Negotiating reproductive rights
Subtitle: women's perspectives across countries and cultures
By: edited by Rosalind P. Petchesky and Karen Judd.
Contributors: Petchesky, Rosalind P.; Judd, Karen, 1942-
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Birth control -- Cross-cultural studies; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Cross-cultural studies; Women's rights -- Cross-cultural studies; Human reproduction -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Description: Negotiating Reproductive Rights grows out of IRRRAG's four years of collaborative research and analysis in seven countries: Brazil, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, and the United States. Based on in-depth group and individual interviews with hundreds of women in diverse settings, the book asks when, whether and how grassroots women express a sense of entitlement or self-determination in everyday decisions about childbearing, work, marriage, fertility control and sexual relations.

What strategies do women employ in their negotiations with parents, husbands or partners, health providers, and the larger community over reproductive and sexual matters? What role do economic constraints, religion, tradition, motherhood, and group participation play in shaping their decisions?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-347) and index.