WHO HAS THE SAY? WOMEN AND FAMILY PLANNING DECISIONS – A CASE STUDY OF KILIFI DISTRICT, KENYA
By
WALUSUNA, C. LEAHBELL
INTRODUCTION
Family planning is an essential service, not only for improving maternal and newborn health, but also plays a key role in poverty alleviation, contributes to the advancement of women’s rights and choices as well as the general economic development of a country. Family planning allows individuals to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing and timing of births.
Unplanned pregnancies and inadequate child spacing poses a serious threat to both the mother and the child’s health, not to mention that the whole family is affected in the long run.
The public sector, non-governmental organizations …show more content…
Statistics worldwide show that approximately 222 million couples have an unmet need for contraception, the need is highest in areas where maternal mortality is greatest. In sub-Saharan Africa, the unmet need for modern contraceptive use is higher in many countries. The use of modern contraceptive methods is very low in sub-Saharan Africa as compared to other regions of the world. The proportion of married women using modern contraceptives in the developing world was estimated at 57%, with 18% in sub-Saharan Africa, 63% in Latin America and 61% Southeast …show more content…
In societies where gender stratification is commonly observed, decisions on limiting fertility depend on the husband or his parents. Men play an influential role in most household decision-making in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa and generally oppose their partners’ contraceptive use. Theoretically, fundamental changes in women’s power to control their own childbearing capacity and familial position would promote fertility decline. However, many questions remain about pathways through which these relationships operate.
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
Empowering women through promoting sexual and reproductive health rights is pivotal to developing families, communities and the world as a whole progress, with far-reaching benefits for families, communities.
Women’s empowerment, and vise versa, as compared to men’s is considered a significant obstacle to their access to reproductive health services, family planning included family planning. Their lack of power inhibits their ability to make informed choices about family planning practices they’d wish to adopt as well as to engage in an open dialogue with their partners about family planning
By
WALUSUNA, C. LEAHBELL
INTRODUCTION
Family planning is an essential service, not only for improving maternal and newborn health, but also plays a key role in poverty alleviation, contributes to the advancement of women’s rights and choices as well as the general economic development of a country. Family planning allows individuals to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing and timing of births.
Unplanned pregnancies and inadequate child spacing poses a serious threat to both the mother and the child’s health, not to mention that the whole family is affected in the long run.
The public sector, non-governmental organizations …show more content…
Statistics worldwide show that approximately 222 million couples have an unmet need for contraception, the need is highest in areas where maternal mortality is greatest. In sub-Saharan Africa, the unmet need for modern contraceptive use is higher in many countries. The use of modern contraceptive methods is very low in sub-Saharan Africa as compared to other regions of the world. The proportion of married women using modern contraceptives in the developing world was estimated at 57%, with 18% in sub-Saharan Africa, 63% in Latin America and 61% Southeast …show more content…
In societies where gender stratification is commonly observed, decisions on limiting fertility depend on the husband or his parents. Men play an influential role in most household decision-making in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa and generally oppose their partners’ contraceptive use. Theoretically, fundamental changes in women’s power to control their own childbearing capacity and familial position would promote fertility decline. However, many questions remain about pathways through which these relationships operate.
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
Empowering women through promoting sexual and reproductive health rights is pivotal to developing families, communities and the world as a whole progress, with far-reaching benefits for families, communities.
Women’s empowerment, and vise versa, as compared to men’s is considered a significant obstacle to their access to reproductive health services, family planning included family planning. Their lack of power inhibits their ability to make informed choices about family planning practices they’d wish to adopt as well as to engage in an open dialogue with their partners about family planning