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Contraceptive decision-making and its association with contraceptive use among married adolescent girls in Niger

Reproductive Health
Objective Niger has among the highest rates of child marriage and lowest rates of modern contraceptive use in the world. This study analyzes the association between contraceptive decision-making and contraceptive use among married adolescent girls in ...
Jay G. Silverman, Shweta Tomar, Mohamad I. Brooks, Sani Aliou, Nicole E. Johns, Sneha Challa, Holly Baker Shakya, Sabrina C. Boyce, Anita Raj   +8 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.
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Health Equity Series: Food Insecurity December 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
In order to address health equity, it is important to acknowledge the factors that create inequitable health outcomes, such as socioeconomic factors and other inequalities related to race and gender. Although individual responsibility and personal health
Cindy Calender, Ryan Barker
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Increases in housing rules and surveillance during COVID-19: impacts on overdose and overdose response in a community-based cohort of sex workers who use drugs in Vancouver, BC

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 risk mitigation measures have expanded to include increased rules and surveillance in supportive housing.
Jenn McDermid, Jennie Pearson, Melissa Braschel, Sarah Moreheart, Rory Marck, Kate Shannon, Andrea Krüsi, Shira M. Goldenberg   +7 more
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Gender and collective action: A conceptual framework for analysis [PDF]

"This paper presents a framework for investigating the intersection of collective action and gender; i.e. how gender-oriented analysis can foster more effective collective action in the context of agriculture and natural resource management and how ...
Dohrn, Stephan, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela, Pandolfelli, Lauren   +2 more
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The Antecedents of a ‘Chilly Climate’ for Women Faculty in Higher Education [PDF]

, 2011
The literature on women’s under-representation in academia asserts that faculty women face a ‘chilly climate’, but there are few theoretically based studies examining this proposition.
Griffin, Andrea, Maranto, Cheryl
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Beyond the statistic: exploring the process of early marriage decision-making using qualitative findings from Ethiopia and India

BMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Early marriage of girls (marriage
Lotus McDougal, Emma C. Jackson, Katherine A. McClendon, Yemeserach Belayneh, Anand Sinha, Anita Raj   +5 more
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Ethics in women's health: A pathway to gender equity [PDF]

, 2015
The differences between women’s and men’s experiences of health and illness are well known. Gender-specific medicine needs to restore equilibrium in order to understand the different clinical signs, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic needs of ...
BAGGIO, GIOVANNELLA, CAENAZZO, LUCIANA, TOZZO, PAMELA   +2 more
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Achieving equity through 'gender autonomy': the challenges for VET policy and practice [PDF]

, 2006
This paper is based on research carried out in an EU Fifth Framework project on 'Gender and Qualification'. The research partners from five European countries investigated the impact of gender segregation in European labour markets on vocational ...
Bates I., Brine J., Cameron C., Cockburn C., Connell R. W., Evans K., Faulkner W., Heidegger G., Heikkinen A., Heikkinen A., Hoffmann B., Hoffmann B., Kampmeier A., Karen Evans, Kleinan E., Newton P., Niemeyer B., Nijhof W. J., Nijhof W. J., Noon M., Roth H., Singh R., Skeggs B., Williams C.   +23 more
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Gender Equity

Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, 2021
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