scholarly journals Reproductive Rights of Married Women: A Case Study in Selangor

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhana Ahad ◽  
Mohammad Fahmi Abdul Hamid ◽  
Mohd Farhan Md Ariffin ◽  
Mohd Syukri Mohd Noor ◽  
Nurul Hidayah Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Married Women

A complicated puzzle: spinsters, widows and credit in Sweden (1790–1910)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Matteo Pompermaier
Keyword(s):  
Credit Market ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Peer Networks ◽  
Ideal Case ◽  
Peer To Peer Networks ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Structured Credit ◽  
Research Centres

This article aims to retrace the extent of single women's engagement in the credit market. To this end, it relies on a series of more than 1,900 probate inventories drawn up between 1790 and 1910 in the two Swedish cities of Gävle and Uppsala. These two cities represent an ideal case study, because the process of industrialisation and economic development resulted in two differently structured credit markets. The research centres initially on the problem of studying women's agency from probate inventories. It analyses the main characteristics of spinsters and widows as they emerge from the sources and compares them with married women. Subsequently, the article analyses how marital status shaped women's economic lives, affecting how they participated in the credit market. For this purpose, it focuses specifically on banking and peer-to-peer exchanges (in particular, promissory notes). Spinsters favoured more conservative strategies relying more often on the services provided by banks, while widows seemed to have played an additional, and more significant, role as lenders in peer-to-peer networks. The study also confirms that unmarried women were only rarely active as borrowers.

scholarly journals Connecting Reproductive Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Lessons from Poland in Times of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1072-1097
Author(s):  
Atina Krajewska
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Constitutional Tribunal ◽  
Litmus Test ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article examines the relationship between reproductive rights, democracy, and the rule of law in transitional societies. As a case study, it examines the development of abortion law in Poland. The article makes three primary claims. First, it argues that the relationship between reproductive rights and the rule of law in Poland came clearly into view through the abortion judgment K 1/20, handed down by the Constitutional Tribunal in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. The judgment and the context in which it was issued and published are interpreted as reflections of deep-lying processes and problems in Polish society. Consequently, second, the article argues that analysis of the history of reproductive rights in recent decades in Poland reveals weak institutionalization of the rule of law. This is manifest in the ways in which different professional groups, especially doctors and lawyers, have addressed questions regarding abortion law. Therefore, third, the article argues that any assessment of the rule of law should take into account how powerful professional actors and organizations interact with the law. The Polish case study shows that reproductive rights should be seen as important parts of a “litmus test,” which we can use to examine the efficacy of democratic transitions and the quality of the democracies in which such transitions result.

scholarly journals Case study of Dyadic death in Bangladesh: by Hanging, Strangulation and Poisoning

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-105
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sadek ◽  
Kazi Shafiqul Halim
Keyword(s):  
Married Women ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Chemical Examination ◽  
Autopsy Examination

Here described two cases where mother is the main perpetrators of the event and the victims were their children in the age group of 1 year to 12 years. In 1st case 35 years lady killed her three daughters ages 12, 9, 1 by strangulation then hanged in south surma Sylhet city. In 2nd case A 32 years old married women killed her two sons (ages 5 & 8yrs ) by poisoning and later she died by hanging in Sylhet city . Autopsy examination revealed ligature mark over neck consistent with that of antemortem  hanging  and ligature marks round the child’s neck were strangulation case also poison found by chemical examination. So it’s time to take awareness within community and take prevention such like notorious incident. Bangladesh Med J. 2017 Sep; 46 (3): 104-106

Informed choice in modern contraceptive method use: pattern and predictors among young women in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 846-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manas Ranjan Pradhan ◽  
Surendra Kumar Patel ◽  
Antim Alok Saraf
Keyword(s):  
Oral Contraceptive ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Contraceptive Method ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Oral Contraceptive Pill ◽  
Informed Choice ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Modern Contraceptive ◽  
Modern Contraceptive Method

AbstractResearch on informed choice in modern contraceptive method acceptance by young married women is pertinent in the broader context of individual freedom and reproductive rights, especially in countries where women continue to have limited control over their reproductive and contraceptive choices. This study in India asked: (1) is young married women’s acceptance of specific modern contraceptive methods an informed choice? and (2) what are the enablers and barriers to informed choice? The study used data for currently married women aged 15–24 (N = 20,752) from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015–16. A Method Information Index (MII) was calculated as a measure of informed choice from the percentage of users who responded ‘yes’ to all three questions on: whether they were informed about methods other than the one they received, told about the method-specific side-effects, and advised what to do if they experienced side-effects. Binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to examine the adjusted effect of factors associated with the MII separately for female sterilization, the intrauterine device and the oral contraceptive pill, and a combined MII including all three methods plus injectables. One-fifth of the study women used any modern contraceptive method at the time of survey, of which only 36% had fully informed choice. The likelihood of being informed about the methods was significantly higher among those using the oral contraceptive pill (OR: 1.75, CI 1.58–1.94), IUD (OR: 2.23, CI 1.97–2.52) and injectables (OR: 1.37, CI 0.97–1.94) compared with those who were sterilized. Informed choice varied by region and the socioeconomic profile of the users. Inadequately informed choice violates the reproductive rights of young women and might result in higher post-use health problems, discontinuation of and unmet need for contraceptives, unintended pregnancies, induced abortions and regret, adversely affecting women’s health. Training of health/family planning workers in India about the importance of reproductive rights is urgently required to enhance informed contraceptive choice and improve the health of young married women.

scholarly journals Do public health services in Egypt help young married women exercise their reproductive rights?

2015 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. E52-E55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahla Abdel-Tawab ◽  
Tamer Rabie ◽  
Zuzana Boehmova ◽  
Loraine Hawkins ◽  
Sally Saher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Public Health Services

scholarly journals Revisiting Polish Abortion Law: Doctors and Institutions in a Restrictive Regime

2021 ◽  
pp. 096466392110401
Author(s):  
Atina Krajewska
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Sociology Of Professions ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Social Sanctions ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the motivations of doctors operating in restrictive abortion regimes, and it takes Poland as a case study. It places in the foreground institutional and intra-professional factors that determine abortion healthcare, which to date have been accorded little attention. The article compares the impact that criminal, professional, and social sanctions have upon the provision of abortion services. In so doing, its purpose is to refocus debate in this area. It aims to move the emphasis away from legal and political factors, including the criminalisation of abortion, and to place it on medical agency. The Polish case study is examined to test out, in the context of a late-transitional polity, the sustainability of neo-institutionalist approaches to the study of law and organisations and the sociology of professions. The analysis is particularly important and urgent in light of the recent retrenchment of reproductive rights in Poland, and beyond.

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