Introduction / Rosalind P. Petchesky -- Not like our mothers -- Reproductive choice and the emergence of citizenship among Brazilian rural workers, domestic workers and housewives / Simone Grilo Diniz, Ceciĺia De Mello E Souza, Ana Paula Portella -- Women's wit over men's -- Trade-offs and strategic accomodations in egyptian women's reproductive lives / Aida Seif El Dawla, Amal Abdel Hadi, Nadia Abdel Wahab -- Between modernization and patriarchal revivalism -- Reproductive negotiations among women in Peninsular Malaysia / Rita Raj, Chee Heng Leng, Rashidah Shuib -- B̀ecause they were born from me' -- Negotiating women's rights in Mexico / Adriana Ortiz Ortega, Ana Amuchástegui, Marta Rivas -- Women's sexuality and fertility in Nigeria -- breaking the culture of silence / Grace Osakue, Adriane Martin-Hilber.

From Sanas to dapat -- Negotiating entitlement in reproductive decision-making in the Philippines / Mercedes Lactao Fabros, Allen May C. Paguntalan, Lourdes L. Arches, Maria Teresa Guia-Padilla -- The south within the north -- Reproductive choice in the three US communities / Dianne Jntl Forte, Karen Judd -- Cross-country comparisons and political visions / Rosalind P. Petchesky.