Abstract: The National Family Planning Programme was promoted to restrict the increasing population by reducing the high birth rates in India. Several studies have found a positive association between women empowerment and lower fertility, longer birth intervals and lower rates of unintended pregnancy. Family planning services gave a sense of autonomy to women to decide when to have children and how many. However, the available services were so women centric that it puts the burden of Family Planning almost entirely on them, whether it was in the use of contraceptive methods, sterilization or abortions. Despite half a century of efforts to reduce population growth, India still faces challenges in delivering a Family Planning Programme to help couples delay and space out their children that goes beyond female sterilization. In this paper, an attempt has been made to study impact of Family planning on empowerment of women.
Keywords: Family planning, maternal and child health, male involvement, Empowerment of women.
Title: IMPACT OF FAMILY PLANNING ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
Author: Sapana Singh, Saurabh Kumar
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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