Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in
human capital consider women s empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact …

Women's empowerment and child stunting remain key development challenges in
Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to analyse the influence of female empowerment …

We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the
relationship between women's status and nutrition in Bangladesh using indicators of …

Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to reduce their
own's food insecurity, which is also key development challenges in Bangladesh. However …

Scholars are increasingly examining how gender interacts with food security, with specific
attention given to women. This is not surprising, given that women make up 43% of the …

Per capita dietary energy supply exceeds per capital dietary energy consumption in
Pakistan. Almost half of its population is reported food insecure in various studies. Whether …

The study examines the importance of maternal empowerment in reducing the prevalence of
child malnutrition in Bangladesh. Maternal empowerment is measured by a composite index …

EnglishThis paper uses a gender conceptual framework of the determinants of food security.
Using three indicators, the paper tries to demonstrate the considerable influence of the …

Access to food is one of the most basic human needs, yet undernourishment remains one of
the greatest barriers to health and development in the Global South. The entitlement …

Pakistan performs poorly withrespect to gender equality, women's empowerment, and other
gender-related indicators. Few studies in Pakistan measure the multiple dimensions of …