Agency, defined as the ability to identify one's goals and act upon them, has been
recognized as a prominent strategy to access maternal healthcare services (MHS). The …

Abstract Purpose: Globally, low-middle-income countries continue to account for almost all
of the pregnancy-related mortalities that are largely preventable through adequate utilization …

Empowerment is widely acknowledged as a process by which those who have been
disempowered are able to increase their self-efficacy, make life-enhancing decisions, and …

Introduction Power shapes all aspects of global health. The concept of power is not only
useful in understanding the current situation, but it is also regularly mobilised in …

Objectives Psychological distress in pregnancy is associated with adverse postnatal
outcomes. We aimed to identify how social support and women's empowerment are …

Rationale Women's empowerment is a UN Sustainable Development Goal and a focus of
global health and development but survey measures and data on gender empowerment …

Background With the rapid increase in the number of women in their later reproductive years
(aged 35 and above) in the present decade, the concern surrounding their contraceptive …

Background Gender is a crucial consideration of human rights that impacts many priority
maternal health outcomes. However, gender is often only reported in relation to sex …

Whilst the prevalence of unmet need and contraceptive use remained unchanged for 10
years (between 2005–2015) in India, gender restrictive norms and power imbalances also …

Background Tackling malnutrition is a global health priority, helping children both survive
and thrive. Acute malnutrition (wasting) in infants aged under 6 months (u6m) is often …