{"title":"Brazil announces family planning programme in 1981.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Brazilian Minister of Health, Waldyr Arcoverde, announced in December that the government will implement a national family planning program in 1981. O Globo and Jornal do Brasil, the 2 main national newspapers, report that according to the information given by the Minister, the program will offer all contraceptive methods including male and female sterilizations. Sterilizations will be provided free-of-charge by INAMPS, the national hospital system. Contraceptive services are being provided in order to reduce illegal abortions, the practice of which is widespread throughout the country.</p>","PeriodicalId":84939,"journal":{"name":"IPPF open file","volume":" ","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22033452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in Sri Lankan marriage law expected.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Sri Lankan government is about to introduce sweeping changes in the marriage laws, the Minister for Home Affairs announced recently. One of the most important changes will be an increase in the minimum age at marriage, from 16 to 18 years for males, and from 12 to 16 years for females. Additionally, the government plans to codify the laws and make them more available to the public. The changes will come into force soon, the Minister stated.</p>","PeriodicalId":84939,"journal":{"name":"IPPF open file","volume":" ","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22024440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"India raises age of marriage.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Under a law which came into effect on October 1, the legal age of marriage has been raised in India to 21 for men and 18 for women, an increase of 3 years from the old minimum. The new law is designed to help slow the population growth rate by deferring parenthood. The Herald Tribune suggests the law may not have much effect. \"Just as many of India's 600,000 villages are almost outside the money economy, they are also outside the realm of social legislation dictated from New Delhi\".</p>","PeriodicalId":84939,"journal":{"name":"IPPF open file","volume":" ","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22004595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}