Population and Reproductive Health in India: An Assessment of the Current Situation and Future Needs
Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, P M Kulkarni, K G Santhya, and Firoza Mehrotra
Abstract
India has expressed its commitment to ensuringa healthy, educated, skilled, and employed population through a large number of policies and programmes. Additionally, legislative measures in the area of sexual and reproductive health, youth and gender issues have highlighted the nation’s commitment to addressing reproductive rights, as well as the rights of women and young people. Progress has been made: Almost all children are in school, life expectancy has increased, gender disparities in schooling and life expectancy have narrowed, maternal and infant mortality have declined, more and more co ... More
India has expressed its commitment to ensuringa healthy, educated, skilled, and employed population through a large number of policies and programmes. Additionally, legislative measures in the area of sexual and reproductive health, youth and gender issues have highlighted the nation’s commitment to addressing reproductive rights, as well as the rights of women and young people. Progress has been made: Almost all children are in school, life expectancy has increased, gender disparities in schooling and life expectancy have narrowed, maternal and infant mortality have declined, more and more couples have exercised their right to bear only the children they want, and HIV rates have fallen. At the same time, there remain many areas in which progress has been uneven, and which, if not addressed soon, will affect people’s wellbeing and violate their rights. This volume synthesizes available evidence pertaining to the current situation and progress made in improving the health and population situation and realizing rights of women, men and the young, and obstacles that may have impeded progress, and outlines priority areas for action.
Keywords:
population,
reproductive and sexual health,
gender,
youth,
rights,
India
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198096238 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2014 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198096238.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, author
Senior Programmes Associate, International Programmes Division, Population Council, New Delhi
P M Kulkarni, author
Professor, Centre for the Studies on Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
K G Santhya, author
Senior Programme Officer, Population Council, New Delhi
Firoza Mehrotra, author
Former Senior Consultant, The Planning Commission of India, Government of India
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