Featuring:

Karen Hardee
Director of Research, POLICY Project, Futures Group

Lilia Labidi
Professor of Anthropology, University of Tunis, Tunisia

The conference series provides an in-depth look at the intersection of reproductive health and gender issues in the Islamic world, addressing the range of religious adherence to Islam and the impact of such diverse views on reproductive health policy and programming.

Dr. Hardee discussed recent research on the links between women’s empowerment and family planning in Indonesia.

Dr. Labidi gave an overview of Tunisia’s family planning program and discussed the role of women’s education and contraception in the feminist discourse in the Maghreb.