Assessment of Women's Awareness About Their Reproductive Rights

📙 The topic of women's reproductive rights is a debated issue in politics and social ‎sciences. However, while many scholars focus on women's issues related to ‎human rights globally, little research has been done on reproductive rights in ‎Egypt. In this context, the current study was carried out in order to assess ‎women’s awareness about their reproductive rights. ‎ The study was undertaken in Alexandria Governorate on a sample of women of ‎varied age groups, marital status, educational, occupational and economic ‎backgrounds as well as obstetrical characteristics.‎ The present study explored women’s awareness as well as their exercise of ‎reproductive rights specifically in relation to the right to refuse marriage at all or ‎get married at too early age and the right to choose the husband by herself. The ‎study also explored women’s views related to the right to decide the number and ‎spacing of children, the right to use family planning services, as well as the right ‎to be free from sexual violence and marital violence. It was encouraging to find ‎out that when the aforementioned rights were discussed with respondents, the ‎majority endorsed these rights.‎