Family Planning, Women's Empowerment, and Population and Societal Impacts Proceedings of a Workshop

"Over the past several decades, fertility rates have fallen substantially in low- and middle-income countries, and efforts to limit fertility, primarily through the implementation of family planning programs, have become increasingly widespread. Although there is a substantial scholarly literat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (-)
Otros Autores: Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and, Population, Committee on, Sferrazza, Caroline
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2021.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • FrontMatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Role of Fertility Decline and Women's Empowerment in Economic Development and in Other Population and Societal Changes
  • 3 Measuring Women's Empowerment
  • 4 Ways of Addressing Current Data Limitations
  • 5 Family Planning, Fertility, and Women's Empowerment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  • 6 Mechanisms of Attitude Change
  • 7 Foundation and Agency Programs and Priorities
  • 8 Key Themes and Next Steps
  • Appendix: Agenda.