Reproductive Rights in a Global Context

Lara M. Knudsen

Description

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2006

Traveling alone when she was between 17 and 22, with no institutional affiliation and no financial assistance, the author visited five developing countries and two developed ones on five continents. Her goal was to extend her own experience in an abortion clinic in Portland, Oregon. Lara Knudsen interviewed over 90 women's rights activists, health professionals, NGO workers, and government officials, gaining a sense of both official policies and the actual delivery of services in local clinics. The book places the experiences of women within the global context of how international population control agendas have influenced women's reproductive rights in the past, and how the changing international discourse on reproductive health continues to influence those rights today.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Fitness
• Health
• Anthropology
• CAB Direct (database)
• Women's Health
• Women's Studies

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 30 juin 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780826592149
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

R eproductive South Africa R ights in a Uganda Peru G lobal United States Denmark Vietnam  C ontext Jordan

Lara M. Knudsen

Reproductive Rights in a Global Context

Reproductive Rights in a Global Context

South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, United States, Vietnam, Jordan

Lara M. Knudsen

Foreword by Betsy Hartmann

Vanderbilt University Press NASHVILLE

© 2006 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First Edition 2006

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Printed on acidfree paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Wendy McAnally

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Knudsen, Lara M.  Reproductive rights in a global context : South Africa, Uganda, Peru, Denmark, United States, Vietnam, Jordan / Lara M. Knudsen.– 1st ed.  p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references.  ISBN 0826515274 (cloth : alk. paper)  ISBN 0826515282 (pbk. : alk. paper)  1. Birth control–Crosscultural studies. 2. Contraception– Crosscultural studies. 3. Abortion–Crosscultural studies. 4. Fertility, Human–Crosscultural studies. 5. Sex instruction– Crosscultural studies. 6. Women’s rights–Crosscultural studies. I. Title. HQ766.K65 2006 363.9’6–dc22  2005028191

Dedicated to the women who have suffered needlessly from reproductive abuses, to the women and men who help them, and to my grandmother, Louise Dickson Morgan

Contents

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Acknowledgments ix Foreword xiii Preface xv

Introduction 1 South Africa 11 Uganda 40 Peru 67 Denmark 92 United States 109 Vietnam 139 Jordan 168 Conclusion: Commonalities across Borders 197

Appendix 1: Figures and Graphs 205 Appendix 2: CountrySpecific Contact Lists 209 Notes 219 Bibliographies 255 Index 283

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Acknowledgments

I am particularly indebted to the eighty or so individuals in seven countries who so graciously offered their time and thoughtful opinions to me. I was between seventeen and twentyone years old as I conducted this research, with little institutional affiliation or authority, yet these people were still kind enough to grant me personal interviews and to devote serious attention to my many questions. Without their willingness, this book would not have been pos sible. They are the following:

South Africa: Janet Cole, Tersia Cruywagen, Kim DicksonTetteh, Mandy Ewan, Ntuthu Manjezi, Claudia Mogale, Gloria Mokoena, Margaret Moss, Rachel Ramphora, Motsomi Senne, Khin San Tint.

Uganda: Jane Atergire, Florence A. O. Ebanyat, Joy Kyazike Kyeyune, Antho ny Mbonye, Elly Mugumya, Jotham Musinguzi, Elizabeth Musisi, Stella Neema, Priscila Monica Nswemu, Josephine Othieno, Nestor Owomuhangi, Miriam Sentongo.

Peru: Susana Chávez, Daniel Gho Aspilcueta, Rossina Guerrero, Miguel Gutiérrez Ramos, Rocio Gutiérrez, Cecilia Olea Mauleon, Miguel Ramos, José Carlos Ugaz, Trixsi Vargas Vasquez, Tammy Quintanilla Zapata.

Denmark: Lau Sander Esbensen, Lisbeth Knudsen, Sniff Nexoe, Helle Samuelsen, Johan Seidenfaden, Charlotte WilkenJensen.

United States: Abbie Adams, Rachel Atkins, Brittney Camp, Terry Daley, Ann Osborne, Dorothy Roberts, Larry S. Rodick, Jane Ann White.

Vietnam: Sita Michael Bormann, Do Thi Thanh Nhan, Tine Gammeltoft,

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