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Healthy Start (2/6)


This is also part of this series: Woman's Place, A - Short Stories Series (6)

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Subjects: African Studies, Health Issues, Human Rights, Medicine, Women's Studies

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 11 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 1996
Available in French: No

In South Africa, still struggling with the legacy of apartheid, there were worries that women's health issues would be overlooked. So a group of women in Johannesburg formed the Women's Health Project to ensure that their needs and experiences were included in the decision-making process. Their work is now being used by the World Health Organization as a model for other developing countries.

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