Abstract:
Women reproductive health problems are found all over the world, particularly in
developing countries. Individual is the prisoner of society. Culture determines way of life
and interaction process in a group, which is known through cultural norms and values.
With the passage of time; the evolutionary process in social system has been bringing
about change in values regarding women and their rights. As a result a lot of
consideration is seen for the protection of women rights. In this connection woman
reproductive health has been considered in a male dominant society as most serious issue.
The developing countries have also been considering and paying attention to human
reproductive rights within socio economic and cultural frame work.
The study focuses on the facilities in Pakistani society. This research study conducted to
asses the women reproductive health problem in N.W.F.P. (Pakistan). The overall
objectives of the study was to diagnose the effects and changes in behavior pattern of
society concerning, demographic, social, cultural, religious and economic aspects of
women living in different classes in urban area of, Peshawar and Kohat. The study
focuses on social, economic and cultural consideration for the benefit of women's
reproductive health. The study universe consists of urban Peshawar and Kohat, which is
the true representative of two geographical regions; separated by a range of mountains of
Tribal Belt of Dara Adam Khel of the province of N.W.F.P. A sample of 720 women
respondent of three strata, i.e. lower, middle and upper class women with at least one
living child or life birth were interviewed and sampling procedure was taken through
stratified random sampling- both the quantitative (second resource as well as field
survey) and qualitative (focus group's interviews) studies were conducted with the aim to
produce valid results.
The uni-variate, bi-variate and multivariate of quantitative and qualitative data provides
evidences that the study provide evidences that educated spouse lead a healthy and
prosperous life in community, leading towards significant reduction in child and maternal
mortality in both districts of study in NWFP. The single most important variable in the
discussion will be that education of females has to be made an area of priority by the
policy makers, and then the society could get rid of many reproductive health problems.