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STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH SULAWESI

Review of Behavioral Aspect in Organizations and Society, 2019
The study was conducted in 4 districts or cities in the province of South Sulawesi, namely Takalar, Maros, Gowa, and Barru. The locations were deliberately chosen with the consideration that they are the potential development areas for women working in product diversification processed in domestic processing industries.
Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, Sutinah Sutinah, Seni Wati, Sri Suro Adhawaty   +3 more
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First birth and the trajectory of women’s empowerment in Egypt

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Women’s empowerment is often used to explain changes in reproductive behavior, but no consideration is given to how reproductive events can shape women’s empowerment over time. Fertility may cause changes in women’s empowerment, or they may be
Goleen Samari
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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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Conceptualizing pathways linking women’s empowerment and prematurity in developing countries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5. Many efforts have focused on clinical approaches to improve the survival of premature babies. There is a need, however, to explore psychosocial, sociocultural,
Patience A. Afulani, Molly Altman, Joseph Musana, May Sudhinaraset   +3 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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Rethinking Muslim women’s equal rights: faith, property and empowerment [PDF]

, 2015
The pursuit of gender equality and women’s empowerment, especially in parts of the Arab and Muslim world, struggles in the face of several conundrums.
Sait, M. Siraj
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Controlling land they call their own: access and women's empowerment in Northern Tanzania [PDF]

, 2016
Formal rights to land are often promoted as an essential part of empowering women, particularly in the Global South. We look at two grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on land rights and empowerment with Maasai communities in ...
Davis, Alicia, Goldman, Mara J., Little, Jani   +2 more
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The Social Relations Approach, empowerment and women factory workers in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2016
This article discusses the empowerment of women factory workers in Malaysia through the lens of Kabeer’s Social Relations Approach. The approach offers an institutional analysis of how gender inequality is produced and calls for the overall terms of ...
Ahmad A, Broadbent K, Chee Din M, Crinis V, Duelli Klein R, Fernandez J, Graham H, Ismail R, Ismail R, Jomo KS, Kabeer N, Kabeer N, Kabeer N, Lim L, Low KL, Mies M, Ng C, Oakley A, Ramasamy N, Sivalingam G, Stanley L, Stanley L, Sultana A, Wang LK, Westmarland N, Wye CK   +25 more
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Measuring citizen frames and their integration in the international policy process: a hybrid BERTopic modelling approach

Frontiers in Political Science
Governments and international organizations are exploring new ways of engaging citizens in the policy design process, however scalable ways to test whether citizen frames appear in resulting policies documents remain limited. We present a hybrid BERTopic
Victoria Ustenko, Matthijs Fakkel, Susan Witt, Padma Rao Sahib, Srividya Sheshadri, Rao R. Bhavani   +5 more
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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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