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Original Articles

Mobility of women and access to health and family planning services in Pakistan

Pages 39-48 | Published online: 01 Nov 1999

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  • For insights into the limits of the doorstep approach in increasing women’s autonomy and its utility as a beginning for overcoming problems of access, see: S.R. Schuler, S.M. Hashemi, A. Cullum. The advent of family planning as a social norm in Bangladesh: women’s experiences. Reproductive Health Matters. 7: 1996; 66–78.
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