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This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to … illustrate the key gender gaps in the country and shed light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their …, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access …
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This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to … illustrate the key gender gaps in the country and shed light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their …, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579028
girls’ maternal, sexual and reproductive health in Madagascar and proposes several strategic lines of action to improve … access to professional health care by Malagasy women and girls and prevent teenage pregnancy. This note is accompanied by the …This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to …
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"The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much … similar trends have begun to manifest themselves in the two large populous countries of this region, China and India. The data … less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls …
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Sex ratio at birth, the number of boys born for every 100 girls, has increased in the South Caucasus in the past … decades. A World Bank study sought to produce rigorous and supporting evidence on the issue of “missing girls” in the South … improving trend, the higher-than-expected ratio of male to female births reveals underlying gender inequality in the region …
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Evidence shows that Guinean women and girls face important barriers across all dimensions of well-being that prevent … them from having access to opportunities on an equal footing with men. The poor agency of women and girls, as reflected in … the high prevalence of discriminatory legal and social norms, translates into gaps in health, education, employment, and …
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reproductive health including increasing girls' education, preventing and managing sexually transmitted disease, providing …Reproductive health (RH) problems account for a significant part of the burden of disease suffered by poor people in … contraception to avoid abortion, improving pre-natal and delivery care, increasing the number of skilled providers of health care …
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entrepreneurship. The note provides a broad picture of gender disparities in Kosovo in education, health, and access to economic … follows: section one highlights gender differences in human capital focusing on education and health outcomes; section two …2015) and aims to provide an overview of gender disparities in three major domains: human capital, labor market, and …
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This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in the gender statistics. It presents gender …-disaggregated data for more than 200 countries in an easy country-by-country reference on demography, education, health, labor force …
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This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in the gender statistics. The book presents gender …-disaggregated data for more than 200 countries in an easy country-by-country reference on demography, education, health, labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393672