Gender analysis of family planning: Beyond the feminist vs. population control debate

Feminist Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-86

  Smyth, Ines ^a  

^a Oxfam ^*

Author keywords

Feminist theory; Population policies; Reproductive rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030510709     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545709610001707656     Document Type: Review

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