[HTML][HTML] Measuring women's empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence

A Quisumbing, S Cole, M Elias, S Faas, A Galiè… - Global Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper addresses women's empowerment in agriculture, innovations in its
measurement, and emerging evidence. We discuss the evolution of the conceptualization …

Measuring women's empowerment in the global south

S Desai, F Chen, S Reddy… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Over the past two decades, we have seen an explosion in research on the topic of women's
empowerment and its related dimensions, yet there remains much to be done in terms of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and changes of intimate partner violence against women aged 15 to 49 years in 53 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2021: a …

N Ma, S Chen, Y Kong, Z Chen, P Geldsetzer… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), intimate partner violence
poses a substantial barrier to accomplishing target 5.2 of the Sustainable Development …

[HTML][HTML] Ambient air pollution and acute respiratory infection in children aged under 5 years living in 35 developing countries

DB Odo, IA Yang, S Dey, MS Hammer… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Evidence from developed countries suggests that fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5
µm [PM 2.5]) contributes to childhood respiratory morbidity and mortality. However, few …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ approach of Curamericas: 8. Impact on women's empowerment

I Stollak, M Valdez, WT Story, HB Perry - International journal for equity in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Indigenous Maya women in the rural highlands of Guatemala have
traditionally faced constraints to decision-making and participation in community affairs …

[HTML][HTML] Inequalities in antenatal care coverage and quality: an analysis from 63 low and middle-income countries using the ANCq content-qualified coverage …

L Arroyave, GE Saad, CG Victora… - International journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Background Antenatal care (ANC) is an essential intervention associated with a reduction of
maternal and new-born morbidity and mortality. However, evidence suggested substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Modern contraceptive use among women in need of family planning in India: an analysis of the inequalities related to the mix of methods used

F Ewerling, L McDougal, A Raj, LZ Ferreira… - Reproductive health, 2021 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the type of contraceptives used by women in need of family planning
in India and the inequalities associated with that use according to women's age, education …

Thinking of the children: Energy poverty and acute respiratory infections among young children in South Asia

KK Sen, SC Karmaker, S Hosan, AJ Chapman… - Energy Research & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy poverty has been extensively studied in the literature regarding its impact on
physical, mental, and maternity health as well as the social well-being of adults. However …

Empowering women can improve child dietary diversity in Ethiopia

K Baye, A Laillou, S Chitekwe - Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Women empowerment is an underlying factor of child feeding and nutrition. However, the
lack of standardized measurements has made it difficult to design interventions that embed …

Greater than the sum of the parts? Evidence on mechanisms operating in women's groups

L Díaz-Martin, A Gopalan, E Guarnieri… - The World Bank …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Women's groups are a popular approach to promoting women's and girls' empowerment.
Yet, whether and how creating and supporting women's groups and delivering interventions …