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A pregnant young women during a routine medical checkup in a hospital in Kenya. Copyright: Allan Gichigi/IRIN

Sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population dynamics

Background: Sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population dynamics

Sexual and reproductive health means being able to lead a safe and satisfying sex life that is bene­fi­cial to health. It means the right to freedom from sexual coercion and sexual violence. But it also means being well informed and free to take one’s own decisions in regard to family planning, for example whether and when to have children and how many. The term applies to all the stages of life: childhood, youth and old age.


The German contribution to promoting sexual and reproductive health

Although the percentage growth rate of the global population is no longer as high as it was in the 1970s and 1980s, the number of people living on our planet increases by considerably more than 80 million each year. Population numbers in Africa and Asia in particular are set to continue to rise dramati­cally over the coming decades. The growth in the global population poses a huge challenge for sus­tainable development – at national and global level. Beyond its significance as a human right, sex­u­al and reproductive health is thus also an important precondition for sustainable population policy.


Further information

Here you will find a selection of links to documents and websites with further information on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population dynamics.



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