Gynopedia needs your support! Please consider contributing content, translating a page, or making a donation today. With your support, we can sustain and expand the website. Gynopedia has no corporate sponsors or advertisers. Your support is crucial and deeply appreciated.

Kuwait City: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 12: Line 12:
===Laws & Social Stigmas===
===Laws & Social Stigmas===


In Kuwait, many forms of contraception are legal and available. You can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription.<<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them.
In Kuwait, many forms of contraception are legal and available. You can purchase condoms and birth control pills at pharmacies without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[http://freethepill.org/where-on-earth/ Free the Pill: Where on Earth?]</ref> However, for other forms of birth control, such as implants, injectables, and IUDs, you may need to directly visit a hospital or clinic to obtain them.


In 2015, it was estimated that about 56% of Kuwaiti women (who were married/in unions and between the ages of 15 to 49) used some form of birth control, including traditional methods, which was slightly lower than the Western Asian average (58% of women using contraceptives). It was found that about 16% of women had unmet family planning needs, which was slightly higher than the  Western Asian  average (13% had unmet needs). Furthermore, about 62% of Kuwaiti women had their family planning needs satisfied by modern methods, as compared to about 54.5% in Western Asia as a whole.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref>
In 2015, it was estimated that about 56% of Kuwaiti women (who were married/in unions and between the ages of 15 to 49) used some form of birth control, including traditional methods, which was slightly lower than the Western Asian average (58% of women using contraceptives). It was found that about 16% of women had unmet family planning needs, which was slightly higher than the  Western Asian  average (13% had unmet needs). Furthermore, about 62% of Kuwaiti women had their family planning needs satisfied by modern methods, as compared to about 54.5% in Western Asia as a whole.<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref>

Navigation menu