1、2025The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing worldTHE REAL FERTILITY CRISISEnsuring rights and choices for all?2025The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing worldTHE REAL FERTILITY CRISISCHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2CONTENTSRevealing the real crisispage 11FEATURE:One family,three generations and

2、 evolving views about childbearing in India 20FEATURE:Young men redefine their role in family planning 28IN FOCUS:Who decides?Engineering choice and subverting control 36Opening a policy window of opportunitypage 39FEATURE:The business of care 60IN FOCUS:How much fertility decline can be attributed

3、to reductions in adolescent childbearing?68FOREWORD 4GLOSSARY 6YOUTH TESTIMONIALS 8CHAPTER 4INDICATORS 123TECHNICAL NOTES 142REFERENCES 144CHAPTER 3Gender equality and dividends for allpage 73FEATURE:Grandparents step in84FEATURE:Nigerias family planning providers help couples realize fertility inte

4、ntions 90IN FOCUS:Infertility stigma and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa 95IN FOCUS:Believe women:Measuring what matters in family planning96The lessons of history and hope page 99FEATURE:Breaking the teen pregnancy cycle110FEATURE:Meeting the needs of ageing populations118FOREWORDWith this report,w

5、e shine a much-needed light on the individual realities of vast numbers of people who are unable to create the families they want.We asked people across 14 countries,which together represent more than a third of the global population what they actually want for their reproductive lives and futures,a

6、nd whether they believe they will be able to realize those ambitions.What we find is that too few people are able to exercise true choice when it comes to some of the most intimate and consequential decisions in their lives.Our human population is the subject of growing interest and intensifying anx