Women have the individual right and the social responsibility to decide whether, how and when to have children and how many to have, no woman can be compelled to bear a child or be prevented from doing so against her will. Men also have a personal and social responsibility for their own sexual behavior and fertility, and for the effects of that behavior on their partners and their children's health and well-being. The fundamental sexual and reproductive rights of women cannot be subordinated against a women's will to the interests of partners, family members, policy makers, the state or any other actors. Due to biology and gender roles and responsibilities, women have a greater right to make fertility related choices. Women can be trusted and must be respected to make their own reproductive decisions when fully informed 5.
Poverty is due to the economic growth model of development.
Focus is on meeting basic needs and not on population control. Improving women's status and providing quality reproductive health programmes will help to reduce fertility. Programme operations 6. Objectives Demographic and target-oriented with incentives, disincentives and coercion, both obvious and hidden. Not target-oriented but focusing on meeting individual needs.