Smyth, Ines

Smyth uncovers the pros and cons of family planning as a way of reducing maternal mortality. She finds no evidence that such a link exists in Indonesia. The ‘Safe Motherhood’ programme in Indonesia focuses on family planning for women at high risk. But the programme excludes unmarried women, sex workers, and ill or infertile women, […]

In September 1992 a workshop was held in Oxford, bringing together activists, researchers and academics with the joint aims of sharing diverse perspectives on South Asia’s population policies as well as revising a research proposal on all aspects of women’s reproductive health. The most tangible outcome of the workshop was a proposal for a project […]