Women's agency and its relationship to current contraceptive use in lower-and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the literature

L James-Hawkins, C Peters, K VanderEnde… - Global Public …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Research shows a positive relationship between women's empowerment and reproductive
health. Yet we know little about the quantitative relationship between women's agency and …

Understanding the impact of gendered roles on the experiences of infertility amongst men and women in Punjab

Z Mumtaz, U Shahid, A Levay - Reproductive health, 2013 - Springer
While infertility is a global challenge for millions of couples, low income countries have
particularly high rates, of up to 30%. Infertility in these contexts is not limited to its clinical …

Toplumsal cinsiyet, kültür ve şiddetin infertilite ile ilişkisi

E Bayraktar - Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2018 - dergipark.org.tr
İnfertilite, çiftlerde korunmasız düzenli cinsel ilişkiye rağmen en az 12 ay boyunca gebelik
oluşmamasıdır. İnfertilite, ülkemizde verimsizlik anlamına gelen kısırlık olarak …

The negotiations of Pakistani mothers' agency with structure: towards a research practice of hearing 'silences' as a strategy

A Khalid - Gender and Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research shows that in Pakistan, daughters of educated mothers are likely to be enrolled in
school, thus proposing a decontextualised relationship between mothers and their …

Examining school dropout among rural youth in Honduras: Evidence from a mixed-methods longitudinal study

E Murphy-Graham, DP Montoya, AK Cohen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study uses longitudinal mixed methods data to examine patterns of dropout among a
cohort of 1305 Honduran rural youth from the time they were in 6th grade to the age of 20 …

Crushed between two stones: Competing institutional logics in the implementation of maternity leave policies in Pakistan

A Masood, MA Nisar - Gender, Work & Organization, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Maternity leave forms the mainstay of work–life policies aimed towards creating an inclusive
and diverse workplace. While extensive research has examined the impact of maternity …

First birth and the trajectory of women's empowerment in Egypt

G Samari - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2017 - Springer
Background Women's empowerment is often used to explain changes in reproductive
behavior, but no consideration is given to how reproductive events can shape women's …

Women's agency and fertility: Recent evidence from Egypt

G Samari - Population Research and Policy Review, 2017 - Springer
Fertility reached a two decade high of 3.5 births per woman in Egypt in 2014. Lower status of
women is associated with higher fertility. Majority of the studies on women's agency and …

Enacting motherhood: time and social change in Chile

M Yopo Díaz - Journal of Gender Studies, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Motherhood is changing. An increasing number of women are deciding to remain childless,
having fewer children, postponing their transition to motherhood, and simultaneously …

Education of women with disabilities in Pakistan: enhanced agency, unfulfilled aspirations

T Hammad, N Singal - International Journal of inclusive education, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the extent to which the capability approach captures the complexity of
the lives of young women with disabilities in Pakistan, particularly in relation to their …