women's rights alimony as preferred creditor is highlighted in iranian civil law. in other words women's right on maintenance is given priority over other debts, meaning the wife's claim takes priority over all other debts. it should be noted the above mentioned rights are considered in the first draft of family protection law and more privilege is given to women on this issue. i...

Long before the term ―feminism‖ existed, women always sought opportunities for social and economic empowerment, whether through welfare-oriented schemes or through other forms of activism. The 1970s Caribbean experience marked significant developments in feminism where women advocated, and through those efforts, permeated state institutions to achieve legal shifts in the interest of themselves ...

Introduction: The theory of value of children refers to the needs which children provide for their parents. Considering the close relationship between the value orientation of people with the decisions in organizing life and forming a family, including having children, and according to decreased fertility rate in Iran, the present study was performed with aim of intergenerational comparison of ...

a simmering crisis in the nigerian agriculture today involves labour and the crisis manifests itself in the degree of labour availability, labour demand and labour productivity. one of the major products of this crisis is the increased participation of children in paid, non-familiar agricultural jobs. agriculture ranks as one of the three most dangerous work activities, along with mining and co...

Stateless people are often denied access to the same rights and services as citizens. Furthermore, statelessness is result of discrimination against women, an issue that SDGs aim address. This paper analyses how Indonesian Nationality Law protects children at risk statelessness. It also raises some legal challenges when applying law with regards country's SDG achievements. Discussion nationalit...

The present paper examines the association between the type of household and maternal health in India using data from the National Family Health Survey 1998-99. The indicators of maternal health used in the analysis are contraceptive use, visit to obtain antenatal care in the first trimester, safe delivery and nutritional status of women measured in terms of body mass index (BMI). Binary and mu...

Strengthening women’s ownership of and control over land is an important development goal. This paper studies the extent rights in rural Tanzania how patrilineal norms affect them. We show that married women still own little without their husbands have limited jointly owned land. In Tanzania, inherent tension lies recognition customary laws explicitly discriminate against women, statutory estab...

Greater training and specialization in working with children exposed to domestic violence has resulted in new policies, interagency protocols, and legislation in many states. This paper examines court-related responses in criminal, child protection, and family court custody proceedings, which highlight legislative changes and resulting systemic change. Although this legislation originated with ...

Backgroun: The increasing variety of foods and food groups in the diet helps to ensure adequate intake of essential nutrients and promotes good health. The main objective was to determine the diet quality of women, infants, and young children in agricultural mitigation period of Burkina Faso. Methods: A 24-h dietary open recall was used to collect all foods taken by women, infants, and young ch...