Women reproductive health

Women reproductive health concerns every woman, everywhere, and at every stage of life. It is fundamental to the social and economic development of communities, economies and nations. But it also reflects some of the basic inequalities in our societies, the inequalities of wealth and gender". There are many challenges today to women's reproductive health and to their ability to determine their own reproductive and sexual choices. The high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in world demonstrate that women are not getting the combination of information and access to services necessary to allow them to choose whether and when to bear children and to protect their health.

Recent political attacks on scientific research about sexuality are making it more difficult to develop the knowledge necessary to promote sexual health for people of all ages. Nearly 500,000 women die every year from pregnancy-related causes. For every woman who dies, another 15-30 suffers a debilitating injury, often with life-long consequences. Gaps in sexual and reproductive health care account for nearly one-fifth of the worldwide burden of illness and premature death, and one-third of the illness and death among women of reproductive age. Maternal mortality is the leading cause of death among women age 15-44.

Reproductive rights for women have helped women to gain woman their status back. Women reproductive health aims at developing policy and programmatic guidance for health systems to ensure that men and women living have access to sexual and reproductive health services. womens reproductive health activities focus primarily on research concerned with contraception safety and efficacy, fertility, infertility, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).