The Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health

This is one of those books that smacks you upside the head and shifts your perspective in the best possible ways. Nuanced, theoretically rich, and highly informed, Tanyag weaves together a powerful narrative about the marginalization of sexual and reproductive health and rights in crisis situations. She illuminates an under-reported phenomenon and compellingly demonstrates why this matters for all of us. Tanyag’s book is a very welcome addition to the emerging canon of feminist international relations. * Jeremy Youde, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Duluth *Maria Tanyag’s deep and contextualized enquiry into the persistent and pervasive inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights is an important contribution to feminist studies on the politics of bodily autonomy. Drawing on engaged research in the Philippines she shows how restrictions to bodily autonomy are integral to the prevailing neoliberal logics of power. Her critique offers powerful possibilities for regeneration at a time of prevailing crisis. * Wendy Harcourt, Professor of Gender, Diversity and Sustainable Development, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam *Thought-provoking and insightful, this is a major contribution to our understanding of what explains pervasive inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In this fine work solidly grounded in data, Maria Tanyag, tells the story of how bodily autonomy for Filipino women, like in many other contexts, is shaped by structural and ideological forces globally. I warmly recommend the book to anyone interested in the topics of global health, gender inequalities, conflict, and crisis. * Gudrun Østby, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo *

Maria Tanyag is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Relations in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at Australian National University. She was awarded her PhD from Monash University in 2018 and received first class honours for both her MA (Research) and BA Honours in Political Studies from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Tanyag was selected as one of the inaugural International Studies Association (ISA) EmergingGlobal South Scholars in 2019, and as resident Women, Peace and Security Fellow at Pacific Forum in Hawaii in 2021.