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Associations between women's empowerment and children's health status in Ethiopia.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Although women's empowerment has gained attention over the last two decades, our understanding of the associations between different dimensions of women's empowerment and different children's health outcomes is limited.
Solomon Kibret Abreha, Solomon Zena Walelign, Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus   +2 more
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Women’s empowerment for abortion and family planning decision making among marginalized women in Nepal: a mixed method study

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Women’s empowerment is multidimensional. Women’s education, employment, income, reproductive healthcare decision making, household level decision making and social status are vital for women’s empowerment. Nepal is committed to achieving women
Heera KC, Mangala Shrestha, Nirmala Pokharel, Surya Raj Niraula, Prajjwal Pyakurel, Surya Bahadur Parajuli   +5 more
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Women’s Empowerment [PDF]

, 2021
This entry discusses women's empowerment, a concept commonly used in academic and nonacademic contexts. Four themes are discussed: conceptualizing and problematizing what is meant by the term “women's empowerment,” outlining differing components in understanding women's empowerment, reviewing the challenges in measuring women's empowerment, and ...
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Women's empowerment in cotton growing: A case in Northern Benin [PDF]

, 2019
This article addresses the economic and social impacts for women growing cotton through the interrelated dimensions of resource, agency and achievements in women's empowerment.
Aboudou, Faridath Atchabi, Fok, Michel
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Women’s empowerment and child growth faltering in Ethiopia: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Despite numerous national and international efforts to alleviate child growth faltering, it remains a global health challenge. There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of women’s empowerment in a wide range of ...
Alemayehu Gonie Mekonnen, Daniel Bogale Odo, Dabere Nigatu, Adem Sav, Kiya Kedir Abagero   +4 more
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Assessing the impact of a combined nutrition counselling and cash transfer intervention on women’s empowerment in rural Bangladesh: a randomised control trial protocol

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction There is growing interest in assessing the impact of health interventions, particularly when women are the focus of the intervention, on women’s empowerment.
Ashraful Alam, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Tanvir Huda, Shams E Arifeen, Tazeen Tahsina, Sumithra Muthayya, Michael John Dibley, Jasmin Khan, Elizabeth K Kirkwood, John Frederick Hoddinott, Tracey Lea Laba, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Afrin Iqbal, Nazia Binte Ali, Saad Ullah, Nicholas Goodwin, M Munirul Islam, Gulshan Ara   +17 more
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Depressive symptoms among women in Raqqa Governorate, Syria: associations with intimate partner violence, food insecurity, and perceived needs

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2019
Background.Raqqa Governorate, Syria has recently been affected by overlapping conflicts related to the Syrian Civil war and occupation by ISIS, resulting in widespread displacement and disruption of economic livelihoods.
K. L. Falb, A. Blackwell, J. Stennes, M. Hussein, J. Annan   +4 more
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The health of women and girls determines the health and well-being of our modern world: A White Paper From the International Council on Women's Health Issues [PDF]

, 2011
The International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women and girls throughout the world through participation, empowerment ...
Afaf I. Meleis, Alban A., Anne Teitelman, Asaria P., Beaglehole R., Breman J. G., Carolyn Sampselle, Chenoweth D., Correa-de-Araujo R., DeAnne K. H. Messias, Debra Anderson, Doris Schaeffer, Eleanor Krassen Covan, Hazel Brown, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Josefina A. Tuazon, Karen Reesman, Kettel B., Laurance W., Mane P., Margarethe Hochleitner, Marilyn S. Sommers, Marilyn Stringer, Marmot M., Michelle DiGiacomo, Patricia M. Davidson, Phillips J., Phyllis Stern, Reddy K. S., Richmond R., Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Rosenfield A., Sachs J. D., Sankaran G., Sarah J. McGrath, Shaw D., Siriorn Sindhu, Solina Richter, Tessa Dharmendra, Wilson G., Yingjuan Cao   +40 more
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Measuring the determinants of women’s empowerment in agricultural index in Bangladesh: application of the structural equation modeling approach

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The study investigates the determinants of women’s empowerment utilizing data from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey 2018, specifically through the construction of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. Using structural equation modeling,
Paresh Kumar Sarma, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Dilshad Zahan Ethen, Farzana Yeasmin, Lin Crase, Andrew M. McKenzie   +6 more
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Práticas de empoderamento feminino na América Latina

Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2016
Through a brief presentation of the debates regarding the concept of women’s empowerment and the insertion of the term in the perspective of gender studies, this article presents a bibliographical review of the women’s empowerment practices in Latin ...
Paloma Abelin Saldanha Marinho, Hebe Signorini Gonçalves   +1 more
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