Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse

This expansive survey spotlights pervasive issues affecting girls' and women's sexual and reproductive health across the lifecourse. Research from diverse countries around the world analyzes the complex relationships among biological, psychological, sociocultural, and economic issues--particularly in terms of inequities--as they shape women's lives. Major challenges and possibilities for intervention are examined in their national context and with their global implications, including child marriage/motherhood, reproductive care and access, fertility, childbearing, contraception, abortion, HIV/STIs, gender-based violence, sexual pleasure, and menopause. In these forceful dispatches, a consistent human rights perspective emphasizes women's control, autonomy, and agency in all stages of their lives.

A sampling of topics covered:




Girl child marriage: a persistent global women's health and human rights violation


Investigating challenges and resilience among women living with obstetric fistula in Kenya
A qualitative exploration of mainstream and social media reflections on abortion
A continuum of severity of sexual intimate partner violence among black women in the United States
Economic empowerment to improve sexual and reproductive health among women and girls










Summarizing an interdisciplinary field on research and practical levels, Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse will be an invaluable text for undergraduate and graduate courses in a wide range of fields, including public health, global health, women's studies, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and human rights.

Acest sondaj extins pune in evidenta problemele omniprezente care afecteaza sanatatea sexuala si reproductiva a fetelor si a femeilor pe parcursul vietii. Cercetarile din diverse tari din intreaga lume analizeaza relatiile complexe dintre problemele biologice, psihologice, socioculturale si economice - in special in ceea ce priveste inechitatile - pe masura ce modeleaza viata femeilor.