Gender discrimination, gender disparities in obesity and human development
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Gender discrimination, gender disparities in obesity and human development
Measuring gender inequality and women's empowerment is essential to understand the determinants of gender gaps, evaluate policies and monitor countries' progress. With this aim, over the past two decades, research has mainly been directed towards the development of composite indices. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new and interdisciplinary perspective to the current debate on measu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heliyon
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00263