251 Arrow Publications
Published in 2004
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India was the first country in the world to implement a national family planning programme that over time, expanded so much that it sidelined not only maternal and child health but all other health programmes. The fear of a population explosion ensured that fertility control became the core of health care planning. Family planning targets […]
Published in 2002
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Violence against women (VAW) in the forms of domestic violence, coercive sex, rape and trafficking in women, remains common in the lives of many Asian and Pacific women, seriously affecting their physical and psycho-social health. The prevalence of domestic violence, for example, ranges from 16 per cent in the Philippines to 67 per cent in […]