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In search of human dignity: gender equity, reproductive health and healthy aging
Author(s) -
Diczfalusy Egon
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(97)00230-0
Subject(s) - dignity , politics , sanitation , equity (law) , reproductive health , population , economic growth , medicine , human rights , environmental ethics , political science , law , environmental health , economics , philosophy , pathology
This paper analyzes the nine pillars of human dignity (sufficient food, potable water, shelter, sanitation, health services, healthy environment, education, employment and personal security), which humankind tries to establish by following nine approaches to reality (scientific, cultural, religious, ethical, economical, ecological, socio‐critical, philosophical and political) in a world drastically changed by nine revolutions (demographic, scientific, technological, communication, global identity, environmental, contraceptive, reproductive health and gender equity). The author's generation participate din these revolutions and contributed to the global intellectual process by which gender equity and reproductive health assumed a central role in world affairs. A rapidly aging world population constitutes another major challenge. Its likely impact on the very fundaments of our future social, economical, health and even political infrastructures is — as yet — incompletely comprehended by the international community. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has and will continue to have and indispensable role in assisting humankind to reach its ultimate goal : human dignity.