ABSTRACT

This chapter focuses on the conceptual framework and the theoretical explanations of the proposed model. The proposed model explores the impact of women's rights, gender equality, and maternal and child care on women's reproductive health with economic and political development as the background factors. The chapter focuses on the conceptual framework of women's rights and perspectives to explain the relationship between women's rights and women's reproductive health. It provides discussions on the conceptual framework of gender equality and theoretical explanations of the relationship between gender equality and women's reproductive health. The chapter provides discussions on the relationship between economic development and gender equality. It provides discussions on perspectives to explain the relationship between economic development and women's rights. The chapter focuses on theoretical perspectives to explain the relationship between economic development and maternal-child care. It provides discussions with regard to the relationship between political development and maternal-child care.