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- Women and Depeasantization
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1 National Resource Centre for Women, National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India New Delhi 110 001, IN
1 National Resource Centre for Women, National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India New Delhi 110 001, IN
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Current Science, Vol 107, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 558-559Abstract
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- Enabling Holistic Approach towards Women's Health through Draft National Health Policy, 2015
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1 National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women & Child Development, GoI, B-12, Qutub Institutional Area, 4th Floor, Dr Durgabhai Deshmukh Samak Kalyan Bhawan, New Delhi 110 603, IN
1 National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women & Child Development, GoI, B-12, Qutub Institutional Area, 4th Floor, Dr Durgabhai Deshmukh Samak Kalyan Bhawan, New Delhi 110 603, IN
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Current Science, Vol 111, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 613-614Abstract
The Government of India released the Draft National Health Policy, 2015 on 31 December 2014, which was placed in the public domain for comments, suggestions and feedback on the website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The Draft aims at improving the overall health care delivery system in the country. It also seeks to improve upon the set outcome indicators related to women's health.Full Text
- Women Empowerment
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1 National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, IN
1 National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001, IN
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Current Science, Vol 113, No 12 (2017), Pagination: 2241-2242Abstract
Family planning (FP) provides autonomy to women to decide when and how many children they want to bear. It also enables women to participate in income-generating activities. Economic empowerment of women promotes well-being of their families, since most of them spend their earnings on family welfare, children’s health and education. Economic empowerment of women also enhances the wealth and well-being of a nation.Full Text
- Bringing A Women’s Perspective to Family Planning
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1 Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, IN
1 Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, IN
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Current Science, Vol 115, No 4 (2018), Pagination: 633-637Abstract
The National Family Planning Programme (FPP) was promoted to restrict the increasing population by reducing the high birth rates in India. It was also encouraged for its potential to reduce poverty, hunger and avert maternal and childhood deaths. Several studies have found a positive association between women empowerment and lower fertility, longer birth intervals and lower rates of unintended pregnancy. Family planning (FP) services gave a sense of autonomy to women to decide when to have children and how many. However, the available services were so women-centric that it puts the burden of FP almost entirely on them, whether it was in the use of contraceptive methods, sterilization or abortions. Despite half a century of efforts to reduce population growth, India still faces challenges in delivering a FPP to help couples delay and space out their children that goes beyond female sterilization. Sharing of FP responsibilities by men during these years has been dismal. The burden of FP also seems to have a negative impact on the economic empowerment of women. This article examines the FPP in India through a women’s perspective. It uses empirical evidence to show how burden of FP is mainly borne by women. It recommends shifting the focus on men and making FP a shared responsibility between men and women, if gender equality has to be achieved in FPPs.Keywords
Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health, Male Involvement, Women’s Perspective.Full Text
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