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The role of women's empowerment and domestic violence in child growth and undernutrition in a tribal and rural community in South India [PDF]

, 2008
Moderate undernutrition continues to affect 46 per cent of children under 5 years of age and 47 per cent of rural women in India. Women’s lack of empowerment is believed to be an important factor in the persistent prevalence of undernutrition.
Sethuraman, Kavita
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Migrant African women: tales of agency and belonging [PDF]

, 2011
This paper explores issues of belonging and agency among asylum seekers and refugee women of African origin in the UK. It discusses the ways these women engendered resistance in their everyday life to destitution, lack of cultural recognition, and gender
Amit Vered, Anthias Floya, Brah Avtar, Castells Manuel, Castells Manuel, Charmaz Kathy, Comaroff John L., Craig Gary, De Certeau Michel, Feldman Roberta. M., Foucault Michael, Fraser Nancy, Hooks Bell, Kannabiram Kalpana, Karner Christian, Knudsen Susanne V., Manger Leif, Merrill Heather, O'neill Maggie, O'neill Maggie, Olga Guedes Bailey, Palmary Ingrid, Ralston Helen, Rifkin Jaqueline, Sales Rosemary, Song Sarah, Tastsoglou Evangelia, Taylor Charles   +27 more
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Additional file 1: of Examining the mechanisms by which womenâ s status and empowerment affect skilled birth attendant use in Senegal: a structural equation modeling approach

, 2017
Open peer review. (PDF 155 kb)
Shimamoto, Kyoko, Gipson, Jessica
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Women's empowerment and child nutrition: The role of intrinsic agency

SSM: Population Health, 2019
Women's empowerment is associated with improved child nutrition, and both underpin the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We examined pathways by which women's empowerment influences child nutritional status.
Rebecca Jones, Regine Haardörfer, Usha Ramakrishnan, Kathryn M. Yount, Stephanie Miedema, Amy Webb Girard   +5 more
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The relationship between women’s individual empowerment and the support to female genital cutting continuation: a study on 7 African countries

Genus, 2022
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is still present in many African countries, as well as a few others. The United Nations has targeted women’s empowerment in terms of both women’s health and gender equality as one of its Sustainable Development ...
Patrizia Farina, Livia Ortensi, Thomas Pettinato, Enrico Ripamonti   +3 more
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Additional file 1: of A systematic review of concepts related to womenâ s empowerment in the perinatal period and their associations with perinatal depressive symptoms and premature birth

, 2017
Open peer review. (PDF 271 kb)
Garcia, Esmeralda, Yim, Ilona
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What empowerment indicators are important for food consumption for women? Evidence from 5 sub-Sahara African countries.

PLoS ONE, 2021
This paper draws on data from five sub-Sahara African countries; Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique consisting of 10,041 married women who were cohabitating with a male spouse. The study aim was to investigate the relationship between women's
Michael Nnachebe Onah, Sue Horton, John Hoddinott   +2 more
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How Economic Empowerment Reduces Women’s Reproductive Health Vulnerability: Evidence from Northern Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
This article uses data from Northern Tanzania to analyse how economic empowerment helps women reduce their reproductive health (RH) vulnerability. It analyses the effect of women’s employment and economic contribution to their household on health care ...
D'Exelle, Ben, Westeneng, Judith
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Additional file 2: of A review of measures of womenâ s empowerment and related gender constructs in family planning and maternal health program evaluations in low- and middle-income countries

, 2017
Open peer review. (PDF 129 kb)
Mandal, Mahua, Arundati Muralidharan, Pappa, Sara   +2 more
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Two essays on the women’s empowerment in agriculture: an empirical assessment of the WEAI and a theoretical proposal with relationship to time allocation [PDF]

Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Agricultural EconomicsTimothy J. DaltonSeveral authors argue that one mechanism to promote economic growth in agriculture is a sector that is more inclusive and equitable towards women. Thus, there is increasing interest
Contreras, Sandra Maritza
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