Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI)

The Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) is a strategic tool to enhance lobbying activities for better implementation of women?s health rights. A HeRWAI analysis links what actually happens with what should happen according to the human rights obligations of a country. It examines local, national and international influences. The HeRWAI analysis consists of six steps, which analyse a policy that influences women?s health rights. Each step consists of information and questions to guide the analysis. Explanations, examples and checklists facilitate the answering of the questions. The analysis produces a set of recommendations to improve the impact of the policy, as well as an action plan to lobby for adoption of the recommendations and to raise awareness about the findings of the analysis.

Developer

Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM)

Developer website

www.hom.nl

Thematic areas

Right to Health
Women's Rights

Source(s):

Language	Format	Source
English	PDF document	click here to view/download

Related publications

Bakker, Saskia Draft Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument. HOM (Humanist Committee on Human Rights) view details >>

Bakker, Saskia CEDAW and Women's Health in International Relations. HOM (Humanist Committee on Human Rights) view details >>

Useful websites

Humanist Committee on Human Rights Women's Rights Watch Project

Case Studies

The closing down of street prostitution areas in large cities in the Netherlands and the right to health. view details >>

Government policies on Eclampsia in Bangladesh and the impact on the right to health. view details >>

HeRWAI Analysis of Pakistan's Education Policy. view details >>

Tools

Thesaurus of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. view details >>

HeRWAI discussion guide. view details >>

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