The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care. Simply written and heavily illustrated, Hesperian books are designed so that people with little formal education can understand, apply and share health information. Developed collaboratively with health workers and community members from around the world, our books and newsletters address the underlying social, political, and economic causes of poor health and suggest ways groups can organize to improve health conditions in their communities.
Criminal harassment: a handbook for police and Crown prosecutors on
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Provides police and Crown prosecutors with guidelines for the investigation and prosecution of criminal harassment cases and promotes and integrated criminal justice response to stalking.
Provides guidelines and information for people wishing to raise awareness of wife abuse in the workplace. Documents the stories and recommendations of 21 women who had been abused. Presents a workbook with training notes, handouts and activities for use in the development and facilitation of workshops on wife abuse, as well as an annotated bibliography of resources.
Discusses the struggles that organizations have faced as they deal with the issue of violence against women in the workplace. Identifies common challenges to making woman abuse a workplace issue, including reaching out to women of diverse groups, facilitating the involvement of men, and creating a workplace initiative on woman abuse.
Intended to be used as a health information resource, especially for immigrant and refugee women and women of colour. Gives both generalized and specific information about the reproductive system, cancer, annual check-ups, sexuality, healthy relationships, and well-being. Also includes more detailed sections on the various stages of a women’s reproductive life and information about common illnesses and issues in women’s reproductive health. Some of the topics that are addressed are: puberty, the menstrual cycle, pre-menstrual syndrome, pregnancy, menopause, infertility, endometriosis, fibroids, osteoporosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and birth control methods.
Details the issues surrounding gender equity, including women's concerns and differences with equity, enduring diversity with values and conditions relating to men and women, and health, social and economic status differences between genders.
Examines problems that are universal amongst women's groups: styles of leaders, the concept of shared leadership, the use and abuse of power, decision-making, and how women's groups are structured. Intended as a guide for establishing a theoretical framework for examining the leadership issue in feminist work groups.
National Network on Environment and Women's Health (NNEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Author:
Immigrant Women Health Centre
Identifies gaps in and articulates the scope of work required to revise and update the Immigrant Women's Health Handbook, a resource published by the Immigrant Women Health Centre (IWHC).