At the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, a new global consensus formed around the idea that enhancing women’s individual health and rights was a more noble goal than controlling population growth. This then-new emphasis on reproductive autonomy had real life implications, e.g., the Indian Family Welfare Programme service stopped issuing its workers targets for contraceptive uptake. The new prevailing belief was that there was no need to push contraception because women who experienced empowerment in other walks of life could be trusted to make whatever contraceptive choice was right for them, without a push by the government. Read More
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