title: Women's health in a changing world. A continuous challenge.
abstract: There is reason to pay extra attention to women's health. Not only do complications related to reproduction pose risks to women's health; environmental, in particular cultural factors do so as well. The combination of sexual and economic subordination of women in many societies leads to discrimination which has a detrimental effect on the health of women, starting at birth. Violence against women has only recently been recognized as a worldwide problem. Over the past 20 years research and action at all levels have contributed to a better understanding of these problems, and more appropriate identification of interventions to tackle them.
authors.affiliation: Royal Tropical Institute/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Varkevisser
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D012098:Reproduction; D012723:Sex; D014754:Violence; D016387:Women's Health