Video tapes of the plenary sessions and awards banquet are now available
as well as audio tapes of our plenary and panel sessions. You may order
these tapes with the forms provided below.
Video Tape Order Form
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Audio Tape Order Form
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The Conference Theme
The conference theme focused on women, and the interplay of women's health
with the health of families and communities.
Women's health is an inter-generational continuum that begins at birth
and carries into old age. While female morbidity and mortality are gross
indicators of women's health status, equally important are the changes
in the quality of women's lives and their participation in society.
Women and their families are deeply affected by the realities of globalization,
by access to health and educational services driven by macro-economic
policies, and by empowerment and rights issues driven by political forces.
The effects of natural disasters, wars and other forms of violence can
have a profound effect. Growing commercial threats to health, such as
tobacco use, call for our attention as women and children become targets
of marketing of deadly products.
At the conference, speakers and attendees addressed local, regional and
global determinants and dimensions that shape these health issues worldwide.
Directions for the future were based on participant's practical experiences
and on an examination of lessons learned and problems uncovered during
gatherings including the International Conference on Population and Development
in Cairo in 1994; the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995;
Cairo Plus Five in 1999; and Beijing Plus Five in 2000.
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