The perusal of Table S4 in the supplementary reveals a dramatic increase in the domestic duties from 48.8 percent to 60.9 percent between 1993–94 and 2011–12 for India as a whole; a similar increase has been witnessed in each of the states. Among the eastern states, Bihar has shown the...
Amongst the findings of these studies are that women in politics have influenced the passage of abortion laws in the US; equal inheritance rights legislation, the reporting of crime against women, and the promotion of public health inputs to child survival in India; government spending on childca...
So far 56 Ministries/Department have confirmed setting up of a cell/nominating a nodal person. This could materialize because the Ministry of Women and Child Development, in collaboration with UN Women, developed a Manual and Handbook for Gender Budgeting for Gender Budget Cells for Central ...
Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15–49 years)
Living with the mother-in-law, a young woman in Bihar has little autonomy, limited access to economic resources, lack of freedom of mobility and a limited role in household decision-making compared to cases where she or the spouse is the head of the household (Bloom et al. 2001; Cain ...
Our study took place in the Dhanusha and Mahottari districts in the Plains of Nepal, bordering Bihar state inIndia. 21% of households are classified as ‘severely food insecure’ and levels of undernutrition in women and girls are high (Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], Ne...
So far 56 Ministries/Department have confirmed setting up of a cell/nominating a nodal person. This could materialize because the Ministry of Women and Child Development, in collaboration with UN Women, developed a Manual and Handbook for Gender Budgeting for Gender Budget Cells for Central ...
Bihar state in India has one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in South Asia. Microfinance-based self-help groups (SHGs), involving rural women, are being utilized to improve maternal and child health practice and reduce mortality. SHG members receive information on key mater...
The Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Amy Webb Girard, Usha Ramakrishnan, Reynaldo Martorell & Melissa F. Young Society for Applied Studies, Centre for Health Research and Development, New Delhi, India Sunita Taneja & Samriddhi...
Mobile phone usage and willingness to receive mental health support through mobile phones among perinatal mothers in rural Bihar. India Asian journal of psychiatry. 2020;53:102431. 78. Atallah N, Khalifa M, El Metwally A, Househ M. The prevalence and usage of mobile health applications among...