- Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata2022
Since India’s independence, population stabilization has been one of the prime concerns in its development agenda.
- Women's Health Studies Research Centre1998
The existing structural nature of women's work (domestic as well as non-domestic) has severe built-in hazards for women (reproductive and otherwise) which no amount of first rate quality of care, total coverage and/or access to health services alone can deal with.
- Kali for Women1997
In a vast, multi-ethnic, multi-religious country like India, it is to be expected that we have several world-views operating at the same time in people's search for health and healing.
- Economic and Political Weekly1997
The health of the general population as well as specific groups (infants, women, etc) has for long been an important concern for development studies.
- The Journal of Family Welfare1997
In many developing countries, women's activities, traditionally confined to the household, have changed over time.
The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, is a critical piece of legislation in India aimed at addressing and curbing the practice of sex-selective abortions and ensuring the ethical use of prenatal diagnostic technologies.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, is an Indian law aimed at regulating Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm or egg donation, and surrogacy.