Women·s Empowerment and Achievement of Desired Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Previous studies, conducted mainly in Asian countries, have shown that women's empowerment is associated with contraceptive use, lower fertility, and longer birth intervals. Yet little is known a…
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Sexual Violence and the Limits of Laws’ Powers to Alter Behaviour: The Case…
Despite having one of the most inclusive and progressive constitutions in the world, South Africa (SA) has one of the highest rates of sexual offences globally. This article measures the extent o…
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Family-work Conflict and Performance of Women-owned Enterprises: The Role of …
One critical issue that is highly overlooked in developing regions is the family embeddedness of women entrepreneurs, even though the women in developing countries simultaneously hold several rol…
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Something Old, Something New: Historicizing Same-Sex Marriage within Ongoing …
This paper examines contemporary struggles over same-sex marriage in the daily lives of black lesbian- and gay-identified South Africans. Based primarily on 21 in-depth interviews with such South…
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Measuring Women's Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploratory and Confirma…
Background: Women’s status and empowerment influence health, nutrition, and socioeconomic status of women and their children. Despite its benefits, however, research on women’s empowerment in…
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The South African Women's Movement: The Roles of Feminism and Multiracial Coo…
In the historiography of South Africa’s recent past, focus has been most heavily placed on apartheid and the anti-apartheid movement, with much emphasis placed on male involvement and men as th…
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- https://scholarworks.uark.edu/et
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A Scoping Review of the Health of Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced Women…
Armed conflict and internal displacement of persons create new health challenges for women in Africa. To outline the research literature on this population, we conducted a review of studies explo…
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- 17(4), 1280;
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Is Bilateral Aid Responding to Good Governance in Africa?
This paper investigates whether aid flows from traditional donor countries to African countries have responded to improved governance in African countries, whether aid has been used by donors to im…
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Gender-based Household Compositional Changes and Implications for Poverty in …
Poverty is one of the most challenging socio-economic problems in South Africa. Though poverty rates have been substantially reduced in the post-apartheid period, many South Africans remain poor.…
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Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Wellbeing in South Africa
Given its associated burden of disease, climate change in South Africa could be reframed as predominately a health issue, one necessitating an urgent health-sector response. The growing impact of…
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