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reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These legislative developments at the national level are reflected in the discussions at … international forums, as they hinge upon human rights standards and access to health services. Although Germany has always advocated … freedoms in global health as well, more active advocacy is required. …
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violence adversely afects Muslim women's access to health services, educational attainment, social mobility, and employment …
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This Brief examines the challenges in implementing laws protecting women's land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. While some progress has been made in enacting legal protections, remaining discriminatory legislation, weak enforcement mechanisms, and conflicting rules and norms, notably, those...
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more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast … Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines …
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more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast … Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines …
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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender...
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health issue. The social and political situation in Somalia in light of the civil unrest is likely to be a challenge in … Haute Guinea through the Population and Reproductive Health Project presented at the development marketplace 2000 …), and poverty reduction strategies. These operations can address the issue of FGM from broader women's health and economic …
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This study has two main objectives: 1) to analyze trends and differences in women's health, examples of good practices … in delivery and financing of women's health programs; and the key dimensions of women's health that are relevant for the … health reforms currently underway in Latin America; and 2) to provide guidance for governments and program designers in …
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This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health …
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