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We assess the extent young rural women (YRW) participate in the federal government (FGN)e- wallet programme and the … agriculture and rural development should pay close attention to the extent the participation of unmarried girls and young women …, inequality, especially over ownership of agricultural land that limit women's contribution to household food baskets. …
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responsibility (CSR) interventions in female education programmes in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A total of 800 rural women … were sampled across the region. The results from the logit model showed that rural women depended on CSR interventions of … MOCs to address some of the logistical and cultural challenges associated with women’s access to post-secondary education …
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Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had longer exposure to women …
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Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it … longer exposure to women's suffrage. …
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(MOCs) on empowerment of rural women in strengthening agriculture-tourism linkages in Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A total … of 800 rural women were sampled across the region. Results from the use of a logit model indicates that rural women … direct participation of the rural women from GMoUs programmes, achieving gender equality and cultural change would be limited …
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(GMoU) on development of rural women's traditional enterprises in the Niger Delta region. A total of 2400 women were sampled … undermined those initiatives that focused on empowering rural women in traditional enterprises, due to the cultural and … traditional context in the region. This causes both direct harm to women and their children, and wider costs to African economies …
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We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to a health innovation that led to reductions in … allow women to start fertility later and invest more in the labor market. We present a new theory of fertility that …
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