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Gender Equity in Oceanography

Annual Review of Marine Science, 2022
Gender equity, providing for full participation of people of all genders in the oceanographic workforce, is an important goal for the continued success of the oceanographic enterprise. Here we describe historical obstructions to gender equity, assess recent progress and the current status of gender equity in oceanography by examining quantitative ...
Sonya Legg, Caixia Wang, Ellen Kappel, LuAnne Thompson   +3 more
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Sport as a vehicle of change for livelihoods, social participation and marital health for the youth: Findings from a prospective cohort in Bihar, India

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Adolescent participation in pro-social activities such as sport can promote identity formation, self-efficacy and social support, but its benefits in India remain unassessed.
Nandita Bhan, Kaushik Bhadra, Namratha Rao, Jennifer Yore, Anita Raj   +4 more
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Women and children first? Child abuse and child protection in sport [PDF]

, 2004
Child welfare and women's rights both feature prominently in contemporary debates on equal rights. Whereas gender equity has been a policy objective for the past thirty years in sport organizations, however, child abuse and protection have only recently
Brackenridge, CH
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Tools and approaches to operationalize the commitment to equity, gender and human rights: towards leaving no one behind in the Sustainable Development Goals

Global Health Action, 2018
The objective of this article is to present specific resources developed by the World Health Organization on equity, gender and human rights in order to support Member States in operationalizing their commitment to leave no one behind in the health ...
Gerardo Zamora, Theadora Swift Koller, Rebekah Thomas, Mary Manandhar, Eva Lustigova, Adama Diop, Veronica Magar   +6 more
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Gender equity in health [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2000
There is international and local recognition that social and economic factors play a significant role in determining health and well being. Recent policy developments by NSW Health in men’s and women’s health have been based on this recognition.
Andrew, Gow, Elena, Murty
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Can community health workers increase modern contraceptive use among young married women? A cross-sectional study in rural Niger

Reproductive Health, 2019
Contexte La République du Niger a le taux le plus élevé de mariages précoces et de fécondité des adolescentes du monde. Les récentes initiatives mondiales pour la santé, telles que Planification Familiale 2020 (FP2020), ont redynamisé les investissements
Mohamad I. Brooks, Nicole E. Johns, Anne K. Quinn, Sabrina C. Boyce, Ibrahima A. Fatouma, Alhassane O. Oumarou, Aliou Sani, Jay G. Silverman   +7 more
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A mediation analysis of the role of girl child marriage in the relationship between proximity to conflict and past-year intimate partner violence in post-conflict Sri Lanka

Conflict and Health, 2022
Background Studies from many contexts indicate that proximity to conflict is associated with increased likelihood of intimate partner violence (IPV), and girl child marriage is associated with both proximity to conflict and increased IPV.
Ruvani W. Fonseka, Lotus McDougal, Anita Raj, Elizabeth Reed, Rebecka Lundgren, Lianne Urada, Jay G. Silverman   +6 more
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Spatial analysis of individual- and village-level sociodemographic characteristics associated with age at marriage among married adolescents in rural Niger

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Niger has the highest prevalence of child marriage in the world. While child marriage in Niger is clearly normative in the sense that it is commonly practiced, the social and contextual factors that contribute to it are still unclear.
Holly B. Shakya, John Weeks, Sneha Challa, Paul J. Fleming, Beniamino Cislaghi, Lotus McDougal, Sabrina C. Boyce, Anita Raj, Jay G. Silverman   +8 more
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Gender Differences in Equity Crowdfunding [PDF]

, 2017
Online peer-to-peer investment platforms are increasingly popular venues for entrepreneurs and investors to engage in financial transactions without the involvement of banks and loan managers.
Horvat, Emoke Agnes, Papamarkou, Theodore   +1 more
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Women’s and girls’ experiences of reproductive coercion and opportunities for intervention in family planning clinics in Nairobi, Kenya: a qualitative study

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background Reproductive coercion (RC), which includes contraceptive sabotage and pregnancy coercion, may help explain known associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and poor reproductive health outcomes, such as unintended pregnancy. In Kenya,
Sabrina C. Boyce, Jasmine Uysal, Stephanie M. DeLong, Nicole Carter, Chi-Chi Undie, Wilson Liambila, Seri Wendoh, Jay G. Silverman   +7 more
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