Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:09:15 -0500
From: "Ra'eda S. Al-Zu'bi-GRHF" <ralzubi-AT-hsph.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re/Productions On-line Journal


Apologies for cross-posting...

Please forward to interested colleagues, students, activists or anyone
else you can think of…

NEW ELECTRONIC JOURNAL:

Re/productions -AT-
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/repro/issue1.html

is a new on-line journal currently fully accessible and free to the
general public! This journal is dedicated to disseminating work by
scholars, activists, and organizations exploring different discourses of

reproductive health and rights in South Asia. The journal focuses on
expanding understandings of 'health' and making connections with people
and issues outside the traditional scope of public health and
reproductive rights in the region.

The work available in the journal spans both academic and activist
accounts. The Journal contains articles, conference and activity
information, opinions, work from new academics and activists, and
updates on legal, population, and reproductive technologies developments

in South Asia.

Some work currently available in our first issue:

The Population Myth: Malthusianism, Neo-Malthusianism  and Population
Myth Mohan Rao, Department of Social and Community Health, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi

Authority in Translation: Finding, Knowing, Naming and Training
"Traditional Birth Attendants in Nepal" Stacey Pigg, Simon Fraser
University, Canada

Pro-Choice or Population Control: A study of the Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Act, Government of India 1971 Shilpa Phadke, Mumbai

Reproductive Rights: A critique from the realities of Bangladeshi Women
Farida Akhtar, UBINIG for development alternatives, Dhaka

Re/productions is available through the web, through e-mail and in paper

format (in South Asia only).  If you would like an article sent via
e-mail, or to receive the journal via e-mail, please send a message to
sushma-AT-mos.com.np or to grhf-AT-hsph.harvard.edu with subscribe to
re/productions in the body of the message.  You can also contact the
Co-Editor Sushma Joshi at sushma-AT-mos.com.np  or Co-Editor Tal Halpern at

thalpern-AT-hsph.harvard.edu .

The Internet is a rapidly emerging medium, both locally and worldwide.
It is a relatively cheap and easy way to disseminate large volumes of
information. Although larger organizations and corporate lobbies have
begun to take advantage of the medium to disseminate their information
and opinions, many women’s groups and other activists in
the South have yet to explore the potential of the medium. This
initiative is an effort to  begin this exploration.This project is part
of the Global Reproductive Health Forum -AT- the Harvard School of Public
Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/.

We look forward to you responses and also submissions and suggestions.

--
Orit Halpern, MPH.
Project Manager
Global Reproductive Health Forum
Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/
Tel: (617)432-2936
Fax: (617)566-0365
E-mail:ohalpern-AT-hsph.harvard.edu

--
Ra'eda S. Al-Zu'bi
Project Coordinator
Global Reproductive Health Forum
Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/
Tel: (617) 432-2936 Fax: (617) 566-0365