Past Events
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Where Human Rights Begin—Health, Sexuality, and Women in the New Millennium
| Location: | OSI-New York |
| Event Date: | November 17, 2005 |
| Speakers: | Wendy Chavkin, Ellen Chesler, Martha Davis, Ayesha Imam, Adriana Ortiz-Ortega |
The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and the Open Society Institute sponsored a discussion to mark the publication of Where Human Rights Begin—Health, Sexuality, and Women in the New Millennium (Rutgers University Press), edited by professor of clinical public health and obstetrics/gynecology Wendy Chavkin and OSI Senior Fellow Ellen Chesler.
Where Human Rights Begin brings together eight wide-reaching and provocative essays that examine the practical and theoretical issues of reproductive health policy and implementation. Contributors, including Soros Reproductive Health Fellows, assess the impact of policies that have been initiated and consider future directions that governments must take in order to translate visionary ideas into actual achievements.
Moderated by Wendy Chavkin and Ellen Chesler, the panel included the following authors, all of whom contributed articles to the book:
- Ayesha Imam (Nigeria);
- Martha Davis (United States);
- Adriana Ortiz-Ortega (Mexico).
