On reproductive justice

‘Domestic violence’, rights and the law in India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15099656
AutoresSumi Madhok (0000-0002-3192-6098, autor correspondente), M Unnithan (0000-0002-7649-7282, University of Sussex), Carolyn Heitmeyer (University of Sussex)
Ano2014
Volume16
Fascículo10
Páginas1231-1244
Data de publicação2014-11-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2014.918281
PMID24927257
OpenAlexW1995215133
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas18

In this paper we draw attention to the difficulty of accessing reproductive rights in the absence of effective state and legal guarantees for gender equity and citizenship, and argue that if reproductive rights are to be meaningful interventions on the ground, they must be reframed in terms of reproductive justice. Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Rajasthan, Northwest India, we track two dynamic legal aid interventions on reproductive health rights in India, concerned with domestic violence and maternal mortality respectively, that have sought to fill this existing gap between ineffective state policies and the rhetoric on reproductive rights. Through an analysis of these interventions, we propose that requirements of reproductive justice cannot be met through discrete or private, albeit creative legal initiatives, pursued by individuals or civil society organisations but must involve comprehensive policies as well as strategies and alliances between state, non-state, transnational organisations and progressive political groups

Citizenship · Civil society · Criminology · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental health · Equity (law · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Reproductive health · Reproductive justice · Reproductive rights · Rhetoric · Sociology · State (computer science · Suicide prevention · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Medicine