Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives
@article{Norwood2009RethinkingTI, title={Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives}, author={Carolette Norwood}, journal={Development in Practice}, year={2009}, volume={19}, pages={906 - 911} }
This article argues that the integration of women in population development initiatives was largely the outcome of four overlapping historical events: the decolonisation of the South; the population ‘explosion’ following World War II; the momentous developments in contraceptive technology; and the re-emergence of women's movements in the North. These developments pushed women to the forefront of development initiatives, in part because of lingering assumptions that population size is associated…
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