title: Women, war, and reproductive health in developing countries.
abstract: Globally, millions of people are affected by war and conflicts every year. However, women have increasingly suffered the greatest harm by war in more different ways than men. We conceptualize a reproductive rights approach toward examining the effects of war on women's reproductive health in developing countries. Given the rising concerns of exclusion to adequately address women's rights, sexual and gender-based violence, and post-conflict accountability, we specifically focus on the limitations of the Minimum Initial Service Package, a UN-sponsored reproductive health service program in conflict zones while offering a broad reproductive rights-based conceptual lens for examining reproductive health care services in war-torn areas. In addition, we discuss the roles social workers may play at both micro and macro levels in war-torn areas to bring about both short term and long term gains in women's reproductive health.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas , USA.
authors.forename: Vijayan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.affiliation: b Department of Medical Sociology and Social Work , Chung-Shan Medical University , Taichung City , Taiwan , China.
authors.forename: Ya-Chien
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: c College of Social Work , The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Arati
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maleku
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014857:Warfare; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Developing countries; reproductive health; war and conflict