41. Family Care International - Global Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights Adv about their rights under the law, and show them how to monitor health care services. 18Save the Children, State of the World s mothers 2003 http://www.familycareintl.org/countries/pl_LA_Ecuador.php

home about publications support FCI ... Panama Our Mission FCI seeks to ensure that women and adolescents have access to the high quality information and services they need to improve their sexual and reproductive health, experience safe pregnancy and childbirth and avoid unwanted pregnancy and HIV infection. Country Facts Population (in millions) GNI (per capita - US $) Literacy Rate Female Literacy Rate Male Rural Population (% of total) Women in the Workforce (% of labor force) Participation of Women in National Government (% of seats) Total Fertility Rate Life Expectancy Female (years) Life Expectancy Male (years) Health Expenditure (% of GDP - U.S. $) Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) HIV Prevalence Rate (% of Adults) HIV-Positive Adults Who Are Women Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - all methods Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - modern methods Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births) Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death (1 woman in) Skilled Attendance at Delivery Pregnant Women Receiving Pre-Natal Care 1+ANC=56 Prevalence of Anemia in Pregnant Women Average Age of First Marriage (years) Home > Places > Ecuador The internal disparities in Ecuador are glaring. For example, the infant mortality rate in rural areas is almost double the rate in urban areas. Similarly, the fertility rate for women with no or little education is almost three times that of women with the highest level of education. More than 20% of the Ecuadorian population lives on less than $1 per day, most of them in rural or mountain areas with limited access to comprehensive reproductive health services. Despite the fact that 69% of women give birth with the assistance of a skilled attendant and 65.8% of women in Ecuador use some method of contraception, maternal mortality rates continue to remain relatively high.

42. The Chronicle: Colloquy Live Transcript on family law and children s rights, and two books on child custody. I have seen little discussion of the difficulty for mothers of thinking of http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2003/12/babies/

Search The Site More options Back issues Home News ... Advertise with us Babies, Mothers, and Academic Careers Friday, December 5, at 1 p.m., U.S. Eastern time Why is managing children and an academic career so much more difficult for women than men? What, if anything, should colleges and universities do to make it easier? A new national study has found that female professors with children are much less likely to earn tenure than men with children. Women are expected to work the hardest during their tenure-track years, precisely the time when their biological clocks are ticking the loudest. There are no part-time options on the tenure track, and if a woman steps off of that track to care for children, there is little hope of returning. Why is managing children and an academic career so much more difficult for women than men? What, if anything, should colleges and universities do to make it easier? How Babies Alter Careers for Academics Mary Ann Mason is dean of the graduate division at the University of California at Berkeley. She directed the national study of how babies affect the careers of academic men and women, a project she calls "Do Babies Matter?" Ms. Mason has a Ph.D. in history as well as a law degree. Before becoming dean, in 2000, she was a professor of law and social welfare at Berkeley. She has written several dozen articles on family law and children's rights, and two books on child custody. She will respond to questions and comments about the study on Friday, December 5, at 1 p.m., U.S. Eastern time. Questions and comments are welcome and may be posted now.

43. Terminating A Mother's Rights Post Divorce family lawLegal Advice for Couples, Families and Parents. What can my motherin-law do, and what are her rights? Mother-in-law s Advocate (F) 25 http://www.couplescompany.com/Advice/Steve/TeminateMom.htm

Family Law: on Family Law CHANNELS HOME ADVICE FEATURES JUNGLE ... Submit Question ADVICE AREAS Dating Romance Relationship Marriage ... Military Couples FEATURES politics inspiration communication escape ... e-books Family Law Custody and Marital Laws vary from State to State, and situations are unique to each person. Please use Couples Company legal advice only as a guide to questions you should be asking your own legal counsel if you are engaged in a similar situation Terminating mother's parental rights against her will after a divorc e Can they do this? How do we stop it? Dear Steve, My in-laws divorced two years ago. They have a 14-year-old daughter. Because her mother was unable to care for her at the time of the divorce, the daughter remained with the father, who remarried shortly afterward. Can parental rights be terminated post divorce if one parent was unable to care for the child due to financial or medical reasons during and directly after the divorce?

44. Alaska Mother's Rights By Anchorage Lawyer Pradell and Associates, an Alaska law firm, which practices family law, including divorce, A mother can choose another man to take over the rights and http://www.alaska.net/~pradell/Information/Mother's_Rights.html

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1009 W 7TH AVENUE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 TELEPHONE: (907) 279-4529 FAX: (907) 279-9223 "MOTHER'S RIGHTS" IN ALASKA: What are they, and do they differ from "Father's rights?" The roles and rights of mothers in our society is changing with the times. In the past, a rule called the "tender years doctrine" provided that there was a presumption used by the courts that young children should remain in the custody of their mothers. Today, the tender years doctrine has been abolished in Alaska. A statute provides that "neither parent, regardless of the question of a child's legitimacy, is entitled to preference in the awarding of custody." Despite this shift in approach, mothers in Alaska do have many rights. Once a child is born, the duty of a father to support his child begins. This is a duty that parents can not usually relinquish on their own. Fathers who owe child support can not normally relieve themselves of the obligation by filing bankruptcy. Courts generally do not allow parents to agree together that a father does not have to support his child. The rationale behind this view is that a child's need for support is more important that a mother's desire not to require support from a father. Mothers can ask an attorney to file a lawsuit for custody of a child and child support from a father. If a man denies that he is the father of a child or if it is unclear to the mother who the father is, a court can require that a paternity test be taken in order to establish the identity of a father. The Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) can assist a mother in collecting support and establishing paternity.

45. ABC 4 - Mother's Rights For more information about paternity issues and mother s rights, contact an attorney. ©2004 Bluestreak Media. family law Child Support Guidelines http://www.4utah.com/legalanswers/legal/topic.aspx?content_id=C3C261E0-0A09-4E2F

46. CA NOW Online Despite laws which protect the right of mothers to breastfeed in public, women still face and other family law issues can leave mothers frustrated, http://canow.org/issues/mothers.html

926 J St. Suite 424 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ph: 916/442-3414 Fx: 916/442-4765 Email: canow@canow.org Mothers' Rights Mother's rights issues begin long before childbirth, with the decision of whether and when to have a family, and how many children to have. Reproductive choice and family planning encompass all these decisions, including adoption and fertility treatments. With the continued expansion of Catholic hospital mergers ( www.mergerwatch.org ), more and more women are finding themselves without access to these essential health care services. Couples are discovering that fertility treatments are not covered, or are only partially covered by their health policies, a fact which can severely limit choices in family planning. Furthermore, adoption is not an option for everyone, and despite recent court decisions lesbian, gay, disabled and minority couples may find it especially difficult to adopt. Quality pre-natal care ( www.homearts.com

47. HBA Family Law Section - Gray's Interesting Cases Houston Bar Association family law Section Is termination fo the mother s parental rights in the best interest of the children? http://www.hbafam.org/verdicts.html

Recent Jury Verdicts Jury Verdicts 309th District Court Cause No. 1995-20186 Petitioner: Jerry Gantt Attorney: Kent Hanzen Respondent: Carol Gantt Attorney: Ron Pruitt Ad Litem: None Issues: Property division; breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the community property rights of the Respondent; fraud committed by Petitioner with respect to the community property rights of Respondent Paternity 257th District Court Cause No. 2000-37136 Petitioner: Ruth Bukvar Barnier Attorney: Robert L. Lewis Respondent: Carlos Rafael Ramirez Attorney: Dennis B. Kelly Ad Litem: Deborah Patterson Issues: Conservatorship/possession and access. Dad sought SMC or JMC with dad having the primary rights. Mom sought JMC only. Jury found both parents had a history of abuse/negligence, so they could only award a SMC. Verdict: They awarded mom SMC. Domicile Restriction 246th District Court Cause No. 2000-52972 Petitioner: Corinne Wenger Atty: Alvin Zimmerman Respondent: Scott Wenger Atty: Dennis Kelly Issues: Domicile restriction; Ms. Wenger wanted to move to another state.

48. Rights And Legislation rights AND LEGISLATION. laws that encourage women to breastfeed have been passed or babyfriendly incentives/mother-friendly employers, family law http://www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/bf.cfm?page=234

49. Adoption Law: Free Legal Information family law Adoption law Questions General Questions Do biological grandparents have any rights after an adoption? We are a childless couple and have a http://family-law.freeadvice.com/adoption_law/

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50. Family - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia of Human rights says, The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of The mother and father of one s spouse are one s motherin-law and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family

Family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the human domestic group. For other uses, see Family (disambiguation) A family of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso in A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and in some cases ownership (as was the case in the Roman Empire). Although many people (including social scientists) have understood familial relationships in terms of "blood," many anthropologists have argued that the notion of "blood" must be understood metaphorically, and in that in many societies family is understood through other concepts rather than "blood." Article 16(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, "The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State". Contents Family cross-culturally Family in the West Economic function of the family Kinship terminology ... edit Family cross-culturally According to sociology and anthropology , the primary function of the family is to reproduce society, either biologically, socially, or both. Thus, one's experience of one's family shifts over time. From the perspective of children, the family is a

51. LawCore.com -- Online Legal Information And Attorney Directory Employees rights. » Employers rights. » Estate Planning. » family law The family of a schoolgirl that choked on marshmallows as part of a school game http://www.lawcore.com/

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52. Battered Mothers Vs. U.S. Family Courts Battered mothers vs. US family Courts Human rights Dialogue 2.10 (Fall 2003) For instance, we were able to use human rights laws and principles to http://www.cceia.org/viewMedia.php/prmID/1047

Printer Friendly Carrie Cuthbert is cofounder and former codirector of the Women’s Rights Network and the Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project. Kim Y. Slote , a human rights lawyer and consultant, is cofounder and former codirector of the Women’s Rights Network and the Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project. Jay G. Silverman is assistant professor of Society, Human Development and Health and director of Violence Prevention Programs at the Harvard School of Public Health. Monica Ghosh Driggers is the policy director for the Women’s Rights Network and has spent the last seven years working on efforts to reform the court system. Lundy Bancroft is a batterer intervention specialist and coauthor of The Batterer as Parent Cynthia J. Mesh is a research analyst at the Office of Women, Family, and Community Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an MPH student at the Harvard School of Public Health. 11/05/2003 Table of Contents Human Rights Dialogue : Violence Against Women Battered Mothers vs. U.S. Family Courts Human Rights Dialogue 2.10 (Fall 2003): "Violence Against Women"

53. MMO: Fathers' Fight: What Every Mother Should Know About The Fathers' Rights Mov What every mother should know about the fathers rights movement His was one organization that helped get family law initiatives on the Massachusetts http://www.mothersmovement.org/features/05/fathers_fight/buttenwieser_0605_1.htm

www.mothersmovement.org Resources and reporting for mothers and others who think about social change. home directory features noteworthy ... search Fathers' Fight What every mother should know about the fathers' rights movement By Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser I grew up as a child of divorce Depending how your divorce goes, you may end up being at war. That much, all sides can agree upon. A follow up question is this one: whose rights matter most? That's currently up for debate. Attorney Jeff Wolf, of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute , explains that what has long guided the courts in their handling of custody and child support cases was this imperative: "Do what's in the best interest of the child." This constituted the standard for the state's 1998 Child Custody Presumption Law. Legal priorities aren't necessarily set in stone, and many argue that by trying to change the standards, the "Fathers' Rights" movement is actually attempting to put a parent's right the father's above the child's. Advocates like Jeff Wolf believe the current standard should not change for this very reason. "The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court articulated that in custody cases, the most pressing issue is how to provide children with the most stability possible given their situation," Wolf explains. Not all parties agree with Wolf's assessment. Groups advocating for the rights of non-custodial fathers have gained momentum since the early 1990s. They work in myriad ways from outrageous antics to mainstream lobbying.

54. New Report: Massachusetts Family Courts Violate The Human Rights Of Battered Mot Are battered mothers treated so badly by family courts that their basic family courts were violating internationally accepted human rights laws and http://library.adoption.com/Domestic-Violence/New-Report-Massachusetts-Family-Co

@import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/common.css); @import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/screen.css); @import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/tabs.css); @import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/nav.css); New Report: Massachusetts Family Courts Violate the Human Rights of Battered Mothers Are battered mothers treated so badly by family courts that their basic human rights are being violated? In many cases, the answer is "yes" according to a new report from the Battered Mothers' Testimony Project (BMTP) at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Battered Mothers Speak Out looks in-depth at the experiences of 40 battered mothers who sought help from family courts in Massachusetts, applying a human rights standard to their experiences. The report's conclusion is stark: Courts are regularly violating the human rights of battered mothers. Systemic flaws in the state's family court system cause and perpetuate serious human rights violations that jeopardize the safety and well being of battered women and their children. "Family courts in Massachusetts are endangering battered women and their children," said Carrie Cuthbert, Co-Director of the BMTP. "The courts' actions and inactions amount to nothing less than human rights violations. Many people are aware of these problems and have been sitting on them for a long time. We hope this report will be a catalyst for change."

55. Adoption Agencies Sue State Over Out-of-State Mothers' Rights - And if the natural father finds out, he can enjoin the mother from going out of Under Utah law, fathers who want to pursue their rights to a child born http://library.adoption.com/Laws-Legal-Issues/Adoption-Agencies-Sue-State-Over-O

@import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/common.css); @import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/screen.css); @import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/tabs.css); @import url(/uni/adoption.com/rev6/styles/nav.css); Adoption Agencies Sue State Over Out-of-State Mothers' Rights (The Salt Lake Tribune) Each year, more than 100 expectant mothers from other states travel to Utah to deliver their babies and surrender them to adoption agencies. Their reasons for coming vary from the desire to distance themselves from an adoptive family to preferring parents who belong to the LDS Church. Critics suggest other motives in a small number of cases: attempts to avoid birth fathers or stricter laws requiring the fathers' consent in the home states. Utah adoptions require confirmation by a state judge. But whether the mothers' home state should be told and even required to approve of a pregnant woman's decision to deliver and place her child across state lines is the thorny subject of a lawsuit filed in 3rd District Court. The suit stands to decide the level of state scrutiny over such expectant mothers. The surrounding debate wades into the most controversial of subjects: a mother's right to choose what to do with her child.

56. Women's Infidelity, Paternity Fraud, Child Identity Rights, Mothers Infidelity, New Children s rights in family law. Education of rights. , Educators. , Teaching democracy Duped Dads, Men Fight CenturiesOld Paternity laws http://www.canadiancrc.com/articles/Newsweek_Womens_infidelity_05JUL04.htm

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57. Lecture Series Abstracts The Empire of the Lone Mother Parental rights, Child Welfare law, Liberty rights, The family and Constitutional Politics (2002) Review of http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/cfls/files_cfls/files_lecser/Fall 2003 abstracts.htm

Abstracts: CFLS Lecture Series Fall 2003 Mary Anne Bobinski - September 18, 2003 "Women and Health Care Reform in the United States" Scholars and policy-makers in the U.S. are concerned about disparities in health which appear to be correlated with gender, race, and other factors. A fair amount of the literature focuses on quantifying disparities in health and attempting to determine their cause. Some of the literature addresses the possible role of law in reducing or eliminating health care disparities. This talk will focus on gender disparities and will include an assessment about the impact of legal reforms on gender-related health disparities in the U.S. Relevant articles by Mary Anne Bobinski: "Health Disparities and the Law: Wrongs in Search of a Right" (2003) 29 Amer. J. Law & Medicine 363 "Women, Poverty, Access to Health Care and the Perils of Symbolic Reform" (2002) 5 J. Gender Race & Justice 233 (with Phyllis Griffen Epps)

58. Islamic Family Law International Child Abduction is intended as anintroduction to the basic elements of Islamic family law. It is designed to make clear the basic rights and restrictionsresulting http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/resources/resources_557.html

U.S. Department of State Enter Keywords in field and click Go International Travel Home Passports Home Visas Home News and Updates ... About The Bureau of Consular Affairs External URLs International Adoption Country-Specific Information Adoption Information Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption ... International Child Abduction print email ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW THE INFORMATION IN THIS CIRCULAR RELATING TO THELEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF SPECIFIC FOREIGN COUNTRIES IS PROVIDED FORGENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. QUESTIONS INVOLVING INTERPRETATION OFSPECIFIC FOREIGN LAWS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN COUNSEL. NOTE: The information contained in this flyer is intended as anintroduction to the basic elements of Islamic family law. It is not intended as a legal reference. It is designed to make clear the basic rights and restrictionsresulting from marriages sanctioned by Islamic law between Muslimand non-Muslim partners. For Americans, the most troubling ofthese restrictions have been: the inability of wives to leave an Islamic country withoutpermission of their husbands; the wives'' inability to take their children from thesecountries without such permission; and the fact that fathers have ultimate custody of children.

59. National Women's Law Center Under current law, custodial parents (mostly mothers) who seek public assistance Later reports will discuss other child support and family law issues http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=535§ion=newsroom

60. Articles Of Interest For Single Mothers In Australia 10/5/05 family law CHANGES MUST HAVE TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR SAFETY 25/11/04 - ‘A Feminist family Agenda Putting the mother back into sole http://www.ncsmc.org.au/archives.htm

Archives You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view PDF files, this can be downloaded here DOC files will open in a new window Important Special Note: If you attempt to open a MS Word file you might be prompted for a password This does not indicate an error with the file - it is a problem with MS Office 2000 Suite. The Service Release 1 file corrects this issue and can be downloaded for free at the Microsoft Web Site . You should be able to click "Cancel" and skip the password prompt. If you click Cancel, you should be able to continue to download the Word file. Most Recent Articles - Reverse Chronological order PLANNED EARNINGS CLAWBACK ON SINGLE PARENTS TO PENALISE WORKING - NATSEM REPORT - NCSMC Press Release FAMILY LAW COMMITTEE IGNORES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEATH TOLL - NCSMC Press Release Welfare to Workfare - cartoons regarding the plight of single mums being forced to look for paid work - New Single Parent checks Innefective and Invasive - NCSMC Press Release Federal Budget 2005/06 and Sole Parents Child Support Taskforce Recommendations Make Children Worth Less - NCSMC Press Release ASSESSING THE CHILD SUPPORT OVERHAUL - NCSMC Press Release WORK FIRST APPROACH LEAVES CHILDREN LAST FAMILY LAW CHANGES MUST HAVE TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR SAFETY NCSMC Press release 8/4/05 Fact Sheets False Allegations of Child Abuse by Michael Flood ( PDF False Allegations of Domestic Violence by Michael Flood ( PDF NCSMC Press Release in response to Government’s proposal of “Work First, Welfare Second"

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