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Contraceptives - Research
Research Should Take Better Account of Women's Needs
September 11th, 1995
Women's needs and perspectives in contraception have not been adequately taken into account, neither by the developers of contraceptives nor by those who provide them. This claim, voiced by women's health advocacy groups for many years, is now becoming widely echoed. In 1990, 53 percent of couples in the developing world were using a method of contraception of one kind or another, compared with only 14 percent 25 years earlier. Nevertheless, studies show that there are still tens of millions of women around the world who state they want no more children in the near future or have reached their desired family size, but who are not using any method of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-09-11)
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