Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980630094917.6376A-100000@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 09:50:47 -0400 From: "Overseas Dev. Network" <mailto:odn@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU> To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Impact of Family Planning on Women's Lives Presented in FHI Women's Studies Project Final Synthesis PaperTo present results from its five-year study on the impact of family planning experiences on women's lives, Family Health International's Women's Studies Project (WSP) has published Women's Voices, Women's Lives. The comprehensive report highlights findings from 37 studies and secondary analyses in 14 countries and identifies crosscutting themes that emerged from research on the impact of family planning on women's lives. The WSP examined how family planning affects various aspects of women's lives, including relationships with family, self-esteem, and participation in the work force and in economic development activities. Among the areas of focus are women's perceptions of family planning's impact on their lives; experiences of first-time users of contraception; adolescents' views of reproductive health; men's attitudes about family planning; and the affect of family planning on women's work--both within and outside the home. The project has emphasized collaboration among "triangles" of researchers, policy-makers and providers, and women's health advocates to increase the quality and relevance of the research as well as to foster its use. A limited number of printed copies are available from FHI; the synthesis report is also posted on FHI's web site at http://www.fhi.org/wsp/wssyn/index.html.
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