Women's empowerment and global health : a twenty-first-century agenda /

"What is women's empowerment, and how and why does it matter for women's health? Despite the rise of a human rights-based approach to women's health and increasing awareness of the synergies between women's health and empowerment, a lack of consensus remains as to how to mea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dworkin, Shari L. (Editor ), Gandhi, Monica (Editor ), Passano, Paige (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
Women's rights > Case studies.
Women > Health and hygiene > Case studies.
Women > Political activity > Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy > Case studies.
Women > Social conditions > Case studies.
Femmes > Droits > Études de cas.
Femmes > Activité politique > Études transculturelles.
Politique sanitaire > Études de cas.
Femmes > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
MEDICAL > General.
Medical policy
Women > Health and hygiene
Women > Political activity
Women > Social conditions
Women's rights
Case studies
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Taking Services to the Doorstep: Providing Rural Indian Women Greater Control over Their Fertility
  • 2. Obstetric Fistula in Kenya: A Holistic Model of Outreach, Treatment, and Reintegration
  • 3. Pathways to Choice: Delaying Age of Marriage through Girls' Education in Northern Nigeria
  • 4. Early Empowerment: The Evolution and Practice of Girls' "Boot Camps" in Kenya and Haiti
  • 5. Empowerment and HIV Risk Reduction among Sex Workers in Bangladesh
  • 6. Gender Roles in U.S. Women with HIV: Intersection with Psychological and Physical Health Outcomes
  • 7. Examining the Impact of a Masculinities-Based HIV Prevention and Antiviolence Program in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • 8. Empowering Adolescent Girls and Women for Improved Sexual Health in Zimbabwe: Lessons Learned from a Combined Livelihoods and Life Skills Intervention (SHAZ!)
  • 9. Is Microfinance Coupled with Gender Training Empowering for Women? Lessons from the IMAGE Process Evaluation in Rural South Africa
  • 10. Older U.S. Women's Economic Security, Health, and Empowerment: The Fight against Opponents of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
  • 11. Women's Health and Empowerment after the Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico City
  • 12. Impact of a Grassroots Property Rights Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Kenya
  • 13. Land Tenure and Women's Empowerment and Health: A Programmatic Evaluation of Structural Change in Nicaragua.

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