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| Incentives Pronatalist pressures ------------------- Adolescent Sexuality |
The Principle of
Non-Coercion The International Conference on Population and Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women both recognized the right to reproductive self-determination. Coercion in any form, they declared, is unac ceptable. For countries, population growth targets have been found to be ineffective and may lead to coercive practices. Incentives: Using incentives, financial or other wise, to induce couples to limit their family size or accept contraception has been very contro versial. Concerns about abuse led the ICPD to sharply circumscribe their use in its Programme of Action. Incentives, if offered, should be mod est and proportional and not infringe on the right of informed choice. Twenty-nine countries used some combination of client incentives in their national family planning programmes in 1994. Pronatalist pressures: Less attention has been paid to strong pressures, particularly on women, in many societies to have more children than they would choose. The effect of these pressures can amount to coercion. |
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