Around the world, policymakers and civil society are debating how economic and trade policies shape public health. This edited collection adds a new dimension to this debate. It synthesizes research from a variety of disciplines to analyse how the liberalization of international trade affects reproductive health and rights. Case studies from Mexico, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Egypt illuminate how trade-related changes in women's employment influence their reproductive needs and capacities. The book demonstrates how global and national trade policies affect the quality, quantity, and cost of reproductive health services. Contributors also explore the implications of the World Trade Organization and the various trade agreements under its purview for reproductive health services and rights. Ultimately, this collection addresses the key policy issues for advocates of both reproductive health and rights and economic justice, and shows how trade agreements weighted against the poor in the South have very specific gendered consequences.This book is aimed at an inter-disciplinary audience of economists, public health professionals, demographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and women's studies specialists. It will also be of interest to policymakers and representatives of civil society organizations working on health, economic justice, and employment issues.

Preface Introduction Reproductive Health, Trade Liberalization, and Development Elissa Braunstein and Caren Grown Part I: Conceptual Overviews: Direct and Indirect Linkages 1. Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health: A Framework for Understanding the Linkages - Caren Grown 2. Implication of GATS for Reproductive Health Services - Debra Lipson 3.Women's Work, Autonomy and Reproductive Health: The Role of Trade and Investment Liberalization - Elissa Braunstein Part II: Country Case Studies 4. Implications of Trade Liberalization for Working Women's Marriage: Case Studies of Bangladesh, Egypt and Vietnam - Sajeda Amin 5. Trade Liberalization, Women's Migration and Reproductive Health in China - Lin Tan, Zhenzhen Zheng, and Yueping Song 6. Women's Reproductive Health in Export Industries at National Borders - Catalina Denman 7. Runaway Knowledge: Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Practices among Sri Lanka's Garment Factory Workers - Sandya Hewamanne Part III: Trade Liberalization and Government Capacity to Deliver Reproductive Health Supplies and Servies 8. I Would Pay if I Could Pay in Maize: Trade Liberalization, User Fees in Health and Women's Health Seeking in Tanzania - Priya Nanda 9. Tripping Up: AIDs, Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property in South Africa - Pranitha Maharaj and Benjamin Roberts 10. Midwifery and Nursing Migration: Implications of Trade Liberalization for Maternal Health in Low-Income Countries - Nancy Gerein and Andrew Green Part IV: Policy and Advocacy 11. Trade Agreements and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Agenda for Analysis and Advocacy - Marceline White 12. Reproductive Health Advocacy - Alaka Malwade Basu About the Contributors Index