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International human rights treaty to change social patterns : the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Cho, Seo-Young - 2010

This paper analyzes empirically whether the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), advocating the multiple dimensions of women's rights, affects the level of women's rights in a country. Measuring commitments to the CEDAW based on...

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Does women's empowerment affect the health of children? : the case of Mozambique

Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - 2017

apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … decision-making, husband/partner's use of violence, woman's attitude towards this violence, available information, and …

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The seen and the unseen : impact of a conditional cash transfer program on prenatal sex selection

Javadekar, Sayli; Saxena, Kritika - 2021

households and community health workers for every live birth, this program altered existing trends in prenatal sex selection … role played by community health workers in facilitating the program is a key driver of the decline in prenatal sex …

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