Book Café Gender Forum

Topic: Unveiling the unspoken realities of women’s reproductive health
Date: Thursday, 21 July 2011
Time: 5.30-7pm
Venue: The Book Café

Speakers: Mrs Masiyiwa (WAG), Mr Chiware(Gynaecaologist), Min of Health (TBA)
Chaired by: Sally Dura

In a report, Dr. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, UN Population Fund says “The importance of good health and education to a woman’s well-being – and that of her family and society – cannot be overstated. Without reproductive health and freedom, women cannot fully exercise their fundamental human rights, such as those relating to education and employment.”

What are the current trends of reproductive diseases affecting women in Zimbabwe? Are there institutions and mechanisms in place to inform and offer affordable and quality health care for women?  If they are there what strategies for improving knowledge, access and affordable quality health care for women have been put in place?

This meeting seeks to demystify some of the reproductive threats affecting women in Zimbabwe as well as highlight interventions that have been developed to allow women to fully understand their bodies. The Right to Reproductive and Sexual Health is fundamental as Dr Sadik says but how far is the Zimbabwean woman availed this right?

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