Summary Background The Sustainable Development Goals strongly focus on equity. Goal 5
explicitly aims to empower all women and girls, reinforcing the need to have a reliable …

Water, sanitation and hygiene services are often promoted as critical for women's
empowerment and gender equality. Tools for monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene …

Background Every year more than 200 million children under-five years fail to achieve their
full developmental potential in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although womens …

Background. Intimate partner violence is a major problem worldwide and it is one of the most
social issues in Armenia. Empowerment is one of the important factors that helps women to …

This study aimed to develop a country-specific index to measure women empowerment
among married women aged 15–49 years in Afghanistan. The data from the 2015 …

Background and purpose: Violence is one of the main aspects of gender inequality that is a
major barrier to achieving the goals of global reproductive health. It is directly associated …

Context The persistent low contraceptive use and high fertility in Nigeria despite
improvements in educational achievements calls for an examination of the role of factors …

Introduction Modern contraceptive use provides opportunities for women and couples to
achieve optimal child spacing, achieve desired family size and reduce unsafe abortions …

The influence of husband's alcohol consumption and that of women's empowerment has
been largely studied separately in relation to the intimate partner violence (IPV) faced by …

Background: Violence against women is considered as a global problem and the trend for
abusing domestically is very much up. This not only violates the human rights but it has got …