Advocacy for Sexual and Reproductive Health: The Challenge in India (original) (raw)

Women's Health and Rights in India: Issues and Concerns

The Indian Journal of Public Administration, 2015

The article examines the integral link between women s health, rights and the policies and programmes of the State regarding them. The analysis of the statistical profile of women from the Census of India, National Health Financing Scheme (NHFS) and the National Sample Survey (NSS) provides a comprehensive overview of the status of women in India. Each and every dimension of women s health and rights rangingfrom survival, mortality, marriage, fertility to work participation, domestic violence and political participation is highlighted here. The article draws attention not only to the statistical trends concerning women and girls in India, but also to the policy and programmatic factors that act upon, influence and sometimes impede women s access to their rights in each and every field. The complex interplay of socio-cultural ethos and the policy environment reflected in the attitudes and mindset of the government is brought to fore. The ideological consciousness of the government au...

Infertility - an unfinished reproductive rights agenda in India

Indian journal of medical ethics, 2021

Twenty-five years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) mandate in 1994, India has fallen far short of providing universal access to preventive and treatment services for infertility. This mandate was a call to "prioritize the reproductive health and rights of all people" (1), and reproductive health was defined as.

Reproductive health of women in India

International journal of health sciences

Women’s health, including sexual and reproductive health, is integral to that of the whole person. The freedom to choose and decide on one’s own life’s path, including whether or not to have a family and when to start a family, hinges on this. Access to correct information, effective and inexpensive methods of contraception, and timely services and support in response to unexpected pregnancies are all components of reproductive health that go beyond just physical well-being. However, there is still a lack of familiarity with reproductive health services among policymakers, programme managers, and the general public in India, despite the fact that the Indian government has reaffirmed its commitment to the values of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. The present paper’s major goal is to examine the current social and legal impediments in India that are affecting women’s health and well-being as well as to provide strategies for overcoming those barriers.