In a live session at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) 38th Annual Meeting, pertinent debate over reproductive rights in this millennium was held between Jennifer Merchant, University Panthéon-Assas Paris II, France, Marleen Temmerman, Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. The two leading experts, respectively, lively discussion on positive outcomes Sustainable Deve...

This paper develops the concept of reproductive governance as an analytic tool for tracing the shifting political rationalities of population and reproduction. As advanced here, the concept of reproductive governance refers to the mechanisms through which different historical configurations of actors - such as state, religious, and international financial institutions, NGOs, and social movement...

The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of practicing Nigerian lawyers towards issues relating to reproductive health and reproductive rights, and their opinions about abortion law reform. It was a population- based study which consisted of interviews with practicing lawyers in north-east Nigeria. The results showed poor knowledge of issues related to reproducti...

In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) affirmed that Sexual and Reproductive Health and rights (SRH&R) are human rights. Pursuant to this, several international instruments contributed to global consensus on how reproductive health rights are intrinsically linked to other fundamental human rights. The Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has fully commi...

This article examines women's rights to sexual and reproductive health as recognized by the ICPD and expressed in the Women's Convention and other international human rights documents. Rights relating to reproductive and sexual health include the rights to life, liberty, and the security of the person; to health care and information; and to nondiscrimination in the allocation of resources to he...