Identifying and Understanding the Demands of Women in the Field of Population Policies

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1 Assosiate Professor, Department of Women and Family Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

2 Student of Women and Family Studies, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

10.22051/ijosed.2024.45949.1030

Abstract

The current research is the result of a qualitative research that was carried out with the aim of "identifying and understanding the demands of women in the field of population policies". The data of this research through semi-structured qualitative interviews with 17 married women who lived in Tehran province, then data was collected and analyzed using the six-step thematic analysis method. The results of this research show that the demands of women in the field of population policies can be divided into 5 main categories: "all-round support for mothers", "medical support for mothers and babies", "cultural and spiritual support", "social support" and "support welfare" and 13 sub-categories "pregnancy support", "post-pregnancy support", "fixing the price and necessities of mother and baby", "improving hospital performance", "psychotherapy and medical support for mothers", "medical support for newborns" , "Educational support", "Cultural investments", "Material and spiritual support for young people", "Material support for working women", "Combating social harms", "Providing comfort and entertainment facilities" and "Adapting urban space" classified for mother and child. In sum, the findings of the research show that, while emphasizing the economic problems and its impact on childbearing, the participating women have demands in various economic, social, medical, cultural and welfare dimensions, and paying attention to their demands in each of the dimensions can be an incentive to have more children. Therefore, it is necessary for policymakers and social planners to pay more attention to the demands of women in this field in order to realize population policies.

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Social-Economic Development Studies
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
October 2023
Pages 209-226

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