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Invest in Future: Prioritising Youth Family Planning (Policy)

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  • Saima Bashir

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

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Dividend of our much-touted youth bulge will remain a pipedream unless our policy makers realise the need for investing in the health, education, and general wellbeing of the young. Our young population is at a greater risk than adults when using contraceptive services. This risk results from a lack of early education in human reproductive system as well as the cultural taboos surrounding the subject. Affordability, accessibility, and knowledge of contraception are inadequate for young women and couples who would want to space pregnancies. Individuals’ reproductive intentions remain uninformed by critical awareness that swells the number of unintended pregnancies, further aggravated by hazardous unprofessionally administered abortions.

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  • Saima Bashir, 2023. "Invest in Future: Prioritising Youth Family Planning (Policy)," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 62(4), pages 599-603.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:62:y:2023:i:4:p:599-603
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