Background This study evaluated the reproductive health rights, women empowerment and
gender equity in a rural area of Bangladesh. Methods Three hundred married women of …

Right to health is considered as the important element in the life of human beings,
irrespective of the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the people. But many a times …

Objective The last few years have seen a rise in the number of global and national initiatives
that seek to incorporate human rights into public health practice. Nonetheless, a lack of …

Panel data from 157 countries, between 1970 and 2007, were used to study the
associations between introducing an explicit and enforceable right to health into national …

Reproductive health indicators have consistently shown that countries in sub-Saharan Africa
are generally in a poorer state of reproductive health when compared to other parts of the …

Abstract Information is presented on the provision of family planning in eight countries from
Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America (Nigeria, Kenya, Bolivia, Mexico, Bangladesh …

If policies for the promotion of gender equality are to be realizable their goals must include
equitable distribution of health related resources in line with MDG goals 3 and 5 which focus …

This paper aims to examine the reproductive health (RH) issues of both women and men in
Pakistan on the basis of selected indicators in the sociocultural context of the country. Using …