"In the days ahead, it will be critical for feminist, public health and human rights activists to play the watchdog, as well as to engage in the political spaces where changes to Indian population policy and the Indian family planning programme are proposed and debated. The stakes are high."
Read the full commentary by PopDev's Senior Policy Analyst, Betsy Hartmann and Mohan Rao of JNU.
As sterilisation scandals abound, a consensus is emerging for a shift away from sterilisation towards a larger "basket" of contraceptive choices and concomitant improvements in service delivery. That such a shift needs to take place is clear, but precisely how it is to come about, and who gets to de…
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