Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI)
The Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) is a strategic tool to enhance lobbying activities for better implementation of women?s health rights. A HeRWAI analysis links what actually happens with what should happen according to the human rights obligations of a country. It examines local, national and international influences. The HeRWAI analysis consists of six steps, which analyse a policy that influences women?s health rights. Each step consists of information and questions to guide the analysis. Explanations, examples and checklists facilitate the answering of the questions. The analysis produces a set of recommendations to improve the impact of the policy, as well as an action plan to lobby for adoption of the recommendations and to raise awareness about the findings of the analysis.
Developer
Aim for human rights
Developer website
Thematic areas
Right to Health
Women's Rights
Source(s):
| Language | Format | Source |
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| English | PDF document | click here to view/download |
Related publications
Bakker, Saskia Draft Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument. HOM (Humanist Committee on Human Rights) view details >>
Bakker, Saskia CEDAW and Women's Health in International Relations. HOM (Humanist Committee on Human Rights) view details >>
Useful websites
Aim for human rights: Women's Rights Watch Project
Case Studies
Female Genital Mutilation in the Netherlands, a matter of human rights?. view details >>
Gender Reform Action Plan---A Breakthrough for Pakistani Women? A Policy Research Using Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI). view details >>
Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. view details >>
Assessment of the implementation by Malawi government of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and other relevant international and regional instruments. view details >>
The closing down of street prostitution areas in large cities in the Netherlands and the right to health. view details >>
Government policies on Eclampsia in Bangladesh and the impact on the right to health. view details >>
HeRWAI Analysis of Pakistan's Education Policy. view details >>
Tools
Thesaurus of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. view details >>
The Assessment of the Right to Health and Health Care at the country level: A People's Health Movement Guide. view details >>