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Empowering Reproductive Rights: A Vital Pathway to Gender Equality

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In order to achieve gender equality, numerous societal problems must be resolved. Giving women more control over their reproductive lives is one important factor in achieving true gender equality. Access to reproductive healthcare, the ability to use contraception, the right to an abortion that is safe, and thorough sexuality education are all included in the category of reproductive rights. Empowering reproductive rights encourages individual autonomy, well-being, and paves the way for gender equality by ensuring people have control over their reproductive choices. The importance of advancing reproductive rights and how it helps to foster a more egalitarian society are both discussed in this article. Individual Autonomy and Well-being  Recognising personal autonomy and wellbeing requires the empowerment of reproductive rights. People who have access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare are better able to decide for themselves what is best for their bodies, their health

My Body, My Rules, My Rights!

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"Abortion doesn't just impact cisgender heterosexual women. Access to abortion impacts trans men. It impacts cisgender, lesbian and bisexual women. We can all get pregnant. And because of that, we deserve to have access to the full breadth of reproductive health services.” - Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, Deputy executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force People of all genders should be able to make their own decisions about their bodies and the future thanks to the intersectional movements for gender justice and reproductive rights. Reproductive justice includes defending the freedom to choose one's gender identity and maintain one's bodily autonomy.                                We are aware that people of all genders require parental support and comprehensive reproductive health care, including access to abortion and contraception. In order to make their own medical decisions about their bodies, futures, especially their reproductive futures, transgende

Bridewealth, Gender Norms and Bodily Autonomy

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" No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body ”  ― Margaret Sanger Bridewealth Bridewealth payment is made during marriage in Africa wherein the man's family pays the negotiated amount to the woman's family. It could include goods such as livestock, clothing, fabric, beads, household goods, drinks, besides money. When this exchange takes place in which the man's family pays the amount to the bride's family, the former gains access to the woman’s reproductive and domestic services. It is considered as compensation to the bride's family for the loss of the woman's domestic as well as reproductive labor. Once the full payment has been made, the man gains the right over the woman's reproductive services. This practice has gained widespread social approval and women, who by any means attempt to assert their autonomy tend to encounter social disapproval. Therefore, it exposes women to normative constraints on their reproductive autonomy.