title: Repackaging population control.
abstract: "While the abortion controversy captured the world's headlines, the real significance of the UN's [1994 International Conference on Population and Development] went largely unnoticed.... After decades of failure, the UN has finally pushed the issue of population control center stage by repackaging it in a blurry concern for the rights of women." The author argues that the conference's strategy was to target women as both the cause of overpopulation and the locus of the problem's solution.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004467:Economics; D004777:Environment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006040:Goals; D006285:Health Planning; D007390:International Agencies; D009934:Organization and Administration; D009938:Organizations; D011155:Population Control; D011156:Population Density; D011406:Propaganda; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014480:United Nations; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Carrying Capacity; Communication; Critique; Economic Factors; Environment; Goals; International Agencies; Natural Resources; Organization And Administration; Organizations; Overpopulation--determinants; Planning; Policy; Population Control; Population Policy; Propaganda; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Un; Women's Status; World; World Population Conferences