Reproductive health in post-transition Mongolia: global discourses and local realities
Rak, K.; Janes, C.R.
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 3(1/2): 171-196
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1569-1500 DOI: 10.1163/1569150042036648Document Number: 262203
This article discusses the disjuncture between global discourses on family planning and reproductive health and the locally and culturally contingent experiences of Mongolian women in contemporary Mongolia. The Mongolian women's perspectives on birth control and abortion are presented. The research on women's birth control experiences in Mongolia suggests that reproductive health programmes based on such global assumptions fail to consider the local cultural contexts of reproductive decision-making address women's needs, and are therefore seriously flawed.