The role of men in contraception  Published: May 28, 2011  The
only way to move forward in terms of family planning is to
engage men in it.  In a constitutionally Islamic country riddled
with contrasts, far away from the welfare model, perpetually
confused on nearly all critical issues ranging from foreign
policy to population planning, infamous for low status of women
and girls and their social exclusion, and characterised by the
dramatic capture of power elites in politics and development
fields both, one wonders — what does the male role or
involvement in family planning mean to Pakistan?  I tried to
come up with a plausible definition of male involvement in
family planning in 1999 after noticing its absence in the
literature. It reads:  Male involvement in Family Planning (FP)
includes, an interest of men in FP issues (indicated by their
knowledge about it), a positive attitude towards it (indicated
by their acceptance or approval), willingness to share
responsibility for it (indicated by their actual ado