Opportunity inequality and its relationship with economic growth is a concept to which not enough attention has been paid in the previous studies. This study attempts to investigate the effects of opportunity inequality index on economic growth in 15 developing and 15 developed countries over the years 1995-2015. Accordingly, the mean group (MG) estimator within the framework of panel data was ...

BACKGROUND Depression among women is common in developing countries. Gender inequality can contribute to women's risk for depression. Lack of reproductive and sexual rights is an important marker of gender inequality and women do not have the freedom to express their reproductive and sexual needs in many parts of the world. Therefore we designed this study to determine the association of depres...

background: despite the enhancement in health outcomes worldwide, health inequity and inequality is one of the most relevant topics both for health policy and public health. this research was designed to decompose the health inequality of people living in shiraz, south-west iran. methods: data were obtained from a multistage-sample survey conducted in shiraz from april to may 2012, to find dete...

this study examines educational inequalities between boys and girls in secondary schools by using context, space, human resources, education coverage, education process, outputs and outcomes as comparative indicators. the research study is a descriptive - analytical survey. the required data have been collected through both using documents and questionnaires. using stratified random sampling, t...

This meta-analysis utilizes 24 papers published between 2012 and 2020 that focus on earnings differences by sexual orientation. The cover the period 1991 2018, countries in Europe, North America, Australia. indicates gay men earned less than heterosexual men. Lesbian women more women, while bisexual Bisexual women. According to meta-analysis, data sets after 2010, continue experience penalties,...

The main goal of this paper is to estimate the preferences of the Italian society towards equity in order to verify whether preferences i) have changed across the years, and ii) can be related to specific sociodemographic characteristics. Introducing equity concerns in the implementation of economic policies is a fundamental problem faced by both economists and policy makers. This paper uses a ...

introduction: inequalities in urban environment are a significant concern. socioeconomic level plays an important role in these inequalities. inequality in environmental hazards is recognized as potential determinants of health disparities. materials & methods: in this study, we used individual and cumulative environmental hazard inequality indices to compare the inequality among 379 neighborho...

This article explores the meaning of sexual rights as interpreted by different stakeholders during the development of the Beijing Programme of Action and within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It illustrates how the lack of sexual rights as understood in the African context results from poverty as weil as gender inequality, particularly in sexual relationships. This lack is m...

The Middle East/North Africa region is diverse in many respects, including, among others, the level of development (United Nations Development Program [UNDP], 2013), legal codes and secular versus religious state leadership. Health disparities are enormous, as indicated by maternal mortality ratios, which range from 7 in Qatar to 200 in Yemen (World Health Organization [WHO], United Nations Chi...

Sexual abuse is one of the most dangerous phenomena that can overwhelm any society. Children with ID seem to be among groups highest risks for sexual abuse/maltreatment. This research aims investigate teachers' views regarding how raising awareness children intellectual disabilities. phenomenon not spared even mentally handicapped, as they may realize extent are exposed and tell anyone about it...