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Role of Collective Agency in Gender Rights
Patel, Vibhuti - eSocialSciences - 2014
The fact that progress in equal rights for women has come about largely through the efforts of social reform movement in the 19th century and women’s liberation movement in the 20th century Maharashtra highlights the essential role of collective agency in human progress. Given the...
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High Level Expert Group Report on Universal Health Coverage for India
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2011
The recommendations that follow take cognizance of the extraordinary opportunities that India offers – and the possibility for India to take a lead in introducing a well-designed UHC system that is eminently suited to the needs and resources of countries at a similar level of development....
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Post-Independence Educational Development among Women in India
Pandey, Balaji - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper aims to examine the policy debates on women's education and highlight some of the basic issues affecting the progress of women's education since the introduction of planned development in the country. [CWDS].
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Working with Existing Systems: Lessons from INHP
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …
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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
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HIV Prevention in Vulnerable Indian States: Lessons from the Chayan Project
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
This document highlights the results and associated processes from Chayan’s implementation experience under the RACHNA program. The programmatic framework, designed for low-prevalence contexts in India, draws on standard targeted intervention approaches but is grounded in community-based...
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Can Public Private Partnership reduce Maternal Mortality? Assessing Efforts Made by the ‘Chiranjeevi’ Scheme in Gujarat
Acharya, Akash; McNamee, Paul - eSocialSciences - 2009
Award by the Wall Street Journal. It is a flagship scheme of the Gujarat state ministry of health and family welfare and is …
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Start With a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
Levine, Ruth; Temin, Miriam - eSocialSciences - 2009
Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of … girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions …. This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking …
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Statistical Trends in Pharmaceutical Research for Poor Countries
Lanjouw, Peter; Lanjouw, Jean O - eSocialSciences - 2009
specific health needs – areas long neglected. This paper examines this argument using statistical data and survey evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512485