Developer: Aim for human rights

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.

Bibliographic Details

Author: Bakker, Saskia; Plagman, Hansje

Publisher: (2005) HOM (Humanist Committee on Human Rights): Utrecht [The Netherlands]

Thematic Areas

Right to Health

Women's Rights

Subject Areas

HRIA Instrument

Impact Assessment (General)

Online Source(s)

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Language	Format	Source Title
English	PDF document	Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument

Case Studies & Reports of Best Practice

These reports describe practical applications of the toolset.

Assessment of the implementation by Malawi government of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and other relevant international and regional instruments

Female Genital Mutilation in the Netherlands, a matter of human rights?

Gender Reform Action Plan---A Breakthrough for Pakistani Women? A Policy Research Using Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI)

Government policies on Eclampsia in Bangladesh and the impact on the right to health

HeRWAI Analysis of Pakistan's Education Policy

Related Toolsets

See also:

HeRWAI discussion guide

The Assessment of the Right to Health and Health Care at the country level: A People's Health Movement Guide

Thesaurus of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

To respect, protect and fulfill - A framework for assessing human rights

Other Related Publications

Bakker, Saskia (2002) CEDAW and Women's Health in International Relations

Bakker, Saskia (2003) Draft Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument

(2005) HeRWAI Analysis of Pakistan's Education Policy

Bruins, Marianne; van Erkel, Joke (2005) The Closing Down of Street Prostitution Areas in Large Cities in the Netherlands and the Right to Health

Useful Websites

http://www.aimforhumanrights.org