A handbook for advocacy in the African human rights system: advancing reproductive and sexual health. (Other Material: Healthlink Worldwide).Prepared by eminent legal scholars under the auspices of the International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law at the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, , this 193-page manual aims to facilitate use of Africa's human rights system to promote and protect reproductive and sexual health. A rich resource for women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. and rights advocates working in Africa, it provides an overview of the context of reproductive and sexual health in Africa; an introduction to the African regional human rights system; "how to" information on using the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights  The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR ; background on
the Commission's casework case·work n. Social work devoted to the needs of individual clients or cases. case  work relevant to advocacy; and basic human
rights documents of the African human rights system, as well as other
interpretive documents.
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