Working papers offer an in-depth examination of a reproductive health issue, a methodological challenge, or research findings.
The Women's Studies Project (WSP) produced the following working papers, available online:
- This working paper, part of a series of working papers published by the Women's Studies Project at Family Health International, proposes a conceptual framework to examine the possible impacts of family planning use on women's work and income. Because use of family planning may have short-term and long-term effects on women's economic activity, the authors present separate frameworks for modeling both influences.
- The WSP staff has developed a conceptual framework to help assess the impact of family planning on women's lives. The framework examines women's use and non-use of family planning, their pregnancy and childbearing experiences, their experiences with family planning programs, and their experiences with other reproductive health services. Also, the framework looks at three domains of women's lives: household and family roles, psychological and physical factors, and societal and economic roles. The framework includes three sets of factors that influence women's experiences, including gender norms, life cycle, and socioeconomic and political factors. This paper contains a discussion of how each of the 20 studies underway in the WSP fits into the framework.
- This paper identifies policy and service delivery challenges in the integration of reproductive health and discusses issues such as composition of services and costs and funding. The paper offers an historic view of experiences in formulating, implementing and evaluating integrated services of national public-sector programs in developing countries.
- This paper proposes a conceptual framework for examining the impact of family planning on six areas of women's lives: personal autonomy and self-esteem; physical and psychological health; educational attainment; employment and economic resources; family relationships; and public standing. It also identifies priorities for future research.
