Open AccessThe Health of Women and Girls in the Middle East and North Africa
Author(s) -
Randa Abul-Husn
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.1067
Subject(s) - abortion , birth control , reproductive health , family planning , developing country , population control , economic growth , population , political science , control (management) , medicine , environmental health , pregnancy , research methodology , economics , genetics , management , biology
Female health has become a major issue and priority in the nineties. Reproductive health is highest on the agenda of world population issues, starting with the abortion debate, to the Vatican's condemnation of the use of unnatural birth control methods and women's demand for the right to control their own bodies, and the need for proper and reliable medical assistance, keeping in mind the disparity between developed and developing countries.