Association of maternal characteristics with child feeding indicators and nutritional status of children under-two years in Rural Ghana by Christiana Nsiah-Asamoah, George Adjei, Samuel Agblorti, David Teye Doku

“…Family planning, women empowerment in decision-making, providing employment opportunities for mothers and promoting girl-child education are recommended.…”
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Pengembangan Sistem Manajemen Pelatihan Kerja di Kota Surakarta by Affriza Brilyan Relo Pambudi Agus Putra, Shelvie Nidya Neyman, Hendra Rahmawan

“…Abstract Job training programs in the Surakarta City Government are offered by the Department of Manpower, the Office of Education, the Office of Commerce, the Office for Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Empowerment, and the Office for MSME, Cooperatives, and Industry. …”
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An exploration of sanitation-related decision-making, leadership, collective action, and freedom of movement among women in urban Tiruchirappalli, India by Rinchen Doma, Madeleine Patrick, Amelia Conrad, Vinod Ramanarayanan, Srishty Arun, Sheela S. Sinharoy, Sheela S. Sinharoy, Bethany A. Caruso, Bethany A. Caruso

“…However, there is a gap in research exploring women's agency in relation to their sanitation experiences, and agency is an integral domain of their empowerment.MethodsCognitive interviews related to sanitation and empowerment were conducted with women in three life stages in India to validate survey tools that measure urban sanitation and women's empowerment; this paper is a secondary thematic analysis of qualitative data generated from 11 cognitive interviews in Tiruchirappalli, India, that focus on agency, specifically the sub-domains of decision-making, leadership, collective action, and freedom of movement. …”
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عمل المرأة العراقية بين التحديات الأمنية وإمكانات الواقع الاجتماعي by سهام كامل محمد, جان سيريل فضل الله

“…In addition to security,  political and social challenges, women also suffer from poverty and limited financial resources, which represent the first obstacle in the face of women's empowerment. …”
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تمكين المرأة وعلاقته بعدد الأولاد by موسى الغرير, ريما سويد

“…Under this research there is one of the most important elements of society and its development,  with women's empowerment indicators and some obstacles to empowerment and implications of research on reality comes the empowerment of women and the impact on the number of children in the family based on a number of variables that have been selected. …”
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Does socioeconomic inequality exist in minimum acceptable diet intake among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from 33 sub-Saharan African countries’ demogra... by Daniel Gashaneh Belay, Asefa Adimasu Taddese, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye

“…The government of sub-Saharan African countries should plan and work in short terms through the program that endorses women empowerment such as income generation, cash assistance for mothers who have under 2 years of children and women employment using affirmative actions, and nutrition education such as media campaigns and promoting breast feedings. …”
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Factors affecting fruit and vegetable consumption and purchase behavior of adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid review by Barbara Stadlmayr, Barbara Stadlmayr, Ursula Trübswasser, Stepha McMullin, Alice Karanja, Maria Wurzinger, Laura Hundscheid, Petra Riefler, Stefanie Lemke, Stefanie Lemke, Inge D. Brouwer, Isolde Sommer

“…Furthermore we identified a variety of important factors that influence FV consumption, in the social, physical, and macro environment. These include women's empowerment and gender inequalities, the influence of neighborhood and retail food environment such as distance to market and price of FV as well as the importance of natural landscapes including forest areas for FV consumption. …”
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Baseline knowledge on risk factors, symptoms and intended behavior of women and men towards screening and treatment of cervical cancer in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Carolyn Nakisige, Marlieke de Fouw, Miriam Nakalembe, Jackson Orem, Dan Atukonyera, Mwalimu Musheshe, Jaap Koot, Janine de Zeeuw, Jogchum Beltman, Jelle Stekelenburg

“…This study suggests developing messages on multiple interventions to promote screening behavior in addition to education, consisting of male involvement, women empowerment and making services available, accessible and women friendly.…”
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Women’s autonomy and maternal health decision making in Kenya: implications for service delivery reform - a qualitative study by Easter Olwanda, Kennedy Opondo, Dorothy Oluoch, Kevin Croke, Justinah Maluni, Joyline Jepkosgei, Jacinta Nzinga

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Application of Open and Distance Learning in Positioning Nigerian Educational System for Sustainable National Development by Jonathan E. Aliede

“…The concept of sustainable development which is the hallmark of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has as part of its main objectives the eradication of extreme poverty; achievement of universal primary education and promotion of gender equality and women empowerment, ends that cannot be attained without effective and functional tertiary educational system. …”
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Ending violence against women: Help-seeking behaviour of women exposed to intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. by Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Abdul Cadri, Tarif Salihu, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Sarah Tara Sam, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…However, concentrating solely on individual measures to strengthen women's empowerment may not bring a significant rise in help-seeking as far as patriarchal attitudes that permit violence continue to exist. …”
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Designing and explaining the model of developing women's managerial capabilities in public organizations by Maryam Boustani, Gholamali Tabarsa, Ali Rezaian, Akram Hadizadeh

“…Women's managerial model, women's leadership style, women's empowerment and women's credibility are the three categories that have been selected as the main strategies. …”
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Infant feeding practices in three Latin American countries in three decades: what demographic, health, and economic factors are relevant? by Camila Abadia Rodrigues Meira, Gabriela Buccini, Catarina Machado Azeredo, Wolney Lisbôa Conde, Ana Elisa Madalena Rinaldi

“…Exclusive use of IF was associated with a mother working outside of the home (OR: 2.09; 95%CI: 1.41, 3.08), c-section (OR: 1.65; 95%CI: 1.09, 2.51), families in the highest income quintiles (OR: 12.08; 95% CI: 4.26, 34.28), the 2010s (OR: 3.81; 95%CI: 1.86, 7.79), and female wage and salaried workers (OR: 1.12; 95%CI: 1.07, 1.16).Discussion/ConclusionFactors related to women empowerment and gender equality jeopardized EBF and favored the exclusive use of IF in Latin America. …”
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An empirical analysis of the demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods among married or in-union women in Nigeria: Application of multilevel binomial logistic modellin... by Emomine Odjesa, Friday Ebhodaghe Okonofua

“…However, other individual-level variables with positive statistically significant regression effects on mDFPS were: women who mentioned that money for accessing health care was not a problem; women's empowerment in relation to the visitation of family and relatives; and women being exposed to FP messages through various media sources, all in comparison to their respective counterparts. …”
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Determinants of early initiation of first antenatal care visit in Ethiopia based on the 2019 Ethiopia mini-demographic and health survey: A multilevel analysis. by Gossa Fetene Abebe, Melsew Setegn Alie, Desalegn Girma, Gosa Mankelkl, Ashenafi Assefa Berchedi, Yilkal Negesse

“…Improving female education and women's empowerment through economic transitions with special attention given to rural and SNNPR regional state residents could maximize the early initiation of first antenatal care visits. …”
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HIV counseling, testing, and test result receipt among East African women of reproductive age using recent national health surveys by Bewuketu Terefe

“…Strengthening maternal health services such as institutional delivery, family planning, and women's empowerment, as well as changing mass media and taking advantage of these opportunities, will boost the region's coverage of HIV counseling, testing, and obtaining results.…”
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Vaccination dropout and wealth related inequality among children aged 12–35 months in remote and underserved settings of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional evaluation survey by Fisseha Shiferie, Fisseha Shiferie, Samson Gebremedhin, Gashaw Andargie, Dawit A. Tsegaye, Wondwossen A. Alemayehu, Legese Alemayehu Mekuria, Tamiru Wondie, Teferi Gedif Fenta

“…Poor wealth quintile, advanced maternal age, low women empowerment, and limited utilization of maternity care services contributed to vaccination dropout.…”
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Deworming coverage and its determinants among 12-59 months old children in East Africa: A population-based study. by Bewuketu Terefe, Mahlet Moges Jembere, Nega Tezera Assimamaw, Bogale Chekole

“…Promoting mother and child health services (antenatal care, institutional delivery, family planning), as well as women's empowerment, should be prioritized.…”
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A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Women Education and Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh by Sultana, Mst

“…The main focus of this study was to examine the role of education in increasing the level of women's empowerment particularly in the decision-making process at the household level and to find out how the socio-cultural factors (for genderbased awareness and the use of Purdah-related norms) influence women's education as well as empowerment in rural Bangladesh. …”
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Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Mental Health and Resiliency of Migrant Live-in Caregivers in Canada: Pilot Randomized Wait List Controlled Trial by Mandana Vahabi, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Masoomeh Moosapoor, Abdolreza Akbarian, Kenneth Fung

“…ObjectiveOur pilot study Women Empowerment—Caregiver Acceptance and Resilience E-Learning (WE2CARE) aimed to assess the efficacy of a 6-week online delivery of a psychological intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in reducing psychological distress and promoting resiliency among live-in care givers in the Greater Toronto Area. …”
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