"The first of its kind, this report asks: what evidence is available to policy-makers that human rights have helped to improve women’s and children’s health? It considers whether or not evidence of beneficial impact supplements the compelling moral, political and legal reasons for adopting a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to women’s and children’s health."
This report finds that "applying human rights to women’s and children’s health interventions not only helps governments comply with their binding obligations,but also contributes to improving the health of women and children. It also shows that few human rights-shaped women’s and children’s health policies are accompanied by research and evaluation that is well equipped to capture many of the human rights dimensions of the interventions. These and other findings have important implications and the study suggests what needs to be done, especially by States and international agencies."