Family planning is an issue of couple and women should take the fertility decision to get their desired outcomes according to ICPD, 1994. Unluckily, it's not maintained in rural areas of Indian subcontinent where majority of people live. Men don't want to use contraceptive but in fertility decision they get the priority. Women are in silence to avoid familial disharmony in male dominant culture.
I am not from India but using Nigeria experience Male participation in family planning generally has been observed to improve family planning uptake. Males are the decision makers in this environment and if they are carried alone in the counselling for family planning services and they understand the importance of child spacing in maternal and neonatal/infant/child survival they readily give approval to their women to access the services.
Though it is very popular that women are the ones who has to take appropriate measures necessary for family planning, It is the responsibility of both of them to take the appropriate and convenient measures to get the successful results i.e Successful contraception. Yet the education system and local traditions play a major role when it comes to males accepting to participate in family planning.
Thanks for nice sharing dear Dr. Mahmoud Omar . Unluckily men are reluctant to use contraceptives in Indian subcontinent specially in rural area where majority of them live. Even the family planning program is more focused on women. Gender disparity is not only in family or society, it's also within the program and without changing men's attitude women alone can never establish their reproductive rights in the men's world.
@Dr. Muhammed...one of the problem may be the lack of reversible contraceptive and also preference of non invasive techniques which unfortunately is not at all practiced. I am sure with the amount of research developing in this area there is much awaited..
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