Abstract

Population and Gender Equity

In this article the author stressed that fertility rates drop when women again opportunity and a voice in society. The most immediate adversity caused by a high rate pf population growth lies in the loss freedom that women suffer when they are shackled by persistent bearing and rearing of children. Since women's interests are very badly served by high fertility rates imposed on them, they can be expected to correct this adversity if they have more power. The promotion of female literacy, female employment opportunities and family-planning facilities, as well as open and informed public discussion of women's place in society, can enhance the voice and decisional role of women in family affairs and also bring about radical changes in the understanding of justice and injustice.