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Report presented by Senora Agnes Chagas, Observer from the Pan American Health Organization: Opportunity of Collaboration of the Latin American woman in health programs This report is part of a series of documents from the thirteenth assembly of the Inter-American Commission of Women (Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM)). The topic of the thirteenth conference was women’s civil and political rights in the Americas. All the documents from this conference focus on various aspects of this topic from women’s suffrage to women’s education. This report by Agnes Chagas of the Pan American Health Organization stressed the need for Latin American women to participate in health programs such as prenatal care and periodic exams. Chagas argued that although women had always been involved in promoting the social welfare of countries, they now needed to take on more permanent roles in their countries as nurses. The nursing profession, according to Chagas, should be recognized as an important and necessary profession for women.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, International

Corporate Author

Inter-American Commission of Women

Content Type

Government/institutional document

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Text

Page Count

6

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Social Reform, Transnational Women’s Movement, Reproductive Rights, Women and Family, Women and Health, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Derechos Reproductivos, Direitos Reprodutivos, Mujer y Familia, Mulher e Família, Mujer y Salud, Mulher e Saúde, Organization of American States, Inter-American Commission of Women, Political and Human Rights, Women and Sexuality, Birth Control, and Health, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Social and Cultural Rights, Reproductive Health, Health Rights, Women as Medical Professionals, Inter-American Commission on Women

Topic

Social and Cultural Rights, Reproductive Health, Health Rights, Women as Medical Professionals, Inter-American Commission on Women

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Derechos Reproductivos, Direitos Reprodutivos, Mujer y Familia, Mulher e Família, Mujer y Salud, Mulher e Saúde