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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 …
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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 …
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. 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 …
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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 …
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women's economic empowerment. The pandemic has only intensified these challenges, with women facing greater financial stress …
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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 …
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Haiti is a Caribbean country with a population of approximately 11 million people, 50.4 % of whom are female. Haiti's progress in economic and social development has been impeded by persistent political instability, surging violence, and record-high levels of insecurity, all of which amplify its...
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rates of violent deaths of women in the world, by 2021, there were reported 318 violent deaths of women. Honduras is both a … source and transit country for human trafficking, with women being the most affected by it. The COVID-19 pandemic has …
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El Salvador has a long history of political and social challenges, including a 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The country has struggled with high levels of crime, poverty, and inequality, which have hindered its economic and social development. The service sector is an important component...
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