Women’s access to safe abortion and postabortion care services in Pakistan: The role of gender and related factors
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
This chapter describes how gender and other intersectional factors play a role in unintended pregnancy, access to safe abortion, and postabortion care in Pakistan. The chapter draws on qualitative data from a national study on postabortion care carried out in 2011–2012 among women who had undergone an abortion in the previous 6 months, service providers, and men and women from urban and rural communities in five districts of Punjab and Sindh provinces. The data are reanalyzed to throw light on the broader context that shapes women’s access to abortion in Pakistan where unmet needs have remained persistently and high and wide disparities exist in access to healthcare.
Recommended Citation
Kamran, Iram and Ali M. Mir. 2024. "Women’s access to safe abortion and postabortion care services in Pakistan: The role of gender and related factors," in Sivakami, M., Bhushan, A., Rashid, S.F., Khan, K.S. (eds) Handbook on Sex, Gender and Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2098-9_15.
DOI
10.1007/978-981-97-2098-9_15
Language
English