INTRODUCTION There is little available evidence of associations between the various dimensions of women's empowerment and contraceptive use having been examined--and of how these associations are mediated by women's socio-economic and demographic statuses. We assessed these phenomena in Pakistan using a structured-framework approach. METHODS We analyzed data on 2,133 women who were either usi...

a recent occurrence in the world of work is the phenomenon of women being stuck at lower levels, also referred to as the glass ceiling effect. different studies and sources in several countries show that the increase of women in managerial positions is still lopsided, especially when compared to the total number of female in the workforce. this research, try to identify the effective factors on...

purpose: for the time being, the status of women in any society is an indicator of a society progress; indeed more attention will be paid to this fact day in day, and international organizations and institutes which involved in development activities have put their emphasis on this subject. one of the main important approaches to improve the women status is to empower their situation in importa...

Background. Women with intellectual disabilities (ID) contract breast cancer at the same rate as the general population but have higher breast cancer mortality and lower rates of breast cancer screening. Many women with ID live in group homes or supported residences where they are cared for by direct support workers. While direct support workers are thought to influence client health, this effe...

the ongoing women's poverty and gender discrimination, owing to various cultural and historical constraints on their socio-economic status and advancement, has raised different approaches in the literature, namely women's empowerment. within a conceptual framework of poverty and empowerment this paper intends to probe into different facets of the empowerment of women-headed households...

INTRODUCTION Gender related vulnerability may increase women's susceptibility to HIV infection and unintended pregnancy. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between women empowerment and practices regarding use of dual protection. METHODS A non-experimental descriptive correlational study design was conducted using systematic sampling method to recruit eighty women aged 1...

Background and Purpose: Afghanistan has high maternal mortality that woman's empowerment and social support could reduce. This study aimed to determine the relationship between empowerment and social support in pregnant women who came to governmental hospitals in Kabul City, Afghanistan. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 4 governmental hospitals in Kabul, Afghanis...

evelopment is a phenomenon that is taking place in all walks of life. It aims at improving the quality of life (e.g. increasing access to education, health, sanitation and other basic needs) of all people regardless of their sex, colour or caste. For the process of development to be more efficient and effective, both women and men should equally participate in the decisions and processes that s...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic status at national, sub-national, household, and individual levels explains a significant portion of variation in infant mortality. Women's education is among the major determinants of infant mortality. The mechanism through which a woman's own educational status, over her husband's as well as household characteristics, influences infant mortality has not been well stud...