This chapter focuses on the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for gender equality. SRHR studies are crucial for human beings’ health and well-being, individual dignity and autonomy, and in the context of human and women’s rights. In our considerations, we explore selected aspects of SRHR, such as sex education, and access to modern contraception and abortion, all conditioning people’s reproductive choices and, thus, life choices and chances. The following issues are discussed in the chapter: the differences within the EU in realising SRHR with respect to the above-mentioned aspects; and the significance of including reproductive justice in building a new gender contract and an inclusive Europe. In the final section, we identify selected courses of action and solutions that can contribute to this goal. Adopting the perspective of reproductive justice, which combines reproductive rights with social justice and the intersectionality approach, is useful in the critical analysis of reproductive politics in European countries and formulating recommendations to create a new gender contract as a basis for a more inclusive, fairer and feminist Europe. However, it also includes intra- and transnational cooperation in supporting women’s access to abortion and contraception.

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Imagining a New Gender Contract for SRHR

  • Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula

摘要

This chapter focuses on the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for gender equality. SRHR studies are crucial for human beings’ health and well-being, individual dignity and autonomy, and in the context of human and women’s rights. In our considerations, we explore selected aspects of SRHR, such as sex education, and access to modern contraception and abortion, all conditioning people’s reproductive choices and, thus, life choices and chances. The following issues are discussed in the chapter: the differences within the EU in realising SRHR with respect to the above-mentioned aspects; and the significance of including reproductive justice in building a new gender contract and an inclusive Europe. In the final section, we identify selected courses of action and solutions that can contribute to this goal. Adopting the perspective of reproductive justice, which combines reproductive rights with social justice and the intersectionality approach, is useful in the critical analysis of reproductive politics in European countries and formulating recommendations to create a new gender contract as a basis for a more inclusive, fairer and feminist Europe. However, it also includes intra- and transnational cooperation in supporting women’s access to abortion and contraception.