Unheard Scream, The: Reproductive Health And Women's Lives In India (zubaan)

The International Conference onPopulation and Development (ICPD) at Cairo brought about a paradigm shift in theway population is conceptualization. This involves going beyond maternal healthand family planning, to the broader framework of reproductive health and rights.How has India fared with the paradigm shift? Is this about population controlby other means? Is it about the social roots of illness, disease and death amongwomen? The Unheard Scream is a revelatory collection of essays by journalistswho explore a range ofissues - from the quinacrine sterilization scandals, to the rip-off that is theassisted reproduction industry, to the declining age of marriage among Muslimgirls in Malabar. Winners of the Panos Reproductive Health Media Fellowship,these journalists reveal how issues in women's health are deeply imbricated inthe lives of Indian women.