_Z_ After the birth of a revolution in the name of freedom, we absolutely do not have the right to draw the map of our liberties in terms of taboos and religious bans.

Persistence of harmful sociocultural factors (early marriage and pregnancy, female genital mutilation, nutritional taboos).

The best way to make one would be for Merkel s next government to appoint an independent expert commission to evaluate the alternatives, without regard to the prevailing taboos.

Women's health is in a precarious condition, because of a number of interrelated factors, such as successive childbirths, food taboos, harmful traditional practices, heavy domestic and farm chores, that adversely affect their capacity to work and undermine their health.

Making a U turn is never easy for political leaders, but elections do provide an opportunity for a policy change. The best way to make one would be for Merkel s next government to appoint an independent expert commission to evaluate the alternatives, without regard to the prevailing taboos.

Providing reproductive health services to rural areas remained difficult, especially given that the population was spread over an archipelago and progress was impeded by cultural factors such as gender inequality, early initiation to sex, taboos relating to sexuality and the drift of the population towards urban centres.