Houston (1977) Establish national health program covering women as individuals for preventive health services, family planning services, reproductive health care, general medical care, home and health support services, and mental health Guarantee reproductive freedom at federal, state, and local levels Establish community based facilities to offer low cost family planning and reproductive health care Increase funds for research on safe, alternative forms of contraception Encourage fair representation of women on health policy boards Investigate increase in surgical procedures such as hysterectomies, Cesarean sections, mastectomy, and forced sterilization Mandate health training, research, Medicaid and Medicare coverage for needs of disabled women End use of sex-based actuarial and mortality tables in insurance rates and benefits. Insurance must cover pregnacy-related expenses, group disability for nortnal pregnancy and complications of pregnancy, and newborns from birth Home health, visiting nurse services, homemaker services, meals-on-wheels for older women Copenhagen(1980) Give priority to women's health needs Ensure accessibility for women to maternal health care, nutrition, family planning, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases Increase women's health research Improve women's access to medical training opportunities Legislation to eliminate occupational hazards and environmental pollution, especially as affects reproductive health Maternal and infant mortality programs Health education Prevent mutilation practices Nairobi (1985) Strengthening of basic services for the delivery of healthcare Increase participation of women in higher professional and managerial positions in health institutions through legislation, training, and supportive action Promotive, preventive, and curative health measures Health education Vaccination of children and pregnant women Access to and control over income for women to provide adequate nutrition Ability of women to control own fertility forms basis for enjoyment of other rights Make available information, educafion, and means of family planning Policies to delay childbearing and raise age of marriage. Enhance occupational health and safety Women's Linkage Caucus (7/95) Increase budgetary allocations for primary health care and social services. (Illla) Support and implement the commitments made at the International Conference on Population Development to meet the health needs of girls and women of all ages. (1107a) Provide universal access to sexual and reproductive health care by the year 2015. (1107e) Redesign health services and training for health workers so they are gender sensitive and conform to human rights and ethical standards. (1107f,g) Reduce maternal morbidity by at least 50 percent of the 1990 levels by the year 2000 and a further one half by the year 2015. (1107i) Recognize and deal with the harmful impact o unsafe abortion as a major public health concern as agreed to in the ICPD Program of Action, para. 8.25. (TI07i) Reform laws and policies to reflect a commitment to women's health, including those containing punitive measures against women who have undergone illegal abortions. (1107k) Reduce infant mortality rate by one third of the 1990 level by the year 2000. (11071) Ensure full respect for the physical integrity of the human body, whether that of woman or man an dtake action to ensure women's ability to exercise their reproductive rights. (1108d) Establish and/or strengthen programs that addess prevention, early detection, and treatment of breast, cervical and other cancers of the reproductive system. (1108m) Review and amend laws that may contribute to women's susceptibility to HIV infection and implement legislation to protect women, adolescents and young girls from discrimination related to HIV/ A]IDS. (1109b) Design specific progrwns for boys, adolescents and men of all ages to encourage safe and responsible sexual and reproductive behavior and appropriate male methods for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, including condom use. (11091) Provide financial support for research on safe and affordable drugs for reproductive and sexual health of women and men for the regulation of fertility by both sexes and protection against HIV/AIDS. (1110) UN Draft (5/95) [Give higher priority to women's health in national budgets and increase funding for research and technology regarding women's health.] (1 12A,C) implement [the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development] to meet health needs of women of all ages. (107A) Ensure women's involvement in developing, implementing and monitoring HIV/AIDS and STD related policies and programs (109A) Provide accessible, available, and affordable high-quality health care services including [sexual and reproductive health care, and family planning information and services] to women and girls. (107E,I,X) [Eliminate harmful, medically unnecessary, or coercive medical interventions.] (107H) [Recognize and enact measures to address the health impact of unsafe abortion.] (107J,K) Improve access to treatment and rehabilitation services for women substance abusers. (107V;108K) Create/strengthen programs that address prevention, early detection and [cancers of the reproductive system]. (108M)
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