Positions on sexual and reproductive rights in Muslim-majority countries and institutions

A Telling Indication of Things to Come

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ID4991027
AuthorsAzza Karam (0000-0003-4673-7414, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue5
Pages698-707
Publication date2017-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2017.1327025
OpenAlexW2739152390
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited9

This article provides a policy analysis of Muslim-majority countries’ positions on sexual and reproductive rights (SRR). First-hand observations, interviews, and reports are used to review how statements around various intergovernmental moments continue to be formulated since the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994. The analysis outlines both the similarity and diversity between and among Muslim-majority countries on a range of SRR areas, while pointing out that positions are by no means unique to them. Rather, it is argued that opposition to SRR defines a terrain of “unholy alliances” between and among different religiously inspired nations, and ends by enquiring whether SRR may be an important political indicator of real politik

Muslim world · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Islamic Studies and History · Law

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