Successful strategies that address gender-related barriers and promote bodily autonomy within efforts to scale up and sustain postpregnancy contraception: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acknowledging the integral role of bodily autonomy in advancing gender equality, our study aimed to assess the extent to which strategies used in postpartum and postabortion contraception have effectively equipped women, girls and gender-diverse individuals with the tools, knowledge and resources required to make autonomous decisions that align with their diverse life experiences.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review using the databases PubMed, EBSCOhost, EMBASE and SciSpace. We included implementation, evaluation and experimental studies published in any language between 2013 and 2023 and excluded studies not meeting these criteria. We used a WHO scale to determine the level of gender responsiveness.

Results

We found 30 implementation, evaluation and ex

SUBMITTER: Castro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831305 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature