Population Policies Reconsidered

by Sen, Gita; Germain, Adrienne; Chen, Lincoln C.

• ISBN13: 9780674690035
• ISBN10: 0674690036
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

In this volume, scholars, policy-makers and women's health advocates suggest a new consensus on population policy directions for the 21st century, centred on health, women's empowerment, and human rights. They argue that public policy should assure the rights and well-being of people, rather than simply attempting to limit the ultimate size of the world's population.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures
Boxes
Contributors
Preface
Reconsidering Population Policies: Ethics, Development, and Strategies for Change	p. 3
Population and Ethics: Expanding the Moral Space	p. 15
Setting a New Agenda: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights	p. 27
Challenges from the Women's Health Movement: Women's Rights versus Population Control	p. 47
Development, Population, and the Environment: A Search for Balance	p. 63
Population, Well-being, and Freedom	p. 75
Honoring Human Rights in Population Policies: From Declaration to Action	p. 89
Reproductive and Sexual Rights: A Feminist Perspective	p. 107
The Meaning of Women's Empowerment: New Concepts from Action	p. 127
Women's Burdens: Easing the Structural Constraints	p. 139
Women's Status, Empowerment, and Reproductive Outcomes	p. 151
Gender Relations and Household Dynamics	p. 161
Reproductive and Sexual Health Services: Expanding Access and Enhancing Quality	p. 177
A Reproductive Health Approach to the Objectives and Assessment of Family Planning Programs	p. 193
Reaching Young People: Ingredients of Effective Programs	p. 211
Fertility Control Technology: A Women-Centered Approach to Research	p. 223
Financing Reproductive and Sexual Health Services	p. 235
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. 249
Index	p. 253
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