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Promoting Gender in Reproductive Health and Rights

30 September-18 October 2002

CAFS is a regional collaborating centre of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in its worldwide effort to improve the quality and scope of reproductive health. Launched in 1996, "Operationalising Cairo and Beijing: A Training Initiative in Gender and Reproductive Health" is a collaboration of the WHO secretariat, Women's Health Project of the University of Witwatersrand, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

The Initiative offers a three-week core curriculum in gender and reproductive health for senior programme managers, planners, and policy-makers. Using a format of core modules and regional case-material, the course has been adapted to highlight regional priorities and current controversies in diverse countries in relation to ICPD and Beijing.

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