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 …

Role of marriage, motherhood, son preference on adolescent girls' and young women's empowerment: Evidence from a panel study in India

L Gopalakrishnan, S Bertozzi, S Rabe-Hesketh - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Marriage is a key determinant of health and well-being of adolescent girls and
young women (AGYW) in India. It is a key life event in which girls move to their marital …

The relationship between the gendered norm of eating last and mental health of newly married women in Nepal: A longitudinal study

L Gopalakrishnan, N Diamond‐Smith… - Maternal & child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Eating last is a gendered cultural norm in which the youngest daughters‐in‐law are
expected to eat last after serving others in the household, including men and in‐laws. Using …

Women's agency and childbirth: The effect of transition to motherhood and subsequent births on women's agency in Egypt

C Friedrich - JFR-Journal of Family Research, 2023 - ssoar.info
Objective: This study investigates whether women's agency changes with birth transitions in
Egypt and if this change differs by education or rural vs. urban residence. Background: In the …

Role of marriage, motherhood, son preference on adolescent girls and young womens empowerment: Evidence from a panel study in India.

S Rabe-Hesketh, S Bertozzi, L Gopalakrishnan - PLoS One, 2023 - escholarship.org
BACKGROUND: Marriage is a key determinant of health and well-being of adolescent girls
and young women (AGYW) in India. It is a key life event in which girls move to their marital …

GOPALAKRISHNAN et al.

L Gopalakrishnan, N Diamond-Smith… - Maternal and Child …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Eating last is a gendered cultural norm in which the youngest daughters-in-law are expected
to eat last after serving others in the household, including men and in-laws. Using women's …

Women's agency and fertility in the Middle East and North Africa

C Friedrich - 2024 - fis.uni-bamberg.de
The dissertation provides empirical evidence on the relationship between women's agency
and fertility in the MENA region, where there is little research on this topic and the few …

Domestic Violence, Family Structure and Women's Childbearing Preference: Evidence from Sri Lanka

NU Samarasekera, D Rajapaksa… - Regional Economic …, 2022 - ojs.wiserpub.com
Over the past decades, most of the countries in the world have undergone unprecedented
demographic changes, such as childbearing preferences. This has been a basis for a large …

[PDF][PDF] The Effect of Social Support on Nutritional Status and Using Decision Making Contraception

I Ilmiya, I Sulistiyawati - 2022 - easpublisher.com
Background: An uncontrolled increase in population can increase the number of maternal
deaths, the use of contraception is an activity to regulate pregnancy spacing and prevent …

[PDF][PDF] WEDGE WORKING PAPER 2022-01

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