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Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world's foremost advocate for women's health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and "one of the most powerful women in the world" (London Times). An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sadik has been a courageous and tireless advocate for women, insisting on discussing the difficult issues that impact

Women's health services --- Reproductive rights --- Family planning --- Women physicians --- Women social reformers --- Reproductive freedom --- Sexual rights --- Abortion --- Birth control --- Contraception --- Human reproduction --- Involuntary sterilization --- Parenthood, Planned --- Planned parenthood --- Planning --- Birth intervals --- Family size --- Physicians --- Women in medicine --- Social reformers --- Health services for women --- Women --- Medical care --- Services for --- Sadik, Nafis. --- Shoaib, Iffat Nafis,