Featured Publications

Ideas and Action: Addressing the Social Factors that Influence Sexual and Reproductive Health (December 2007)

This manual describes the experience of CARE staff and partners in using an approach called Social Analysis and Action to identify and address the social, economic and cultural factors that influence reproductive health.
- Spanish
- French

ISOFI Toolkit:
Tools for action and learning on gender and sexuality

The Inner Spaces, Outer Faces Initiative (ISOFI) toolkit is designed for use by staff of international development and health organizations, and is made up of participatory group activities to help program staff to identify, explore, and challenge their own understanding of gender and sexuality in their lives, the lives of project participants and within the organizations in which they work.

• Download the complete ISOFI Toolkit
• Visit the ISOFI Toolkit online

Voices from the Village: Case Studies Series

• Meeting Needs for Reproductive Health Services in Post-Conflict Environments: CARE's Family Planning Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (No. 1, May 2007)
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• The FEMME Project in Peru: Partnerships for Improved Health (No. 2, May 2007)
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• Going the Extra Mile to Provide and Sustain Family Planning Services in Remote Madagascar (No. 3, February 2008)
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Sexual & Reproductive Health Working Papers       Learning by Inquiry: Sexual & Reproductive Health Field Experiences (from CARE in Asia, No. 1, June 2005) The IDEAS Model for Demonstration and Replication: An Experience (from CARE India, No. 2, June 2005) Addressing the Social Dynamics of Sexual and Reproductive Health (No. 3, June 2006) (French | Spanish | Arabic) Challenging Community Norms: Models for Inclusive and Equitable Sexual & Reproductive Health Services in Malawi (No. 4, May 2007)

Tools and Resources

Walking the Talk: Inner Spaces, Outer Faces — A Gender and Sexuality Initiative
This publication describes CARE's partnership with the International Centre for Research on Women to learn how to more effectively integrate gender and sexuality into CARE's sexual and reproductive health programs. The collaboration also yielded the following article, published in the journal Global Public Health:

Promoting Quality Maternal and Newborn Care:
A Reference Manual for Program Managers
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- English
- Spanish
- French

The Healthy Newborn - A Reference Manual for Program Managers
- Introduction
- Part One: The Unheard Cry for Newborn Health
- Part Two: A Newborn Health Management Information System
- Part Three: A Step-by-Step Approach: The Program Management Cycle
- Part Four: Interventions for Newborn Health and Lessons Learned
- Appendix

Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC): A Core Strategy for Safe Motherhood
This publication describes CARE's partnership with Columbia University to reduce maternal mortality.

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Embracing Participation in Development

If you would like hard copies in Spanish and/or French, please contact bbarnes@care.org.
- English
- Spanish
- French

At the Intersection of Health, Social Wellbeing and Human Rights CARE's Experiences Working with Communities towards Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting

Partnering with the Private Sector to Improve Adolescent Reproductive Health

Published Articles:

S. Degnan Kambou, V. Magar, G. Hora, A. Mukherjee. Power, pleasure, pain, and shame: Assimilating gender and sexuality into community-centred reproductive health and HIV prevention programmes in India. Global Public Health, Volume 2, Issue 2 April 2007, pp. 155-168

M. Kayongo, E. Esquiche, M.R. Luna, G. Frias, L. Vega-Centeno, P. Bailey. Strengthening emergency obstetric care in Ayacucho, Peru. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Volume 92, Issue 3, pp.299-307

M. Kayongo, M. Rubardt, J. Butera, M. Abdullah, D. Mboninyibuka, M. Madili. Making EmOC a reality: CARE's experiences in areas of high maternal mortality in Africa. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Volume 92, Issue 3, pp.308-19

J. Hossain, S. Ross. The effect of addressing demand for as well as supply of emergency obstetric care in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Volume 92, Issue 3, pp.320-328

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