The relationship between gender diversity and firm performance has been the subject of research inquiry for over three decades now.

In the last decade, several international and national movements have focused their attention, on the long neglected areas of women's reproductive health.

Governmental efforts towards fertility reduction often face a dilemma: babies who are planners' worry are also a parent's hope and joy (Mandelbaum 1974:110). The beliefs of the people on this subject and what planners believe ought to be done may on occasion diverge substantially.

Fertility behaviour includes not only biological but also social reproduction, involving a complex network of institutions.

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.