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We are delighted to welcome Rebecca Williams (University of Exeter), who will be presenting her research titled:
“Why Men? Gender and Population Control in Postcolonial India
This event will take place on the 1st of December 2025 at the University of Warwick, 12:00-14:00
Date & Time :Monday, 1 December 2025 | 12:00–14:00
Location :FAB 2.34 (In-person)
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Seminar Abstract:
‘Population control is often approached as a “women’s issue”, for good reasons. Yet from 1952–1977 in India—the first country in the world to launch a national programme of population limitation—men were also frequently targeted. In this talk, Rebecca Williams argues that Indian men were incorporated into population control through (1) their presumed social role as reproductive decision-makers; (2) the reliance of the nascent Family Planning Programme on older contraceptive technologies, many of which required either the co-operation or control of male partners; and (3) the transcendence of the Family Planning Programme outside the woman-focused space of the family planning clinic.’
Join us for an engaging and insightful discussion!
We hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be an engaging and insightful discussion.
Lunch will be provided!
