[Feminists' approach to population problems: new paradigm or Utopia?].

Publisher: Dō Gakkai Country of Publication: Japan NLM ID: 101084335 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0386-8311 (Print) Linking ISSN: 03868311 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Jinkogaku Kenkyu

Original Publication: Tōkyō-to : Dō Gakkai : Kokon Shoin hatsubai, Shōwa 53 [1978]-

Attitude* ; Congresses as Topic* ; Economics* ; Fertility* ; Geography* ; Health Planning* ; Health Services* ; Politics* ; Population Control* ; Power, Psychological* ; Reproduction* ; Reproductive Medicine*; Behavior ; Delivery of Health Care ; Demography ; Family Planning Services ; Health ; Population ; Population Dynamics ; Psychology ; Public Policy

Indexing Agency: IND Local ID #: RH88145. Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 137000. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00282475.
Keywords: Attitude*; Behavior; Conferences And Congresses*; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors*; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs*; Fertility*; Geographic Factors*; Health; Health Services*; Policy; Political Factors*; Population; Population Control; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Programs*; Power--women*; Psychological Factors; Reproduction*; Reproductive Health*; Social Policy; World*
Note: TJ: JINKOGAKU KENKYU/JOURNAL OF POPULATION STUDIES
Local Abstract: [PIP] The author first notes that, partly because of events occurring at the International Conference on Population and Development that took place in Cairo in 1994, a consensus has emerged that population programs based on a philosophy of empowering women and focusing on reproductive health are more likely to be effective than programs that focus on providing family planning services and achieving demographic targets. Some reservations about this consensus are then expressed. The author points out the difficulties inherent in widening the mandate of family planning programs in an era of diminished resources for international assistance, the past success of such programs in reducing fertility with limited resources, and the inherent contradictions in following a laissez-faire attitude toward reproduction in such regions as Sub-Saharan Africa, where economies and political systems are often in crisis, health services are minimal, and desired levels of fertility both way above current levels and far above the replacement level. While not challenging the value of the Cairo philosophy, the need to move from rhetoric to reality in the face of the world's current population problems is stressed.

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