title: [Sexual and reproductive rights: challenges for health policies].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: SOS CORPO - Gênero e Cidadania, Recife, PE, 50610-000, Brasil. betania@soscorpo.org.br
authors.forename: Maria Betânia
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Avila
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019513:Feminism; D006291:Health Policy; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012098:Reproduction; D019529:Sexuality; D012935:Social Justice