Resent articles by the "Arrows For Change" from The Free Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.comen-usFarlex, Inc.Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:40:36 GMT360http://www.thefreelibrary.comhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/TFLbyFarlex.gif17565Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Disaster+legislations+in+six+Asia-Pacific+countries%3a+a+review+from+an...-a0213023792Are sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues considered at all in disaster legislation in the region? Do they reflect a feminist and rights-based perspective? To answer these questions, this fact file reviews the legal framework on disaster in six countries: Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Philippines. (see Table 1). Of these six countries,...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Definitions.-a0213023791Disaster : "A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources." It is a "result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Arrow+publications.-a0213023790
ARROW. 2008. Advocating Accountability: Status Report on Maternal Health and Young People's SRHR in South Asia. 140p. US$10.00

ARROW. 2008. Surfacing: Selected Papers on Religious Fundamentalisms and Their Impact on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. 76p. US$5.

ARROW. 2007. Rights and Realities: Monitoring Reports on the Status of Indonesian Women's...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Other+resources.-a0213023789
Carballo, M., et al. 2005. "Impact of the tsunami on reproductive health." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol. 98, pp. 400-403. Email: mcarballo@icmh.ch

CARE. 2002. Raising Awareness for Reproductive Health in Complex Emergencies: A Training Manual. Washington DC, USA: Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium. 76p. Available at http://repository....]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Other+relevant+guidelines+and+tools.-a0213023788
CARE. 2002. Moving from Emergency Response to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Programs: A Modular Training Series (Draft For Field Testing). Washington, DC, USA: Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (RHRC). 519p. Available at www. rhrc.org/resources/FinManual_toc.html

Gomez, S. 2006. Guidelines for Gender-Sensitive Disaster Management. Bangkok, Thailand: Asia...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/World+Health+Organization+(WHO)%2c+et+al.+2006+(3rd+ed.).+The...-a0213023787
World Health Organization (WHO), et al. 2006 (3rd ed.). The Interagency Emergency Health Kit (IEHK). Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. 88p. Available at www.who.int/medicines/publications/ WHO_PSM_PAR_2006.4.pdf

The IEHK 2006 is designed to serve the primary healthcare needs of a displaced population without medical facilities, and specifies the essential medicines and medical devices...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Women's+Commission+for+Refugee+Women+and+Children.+2006.+Minimum...-a0213023786
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. 2006. Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations: A Distance Learning Module. Available at http://misp.rhrc.org

MISP was initially developed in 1995 as a set of priority reproductive health services to be implemented on the first three months of a crisis brought on by conflict or natural...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNCHR%2c+et+al.+1999.+Reproductive+Health+in+Refugee+Situations%3a+An...-a0213023785
UNCHR, et al. 1999. Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual. Geneva, Switzerland: UNHCR. 143p. Available at www.iawg.net/resources/field_manual.html



The result of collaborative efforts by UN agencies, NGOs and refugees themselves, this publication aims to serve as a tool to facilitate discussion and decision-making in the planning,...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Inter-Agency+Working+Group+(IAWG)+on+Reproductive+Health+in+Refugee...-a0213023784
Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations. 2008 (4th ed.). Manual: Inter-Agency Reproductive Health Kits for Crisis Situations. 44p. Available at www. rhrc.org/resources/index.cfm?type=guidelines

This manual was produced for the effective use of the IAWG Reproductive Heath (RH) Kits.The RH Kits are a set of specially designed pre-packaged...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IASC.+2005.+Guidelines+for+Gender-based+Violence+Interventions+in...-a0213023783
IASC. 2005. Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings: Focusing on Prevention of and Response to Sexual Violence in Emergencies. 124p. Geneva. Available at www.humanitarianinfo. org/iasc/pageloader. aspx?page=content-subsiditf_ gender-gbv Also available in Bahasa.

These Guidelines serve as tools to for field actors to establish a multisectoral...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Inter-agency+standing+committee.-a0213023782Inter-agency standing committee (IASC). 2003 (currently being revised). Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings. Geneva. 54p. Available at www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/ pageloader.aspx?page=content-products-products&productcatid=9

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Shirkat Gah's (SG) involvement in disasters and SRHR issues within them was triggered by the devastating earthquake of 8 October 2005 that struck northern Pakistan and left over 86,000 dead and more than 3 million homeless. While the objective of SG's intervention in the broader context is humanitarian, the focus is on addressing women's issues and specifically SRHR needs. SG's...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pacific+countries+are+scattered+widely+on+an+ocean.-a0213023780Pacific countries are scattered widely on an ocean covering a third of the surface of the earth. Most are small, scattered and isolated, with populations ranging from 1,500 to 6 million. They are vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding, occasional droughts, sea level rise (affecting atoll-based countries), tsunami and earthquakes. Distance from global markets, poorly developed transport and other...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cyclone+Nargis%2c+which+killed+over+140%2c000+lives.-a0213023779
Cyclone Nargis, which killed over 140,000 lives and devastated Myanmar in early May 2008, posed huge challenges to existing humanitarian and development actors as well as to the international response. In the immediate aftermath, the government response was slow, access to affected areas was restricted, and the survivors' needs were poorly understood. In the midst of these...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bangladesh.-a0213023778
Bangladesh is considered to be one of most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change impacts by the International Panel Committee on Climate Change (IPCCC). Increased salinity of water as sea level rises, changes in inter-seasonal weather and rainfalls, frequent flooding and cyclones all affect Bangladeshi people's lives, including their livelihoods and sexual and...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Regional.-a0213023777The Public Health in Complex Emergencies training programme (PHCE) is a two-week residential course that aims to enhance the capacity of humanitarian assistance workers and their organisations to respond to the health needs of internally displaced persons and refugees affected by complex emergencies. The Reproductive Health (RH) module, specifically, describes the rationale for providing RH...]]>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Wenchuan+earthquake+and+government+policies%3a+impact+on+pregnancy...-a0213023776


Background. On 12 May 2008, an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake had adverse impacts on 51 counties in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces. As of 25 April 2009, 69,225 people had died, 374,640 people were injured, and 17,939 people were missing. (1) China's health infrastructure also suffered from the...]]>