Women's Reproductive Rights in Developing Countries

Download or read book Women's Reproductive Rights in Developing Countries written by Vijayan K Pillai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this volume represents an empirical model of reproductive rights in developing countries. The model encompasses three explanations of reproductive rights. The first proposes that reproductive rights levels are negatively related to population growth. The second explanation argues that gender equality has a positive effect on reproductive rights. Finally, the authors propose that women’s education has a positive effect on reproductive rights. The empirical model takes into account the effects of modernization, secularization, and family planning program effort on population growth, women’s education, and gender equality.