Factors affecting stunting among 3–12 years old girls of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India by Pikli Khanra, Raja Chakraborty, Kaushik Bose

“…Improving maternal and child access to nutrient-rich food, decreasing infectious disease, and promoting women empowerment initiatives are the main recommendations for resolving the issue.…”
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Influence of Western Culture on Pakistani Dramas: A Feminist Lens by Aiman Badar, Abida Noureen, Syed Shoaib Ahmad

“…The aim of this research is to assess the extent to which Western influences in Pakistani dramas contribute to shifting societal attitudes towards gender equality and women's empowerment. Design/Methodology/Approach: Feminist theory is used in this study. …”
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Policy Triangle Analysis of Stunting Issues in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Yogyakarta City by Maria Wigati, Ceria Ciptanurani

“…A desk review and focus group discussion were conducted involving four local government staff, consisting of the Regional Planning and Development Agency, Health Office, and Office of Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, and Population Control and Family Planning, which were elaborated with literature following the policy triangle framework. …”
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Quantifying for Qualifying: A Framework for Assessing Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions by Josilene Aires Moreira, Catarina Sales Oliveira

“…The paper is based on a post-doctoral research project which analyzed six globally recognized indexes (Gender Inequality Index; Global Gender Gap Index; Women, Business, and Law Index; Gender Equality Index; Social Institutions Global Index; Women Empowerment Principles) to construct a new framework for gender inequality evaluation tailored for HEIs. …”
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Artificial intelligence and emotional intelligence, the contribution of women 4.0: training course of empowerment for women in Industry 4.0 by Gabriella Campanile

“…Women’ empowerment in Industry 4.0 is the training pathway connected to women and Industry 4.0. …”
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The relationship between women’s breastfeeding empowerment and conformity to feminine norms by Maryam Dehghani, Ashraf Kazemi, Zeinab Heidari, Fatemeh Mohammadi

“…Abstract Background Women empowerment is effective in successful breastfeeding. …”
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The pathways between female garment workers' experience of violence and development of depressive symptoms. by Kausar Parvin, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved

“…The link between women's ability to mobilize resources with self-esteem and work related stress indicates the need for socio-economic empowerment of women and may suggest that combined intervention to address IPV and women's empowerment could be successful in dealing with WPV and mental health.…”
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Correlates of mothers’ nutritional status in developing economies: evidence from demographic and health surveys by Mariam Abbas Soharwardi, Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad, Mussab Ali Khan Manj, Rana Ejaz Ali Khan

“…Results: As compared to the reference category, the probability of being malnourished was: the lowest (OR=0.397, 95% CI=.0341-0.462) among the mothers with higher education, the highest (OR=1.112, 95% CI=1.043-1.186) among the mothers who belonged to the age category 15-19 years at their first birth, the lowest (OR=0.309, 95% CI=0.280-0.341) among the mothers with higher women empowerment status, high (OR=1.003, 95% CI=.848-1.18) among the women having one year birth interval, higher (OR=1.724, 95% CI=1.669-1.186) among the women who take no antenatal visit during pregnancy, higher(OR=1.795, 95% CI=1.757-1.836) among the mothers having total number of children ever born more than four, relatively higher (OR =0.846, 95% CI=0.796-0.899) among the mothers who belonged to poorer households, and  was lower (OR=0.758, 95% CI=0.717-0.801) among the mothers living in the urban areas. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to seek treatment for gynecological morbidity among women from urban slums in Pune, India by Geeta S Pardeshi, Murlidhar P Tambe, Ajay S Chandanwale, Radhika S Sharma, Mitali S Wagh

“…Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of self-reported gynaecological morbidity amongst women in urban slums and only half of symptomatic women reported to have sought treatment for their symptoms. Women empowerment, health education and initiatives planned under National Urban Health Mission such as linkages with health care set up through ASHAs and community based groups and appointment of lady medical officers and gynecologists at Urban PHCs will facilitate treatment seeking.…”
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Evaluation of Esperanza Seaweeds Culture-Enterprise Federation: A Livelihood Project in Masbate, Philippines by Alvin Mahawan, Roger Ibañez Jr., Jacob Frederick Velza

“…There is relevance and initial impact, which results in improved livelihood and some improvement in women empowerment. The claimed improvement in income could not be associated with project impact as the culture has just started. …”
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Using Blockchain to Ensure Trust between Donor Agencies and NGOs in Under-Developed Countries by Ehsan Rehman, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Tariq Rahim Soomro, Nasser Taleb, Mohammad A. Afifi, Taher M. Ghazal

“…Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in under-developed countries are receiving funds from donor agencies for various purposes, including relief from natural disasters and other emergencies, promoting education, women empowerment, economic development, and many more. …”
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Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions: the IMAGE study in South Africa by Julia Kim, Giulia Ferrari, Tanya Abramsky, Charlotte Watts, James Hargreaves, Linda Morison, Godfrey Phetla, John Porter, Paul Pronyk

“…However, only the IMAGE group demonstrated consistent associations across all domains with regard to women's empowerment, intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviour. …”
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Prevalence of Domestic Violence among Pregnant Women Visiting Federal General Hospital Islamabad by Danish Nadeem , Saira Alyas , Waheed Iqbal , Jamal Zafar , Shahzad Ali Khan , Mudassar Mushtaq Jawad Abbasi

“…This study demonstrated the educational level of pregnant women; income, parity, year since married and women empowerment were significantly (p<0.001) associated with presence of domestic violence. …”
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EMPOWERMENT LEVEL AMONG RURAL WOMEN OF SINDH- A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS by M. Bukhari, G. M. Khushk, K. Khoso, S. Shah

“… Women empowerment is an important factor in the growth of any country. …”
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Gender role changes in African households: A challenge to theology and psychology by Hundzukani P. Khosa-Nkatini, Wonke Buqa, Nondumiso Machimana

“…Women empowerment is growing in South African communities and workplaces. …”
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Women's perception about contraceptive use benefits towards empowerment: A phenomenological study in Southern Ethiopia. by Abraham Alano, Lori Hanson

“…Thus, this study was conducted with the purpose of exploring the lived experiences of women regarding contraceptive use and related benefits towards women's empowerment. METHODS:Interpretative phenomenological qualitative methodology was employed to explore the lived experiences of women. …”
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Good Governing Poverty Alleviation Through the PKH Policy - Independent Women's Groups in Poverty Reduction in Batu City (Study at Batu City Social Service) by Indah Dwi Maulana, Jainuri Jainuri, Hevi Kurnia Hardini

“…Based on the results of the study of "Good Governing Poverty Alleviation" through PKH Policy - Independent Women's Groups in Poverty Alleviation in Batu City where there are several problem formulations namely Independent Women's Groups in Poverty Alleviation, Implementation and Dynamics of alleviation Good Governing Poverty through PKH Policy - KPM in Poverty Alleviation Women's Empowerment through Independent Women's Groups in Batu City. …”
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Examining the health and wellbeing of women sanitation workers in Ghana and Kenya by Florence Dery, Elijah Bisung, Bernard Abudho, Ophelia Soliku, George Dery

“…The results are also crucial for developing programs for women's empowerment and labour and social protection policies, especially in lowincome settings where gender norms interact with income disparities and other sociopolitical issues to affect women's participation in the labor market.…”
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Systems thinking on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A systematic review by Mou Rani Sarker, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Humnath Bhandari

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women and threatens to overturn four decades of progress in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. To better grasp the key areas of concern that gender inequality exists, gender studies and sex-disaggregated evidence are required. …”
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Factor Influencing Gender Based Violence among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in PHC of Syangja District, Nepal by Samjhana Gurung, Jeevan Acharya

“…Focus on age of marriage, types of marriage and education of husband may reduce gender based violence among the pregnant women. Women's empowerment, economic autonomy, sensitization, awareness and needed of large-scale population-based surveys were the major recommendation of this study.…”
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