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Protocol for cluster randomized evaluation of reaching married adolescents - a gender-synchronized intervention to increase modern contraceptive use among married adolescent girls and young women and their husbands in Niger

Reproductive Health, 2019
Background Early marriage and early childbearing are highly prevalent in Niger with 75% of girls married before age 18 years and 42% of girls giving birth between ages 15 and 18 years.
Sneha Challa, Stephanie M. DeLong, Nicole Carter, Nicole Johns, Holly Shakya, Sabrina C. Boyce, Ricardo Vera-Monroy, Sani Aliou, Fatouma A. Ibrahima, Mohamad I. Brooks, Caitlin Corneliess, Claire Moodie, Abdoul Moumouni Nouhou, Illa Souley, Anita Raj, Jay G. Silverman   +15 more
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Mentoring in STEM higher education: a synthesis of the literature to (re)present the excluded women of color

International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Mentoring initiatives for undergraduate and graduate women of color (WOC) have provided peer-to-peer relationships and counterspaces to disrupt the inequitable treatment of students in STEM higher education (HE).
Tara Nkrumah, Kimberly A. Scott
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Minutes: Athletic Gender Equity Committee, February 26, 2020 [PDF]

, 2020
University of Minnesota Duluth. Athletic Gender Equity Committee. (2020). Minutes: Athletic Gender Equity Committee, February 26, 2020.
University of Minnesota Duluth. Athletic Gender Equity Committee
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Sharpening our public health lens: advancing im/migrant health equity during COVID-19 and beyond

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought deeply rooted inequities to the forefront, where increasing evidence has shown that racialized immigrant and migrant (im/migrant) populations face a disproportionate burden of COVID-19.
Stefanie Machado, Shira Goldenberg
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Mentorship effect on healthcare providers' adherence to postpartum haemorrhage guidelines and maternal outcomes in Rwanda. A quasi-experimental study.

NSC Nursing
Background: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Effective management of PPH heavily relies on adherence to clinical guidelines.
Benjamin David Habikigeni , Arlette Bizimana, Maxwell Mhlanga, Tsion Yohannes   +3 more
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Gender Equity in Education

Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2014
Numerous studies show that society often treats boys and girls differently. Although gender inequalities in education have changed much in recent decades thanks to the fight for women’s rights, inequity between the sexes continues to flourish nowadays.
openaire   +3 more sources

Unboxing and unravelling in the archive of gender equity policy [PDF]

, 2022
In this chapter, we circle around an accidental archive of historical policy materials, the flotsam and jetsam of documents that informed the drafting of the national policy document Gender Equity: A Framework for Australian Schools (1997).
Robinson, Kerry H. (R8477), Gannon, Susanne (R10967)   +1 more
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Protocol for a matched-pair cluster control trial of ARCHES (Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings) among women and girls seeking contraceptive services from community-based clinics in Nairobi, Kenya

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background Reproductive coercion (RC) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are prevalent forms of gender-based violence (GBV) associated with reduced female control over contraceptive use and subsequent unintended pregnancy.
Jasmine Uysal, Nicole Carter, Nicole Johns, Sabrina Boyce, Wilson Liambila, Chi-Chi Undie, Esther Muketo, Jill Adhiambo, Kate Gray, Seri Wendoh, Jay G. Silverman   +10 more
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Understanding feasibility and acceptability of implementation of linking delivery of family planning and infant vaccination care in rural Maharashtra, India: a qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Linking family planning with infant vaccination care has the potential to increase contraceptive use among postpartum women in rural settings. We explored the multilevel factors that can facilitate or impede uptake of contraception at the time
Sarah Averbach, Edwin Elizabeth Thomas, Gennifer Kully, Melody Nazarbegian, Mohan Ghule, Borsika A. Rabin, Anita Raj, Nandita Bhan   +7 more
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Respectful community engagement in health research with diverse im/migrant communities

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Global migration and immigration are increasing, and migrants and immigrants (im/migrants) have specific health needs and healthcare experiences.
M Ruth Lavergne, Shira Goldenberg, Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, Stefanie Machado, Samira Karsiem   +4 more
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