"India has a history of coercive family planning which ignored infertility. A shift in focus will help women’s health" begins Maya Unnithan's article this month (November) for 360info.

  Based on her research, the piece is an exploration of the personal and social effects of infertility in India and its impact on women's reproductive health. More than 70 years after India introduced their national family planning programme, infertility is an issue still neglected by policy makers.

  You can find more about Maya's exploration of the situation at India has ignored infertility for too long - 360 (360info.org)

  Maya Unnithan is Professor of Social and Medical Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health (CORTH; www.corth.ac.uk) at the University of Sussex. Her book Fertility, Health and Reproductive Politics: Re-imagining Rights in India (2019) is based on ethnographic work in India since 1998. Maya works with health and legal-aid NGOs as well as policy makers to reduce reproductive health inequalities globally.

Further information: https://360info.org/india-has-ignored-infertility-for-too-long/

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