Reflexoes sobre genero e fecundidade no Brazil

This report presents six studies on how fertility decline in Brazil has affected women in relation to work, education, and other psychosocial aspects of their lives.

1995

Abstract

The studies treat the following issues: the role of contraceptives in empowering women; the effect of AIDS on reproductive health programs; trends in the interplay between motherhood and female work; how limitations in contraceptive choice can increase abortion; why violence against women has increased with fertility decline; and the impacts of fertility decline on children"s education.

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Classification

Document type: Studies & Literature Reviews
DEC type: Other USAID Supported Study/Document
Geography: Brazil
Subject: Women in development
DEC terms: Demographic researchFamily planning researchFamily planning servicesFertility declineGender analysis
Sponsoring organization: USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and NutritionUSAID. Mission to Brazil
Authoring organization: Family Health International (FHI)
Language: Portuguese

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Documents in this collection

Reflections on gender and fertility in Brazil : abstracts

Family Health International women"s studies project : country background notes for the six emphasis countries

Adocao do condom feminino no Quenia e no Brasil : perspectivas de mulheres e homens -- uma sintese

Cebu longitudinal health and nutrition survey [CLHNS] : follow-up study -- final report

Situation analysis of reproductive health in the state of Ceara, Brazil : final report -- May 1, 1993-July 31, 1994

Adopting the female condom in Kenya and Brazil : perspectives of women and men -- a synthesis