women´s empowermentchild developmentglobal healthBackground: Every year more than 200 million children under-five years fail to achieve their full developmental potential in low- and middle-income countries. WEwerling, FernandaLynch, JohnMittinty, Murthy...
However, the performance and role of the DP3AKB institution in prioritizing women's empowerment through gender mainstreaming (PUG) and child protection have not yet reached the target as indicated by the Papua Province IPA and IPG figures which are still far behind compared to other provinces in ...
This has made the establishment of a platform for them to demonstrate their abilities and capabilities a key global requirement for inclusion in development strategies. In this context, while the bilateral relationships between women's empowerment and child health, and women's empowerment and household...
The government's drive for female empowerment in China began almost a century ago when Chairman Mao Zedong said "women hold up half the sky." With the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, controversial practices such as foot binding for women and child marriage ...
The cooperation is themed "Improving Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Synergy toward Gender Responsive and Child-Friendly Digital Transformation." "Women also have the opportunities to increase income, improve job prospects, and obtain various knowledge and insights to improve their capacity and ...
Our main objective of the econometric analyses is to identify determinants of child malnutrition in rural India to test (i) “Whether the mother’s empowerment as measured by mother’s relative (to father’s) bargaining power is associated with the nutritional status of her children?” and (ii...
Expedition is helmed by Social Access Communications in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development and supported by various sponsors and partners. The organizers were looking for two women pilots to raise awareness about women empowerment and also raise fun...
Much of the existing literature suggests that ethnic diversity undermines economic development. However, there are also ways in which local ethnic diversity might be beneficial, and we show that in the case of Ethiopian child health, the benefits of diversity can outweigh the costs. We find that...
Shahzad’s message of empowerment reaches more than the people she works with. In fact, outside of work, Shahzad has gained a following on social media, sharing beauty tips based on her cultural traditions, fashion trends, her adventures around the globe, and more. The success of her platfor...
Do women’s land rights promote empowerment and child health in Nepal? World Development (2007) S. Anderson et al. What determines female autonomy? Evidence from Bangladesh Journal of Development Economics (2009) N. Ashraf et al. Female empowerment: Impact of a commitment savings product in the...