This note examines the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services, using … data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In households where women have greater … empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their use of reproductive health services. The …

developing countries. Poor women and men are more afflicted with RH problems and often lack access to minimal RH care even when …

serious consequences for women's health and well-being, ranging from fatal outcomes, such as homicide, suicide, and AIDS … achieved by empowering women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence …

The adverse impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is being disproportionately borne by women, further … responsibilities, women have been disproportionately affected by the secondary impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Women …. Not unexpectedly, women's greater disadvantage, limited access to support, subjection to domestic violence and structural …

. Women, girls, children, elderly people, persons with disabilities, and indigenous peoples,- especially in lower …-income countries — are often disproportionately affected by disasters. Emerging evidence suggests that violence against women and girls …

market in Grenada is reflective of the global situation where unemployment is higher for women than men, and female … participation is lower. Available data also shows that the majority of business- related loans go to men, and where women access … such loans, they do so in collaboration with men, rather than on their own. Together these indicators suggest that women …

women's economic empowerment. The pandemic has only intensified these challenges, with women facing greater financial stress …

implications for women's physical and emotional health. Survivors were more likely to have suicidal thoughts and to use … recreational drugs. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified intimate partner violence (IPV), with a higher percentage of women …