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Poonam Muttreja

Poonam Muttreja

Articles by Poonam Muttreja

Budget 2025 can be a blueprint for empowering women

Gender Equality.

gender equality

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 10:09 IST

Missing wood for trees in the population debate

India’s population dynamics demand thoughtful consideration, not alarm. In 2023, the country surpassed China as the world’s most populous nation

Updated on Dec 11, 2024 01:04 IST

Leveraging demographic dividend for Viksit Bharat

India’s demographic dividend, characterised by India’s 370-million-strong young population (aged 10 to 24), presents a golden opportunity

Updated on Feb 13, 2024 16:33 IST

Pave the path to safe and accessible abortions for all

The judgment strikes the right notes, but we must acknowledge that to make abortion accessible, we need to do much more.

Updated on Oct 1, 2022 09:58 IST

The full picture of India’s population growth story

Adequate measures must be taken to capitalise on our large young population through investments in education, health, and creating economic opportunities.

Updated on Jul 15, 2022 15:38 IST

ICPD @ 25: India must prioritise reproductive rights

Social factors, such as age at marriage, age at first birth, education of girls for maternal and infant well-being, and promoting a basket of contraceptive choices find prominence in the policy

Updated on Nov 11, 2019 08:36 IST

Better budgetary allocation for family planning can help India meet global sustainability goals

Women who’ve undergone sterilisation surgeries. In 2016-17, almost 81% of the Family Planning budget was spent on compensation to beneficiaries, and incentives to frontline workers and health care providers of terminal methods of family planning.

Updated on Jan 30, 2018 11:59 IST

Family planning: A healthy intervention by the Supreme Court

Women who underwent botched sterilisation surgeries at a government mass sterilisation 'camp' receive treatment at a district hospital in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Updated on Sep 24, 2016 16:32 IST

Family planning: A cost effective-development tool

Too early, too quick and too many pregnancies take a toll on women and girls, especially when the quality of care is inadequate.

Updated on Feb 25, 2016 04:20 IST

Contraceptive choices for women will address population problems

Access to family planning can reduce infant mortality by 10% and childhood mortality by 21%. Family planning is therefore a key intervention to prevent maternal, infant and childhood mortality. (Reuters Photo)

Updated on Jul 10, 2017 10:19 IST

Saving our mothers

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Updated on May 21, 2013 18:48 IST

It’s hardly a sound plan

Updated on Aug 20, 2012 17:04 IST

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