Women's reproductive rights

Challenges to womens reproductive health: maternal mortality

Gender, Reproductive Health, and Reproductive Rights

Introduction A gender perspective is an integral part of the reproductive health approach to population activities. Fundamental to the Cairo Programme of Action (POA) is the underlying principle which places women’s needs at the centre of population and development concerns. This includes the right of women to make autonomous reproductive choices and the right to high quality services which are...

Reproductive rights in contraceptive practices.

In India, impoverished and illiterate women suffer from such low social status that they are unaware of their right to 1) experience a fulfilling sexual relationship free from fear of infection and disease; 2) choose whether or not to have children; and 3) receive family planning services, including safe abortion services. With only 37% married women of reproductive age using contraception, un...

Human rights and reproductive choice.

A central challenge in developing reproductive health strategies is giving real meaning to the right of couples and individuals to determine, freely and responsibly, the number and spacing of their children. This article places the right of reproductive choice in legal and historical contexts, highlights salient issues that arise in trying to formulate international standards for its enforcemen...

Reproductive rights approach to reproductive health in developing countries

BACKGROUND Research on reproductive health in developing countries focuses mostly on the role of economic development on various components of reproductive health. Cross-sectional and empirical research studies in particular on the effects of non-economic factors such as reproductive rights remain few and far between. OBJECTIVE This study investigates the influence of two components of an emp...