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  • Andrea Fleschenberg, Farzana Bari
    Heinrich Böll Stiftung
    2015

    The Study highlights the national level parliaments and critically review quota designs,
    practices and experiences of women parliamentarians on both quota seats, as well as
    general seats. In this action research project, experiences with quota designs, challenges

  • Flavia Agnes
    Pencraft International
    1998

    It is necessary to draw attention to the tradition of over legislation in India. In the 1980's and 90's there has been focus on various issues in the women's movement, especially on legislative reforms. The result is the highest number of laws on violence against women.

  • G. Rama Rao, S. Niranjan, S. Sureender
    Demography India
    1998

    With the increase in the urbanization and industrialization, the concept of family in India, which once was to create and maintain a common culture among the members of the family, is undergoing changes.

  • Mian Bazle Hossain, James F. Phillips
    Studies in Family Planning
    1996

    In 1978, the Bangladesh family planning program launched a national program of outreach services that continues to the present. Young married women were hired and trained to visit women in their homes, offer contraceptive services, provide information, and support sustained use over time.

  • S. Sureender, R. Acharya
    The Journal of Family Welfare
    1996

    Inter-spouse communication, though not a new dimension of fertility and family planning research, has remained much less explored in the Indian context than any other correlate of contraceptive use and current fertility.

  • J.N. Srivastava
    The Journal of Family Welfare
    1994

    High family size desire and low acceptance of family planning constitute, the two main factors underlying the high fertility of the Indian population. Excessive loss of children in early childhood in rural areas is considered to be contributory to both of the above factors.

  • P. Arokiasamy

    The search for explanations for the high rate of fertility in India has led many to theorize the link between poverty and fertility. Several micro-studies have affirmed the hypothesis of positive association between poverty and fertility.