Sexual and reproductive rights: challenges for health policies
Avila, M.B.ân.
Cadernos de Saude Publica 19(Suppl 2): S465-S469
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0102-311X PMID: 15029365 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2003000800027Document Number: 233167
This article discusses sexual and reproductive rights in the sense of a stance that assumes a perspective of transformations in social relations, the struggle against prejudices, the guarantee of well-being, and finally the relationship between sexuality, reproduction, and citizenship. The article then proceeds to reflect on health policy challenges in these fields, emphasizing such issues as: guaranteed resources, quality and quantity of health services in response to demands by the population, and cultural changes that produce a new view of the relationship between health professionals and health system clients, based on the principles of citizenship: recognition others as entitled to freedom and equality.