scholarly journals Batak Women's Reproductive Health Rights in Determining the Number of Children and Joining the KB Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-420
Author(s):  
Esra Simanjuntak ◽  
Sri Rahayu Sanusi ◽  
Asfriyati
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Rights

Women's rights based on a patriarchal system which questioned the different biological conditions of women and men are the will of nature (nature), so things such as destiny and nature cannot be changed. Reproductive health is a state of perfect health both physically, mentally and socially and is not merely free from disease or disability in all aspects related to the reproductive system, its functions and processes. Reproductive health problems that occurred in Muara District in 2018, the total coverage of Ante Natal Care visits was 91 out of 299 pregnant women (30.43%). The achievement of use of contraception in 2018 out of 3476 the number of fertile age couples was 1150 people (33.08%) who used family planning and the choice of delivery assistance chosen by the community by a dukun berakak (sibaso). This study aims to explore in depth the perceptions of women's experiences in obtaining the right to determine the number of children and the right to attend the family planning program. This research is a qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. Sampling in this study was conducted by purposive sampling technique. From the suitability and adequacy of the data obtained, there were six informants who participated in this study. The main informant was a Batak woman. Data was obtained through in-depth interviews supplemented with field notes. The results showed that there were a number of women's reproductive health rights that had not yet been fulfilled, namely the right to determine the number of children and birth spacing and the right to attend the KB program. Patriarchal culture influences the position of women in society, women do not know their reproductive health rights. Researcher's suggestion in this study is that health workers have an important role in improving the degree of reproductive health, it is necessary to conduct cross-program and cross-sectoral collaboration with local community leaders to promote women's reproductive rights, because the community is easier to accept input and opinions given by the king custom.

scholarly journals Conscientious Objection to Abortion and Accommodating Women's Reproductive Health Rights: Reflections on a Decision of the Constitutional Court of Colombia from an African Regional Human Rights Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles G Ngwena
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Conscientious Objection ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Conscientious Objector ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Rights

AbstractIf applied in isolation from the fundamental rights of women seeking abortion services, the right to conscientious objection can render any given rights to abortion illusory, including the rights to health, life, equality and dignity that are attendant to abortion. A transformative understanding of human rights requires that the right to conscientious objection to abortion be construed in a manner that is subject to the correlative duties which are imposed on the conscientious objector, as well as the state, in order to accommodate women's reproductive health rights. In recent years, the Colombian Constitutional Court has been giving a judicial lead on the development of a right to conscientious objection that accommodates women's fundamental rights. This article reflects on one of the court's decisions and draws lessons for the African region.

scholarly journals Maternal Deaths: Do Women still have the Right to Life? A Case Study in Nias Island

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Fotarisman Zaluchu ◽  
Saskia Wieringa ◽  
Bregje De Kok
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Bodily Integrity ◽  
Persistent Problem ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Rights

<p>This paper attempts to analyze maternal mortality in Nias Island, North Sumatra, where MMR is relatively higher than in other areas in Indonesia. This paper tries to examine the basic right highlighted in ICPD 1994 PoA. In addition, Corrêa and Petchesky propose that the fulfillment of women’s reproductive health rights must meet four principal elements, those are, bodily integrity, personhood, equality, and diversity. In line with the perspective suggested by Correa and Petchesky, this paper demonstrates the “omission, neglect, or discrimination” of women’s right for reproductive health. Social actors who play important roles in women’s reproductive health assessed in this paper are husbands, mother’s-in-law, TBAs, midwifes, and the government. This research concludes that maternal mortality in Nias and in Indonesia is a persistent problem since the social actors who are supposed to be responsible to prevent maternal mortality fail to do their job well. Instead, they tend to intentionally negate women’s right of reproductive health.</p>

Controlling black women’s reproductive health rights: An impetus to black women’s collective organizing

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sônia Beatriz dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Rights

This article analyzes how the Brazilian state’s control of black women’s reproductive health rights shaped the emergence of the black women’s movement and organizations, particularly the rise in black women’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs). To understand the circumstances surrounding the state’s regulatory practices’ impact on reproductive health, I recount the history of the implementation of family planning policies of the 1960s through the 1980s and interrelated social action in the country. The essay focuses on the activism of the black women’s movement during the historical period from the 1960s to the 1980s, identifying their struggles around issues of reproductive health rights. I examine the political divergences black women activists encounter with state institutions and representatives, the broader black movement, the mainstream feminist movement, and other important social and political forces.

Onchocerciasis and Women's Reproductive Health: Indigenous and Biomedical Concepts

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uche Amazigo
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
The People ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health

Women in a rural farming community in Etteh, Nigeria, have traditional beliefs about onchocerciasis which differ from the concepts of modern science. Recognizing these beliefs may allow health workers to gain the confidence and participation of the people and increase the effectiveness of control programmes.

The Global Gag Rule and Women's Reproductive Health

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health

In recent decades, the long arm of US politics has reached the intimate lives of women all over the world. Since 1984, healthcare organizations in developing countries have faced major cuts in US foreign aid if they perform or promote abortions as a method of family planning. The policy—commonly known as the global gag rule—is a hallmark of Republican administrations. The reinstatement and expansion of the global gag rule by Donald Trump in January 2017 caused a firestorm of debate. Proponents emphasize the importance of reducing abortions globally, while critics predict large increases in unsafe abortions and maternal mortality resulting from disruptions to family-planning services. How plausible are the various claims and projections? This question is surprisingly difficult to answer because there is little statistical evidence on the global gag rule. This book helps to fill the gap by conducting a systematic analysis of how the global gag rule affects women’s reproductive health across developing regions. The analysis yields three important messages: (1) in the majority of countries that receive US family-planning assistance, the global gag rule has failed to achieve its objective of reducing abortions; (2) there is no definitive relationship between restrictive national abortion laws and abortion rates; and (3) the 2017 expansion of the global gag rule will have adverse effects on a dashboard of health indicators for women, men, and children. These powerful messages should be heard by policymakers over the voices calling for an ideologically based policy that has counterproductive results.

scholarly journals REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 081-099
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali Tarar ◽  
Saira Akhtar ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal Zafar ◽  
Sher Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Health State ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Rural And Urban Area

Reproductive health is concerned with the people’s ability to have a satisfyingand safe sex life ensuring their capability to reproduce with a liberty of making a decision thatif, when and how often they have to do so. Objective: (1) To examine the females perceptions,attitude and practices about reproductive health services. (2) To determine the level of theirempowerment to take decisions and make choices regarding their own reproductive health. (3)To determine the level of the quality, availability and accessibility of reproductive health servicesand to suggest some measures for policy makers to improve the reproductive health state ofyoung mothers in district Faisalabad. Study Design: A sample of 600 young married females ofage 15-32 years were selected through multistage sampling technique. Period: 2009. SettingArea: Rural and urban area of District Faisalabad. Material and Method: Uni-variate (frequencydistribution and percentage) and Bi-variate analysis (Chi square and Gamma Statistics) wascarried out. Results: Most (44.0%) of the respondents belonged to age category of 26-30years; 35.5% were married up to 18 years; 39.3% had passed up to 5 years marriage duration;71.8% had primary and above level of education. Majority (65.9%) had up to Rs.10,000 permonth income, 49.2% possessed 6-10 family members, 73.5% beard at least 2 and abovelive children, 74.0 % perceived family planning good,79.7% had knowledge of FP and 26.0%practiced FPM (Family Planning Method). The most common FPMs were condom (33.3%) andtubectomy (21.8%) while 41.0% faced side effect because of FPM during their reproductive life.A huge majority (79.8%) of the respondents received ANC, 87.8% made regular visits for medicalcheckup and 48.8% got ANC from Pvt. Hospital during last pregnancy. Bi-variate analysisshowed highly significant relation among age at marriage, awareness level, monthly income,education, number of pregnancies, number of children, number of visits to medical centre,availability of RH services, cultural hindrance and age of respondents vs. their reproductivehealth. Conclusions: Although most of the females were young & educated mothers with goodreproductive health experience and perceived FM good but still lacking in practicing FMPswhich indicates that we need to pay more attention towards female empowerment and decisionmaking authority status at domestic level.

scholarly journals Analysis of Psycological Disorder Tedency for Polygamous Women Reproductive Health in Pamekasan Madura

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-318
Author(s):  
Emi Yunita ◽  
Byba Melda Suhita ◽  
Koesnadi Koesnadi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Reproductive System ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Vaginal Infections ◽  
Reproduction System ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
The Impact

The majority of polygamous marriages in Indonesia are only based on law and religion, regardless of the effects of polygamy. The lack attention public about the psychology that occurs in polygamous women. While, the impact of psychological disorders itself can affect to female hormones that can be caused to a reproduction system. The reproductive system can also experience disorders due to illness or abnormalities. The diseases of the reproductive system can be caused by germs, genetic factors, or hormones. Women have complex problems around their reproductive lives. Disorders of the female reproductive system can include menstrual disorders, vaginal cancer, cancer cervix, ovarian cancer, genetalia cancer, endometriosis, vaginal infections, vaginal discharge or fluorine, and Ghonorrhea. The purpose of this study is to explore the occurrence of psychological disorders that affect the reproductive health of polygamous women. The research design used is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The data collection in this study used in-depth interview techniques with semi-structured questions with a sample of 10 informants. From the results of the study indicate that the analysis of psychological disorders that have an impact on women's reproductive health in polygamy has good benefits for health workers and for the community, especially women. In analyzing the tendency of psychological disorders that affect the reproductive health of women who are polygamous there are many things that can be used as references on how the effects of polygamous marriages are related to women's reproductive health, both negative and positive impacts. In analyzing the trends of production in polygamous women there are some hopes of supporting improvements in public health, especially women's reproductive health. Based on this research, further research is needed on the analysis of trends in the occurrence of psychological disorders that have an impact on reproductive health in polygamous women in Pamekasan Madura

US Assistance for Family Planning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Safe Motherhood ◽  
Large Populations ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
And Control

Chapter 3 places the global gag rule into a broader context by examining the longer-term history of US family-planning assistance within a framework of global reproductive governance characterized by three paradigms: population control, safe motherhood, and women’s reproductive health. Early proponents of family-planning assistance were motivated primarily by fears of explosive population growth in developing countries. Their answer was to disseminate modern contraceptives across large populations to reduce fertility rates and control population growth. As the predictions of Malthusian-type disaster failed to materialize, the paradigm surrounding population assistance shifted to safe motherhood. Growing pressure from feminists and women’s groups to focus on the rights of all women, not just mothers, contributed to the third paradigm shift toward women’s reproductive health. Each time the United States has imposed the global gag rule it has antagonized donors, agencies, and governments who have set the priorities of these paradigms in reproductive governance.

scholarly journals PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS BASED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW AND REGULATION ON LAWS IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Nurlatifah
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
International Law ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Rights

Women’s health is one of the 12 critical issues stipulated in the Declaration and Action Plan of the Fourth International Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 until now the issue of reproductive health in Indonesia women are still the main study given the high mortality rate of women caused by disorders of the reproductive organs. This research focuses on the Protection of Women’s Reproductive Health Rights Under International Law and Legislation in Indonesia. This type of research used in this study is normative legal research sourced from primary, secondary, and tertiary legal material whose data collection is carried out by library study techniques.The results of the study indicate two things: (1) Protection of women’s reproductive health rights in international law is found in International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the International Labor Organization (ILO Convention) Number 183 of 2000 concerning Protection of Pregnancy. Action plans for women’s reproductive health rights include the Fourth World Conference on Women Beijing; International Conference on Population and Development Cairo; Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. (2) Protection of women’s reproductive health rights in legislation in Indonesia is regulated in; The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia Law Number 39 Year 2009 concerning Health; Law Number 39 Year 1999 concerning Human Rights; the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 13/2003 concerning Manpower; the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection. National policies related to reproductive rights include Government Regulation Number 61 of 2014 concerning Reproductive Health; Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 43 of 2016 concerning Minimum Service Standards in the Field of Health. Regional policies related to Reproductive Health include Lampung Province Regional Regulation Number 17 of 2014 concerning the Provision of Exclusive Breast Milk.

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