Global population policies are under intense scrutiny as
environmental and development organizations worry about the threat
of overpopulation and call for stronger measures of population
control. At the same time, women's organizations in both developing
and industrialized countries are intensifying their attacks on the
simplistic thinking of the population controllers and the quest for
a technological fix on the part of the family-planning
establishment. Population Policy and Women's Rights presents a
forceful argument for a more responsive approach to fertility
limitation in developing countries--one that builds on women's
concerns about their survival and security and strengthens women's
rights. Ruth Dixon-Mueller reviews the history of the debate
between feminists and the birth control movement, examines the
forces affecting U.S. population policy on the domestic and
international fronts, and documents the relationship between
women's reproductive rights and their rights in other areas.
Dixon-Mueller begins by focusing on the evolution of the
political positions of the women's movement and the birth
control/population control movements. She examines the relationship
between different aspects of women's rights and reproductive choice
in developing countries. She concludes with a proposal for a
woman-centered approach to reproductive policy-making, based on
promoting women's rights and protecting women's sexual and
reproductive health. Written from a sociological perspective,
Population Policy and Women's Rights is recommended for
researchers, policy-makers, and students in the fields of
population, development, women's studies, and human rights.
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