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Women’S Autonomy And The Effect On Family Planning In Nepal, Margo Anderson (Taylor), Scott Sanders, Renata Forste
Women’S Autonomy And The Effect On Family Planning In Nepal, Margo Anderson (Taylor), Scott Sanders, Renata Forste
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In 2010, maternal death rates globally reached as high as 210 per 100,000 (United Nations, 2013) and resulted in part from a lack of maternal health services. Maternal health services like family planning play a critical role in improving women’s reproductive health in developing countries (Bhatia and Cleland, 1995). Today there are an estimated 225 million women in developing countries that would choose to delay or stop childbearing but are not using any method of contraception (World Health Organization [WHO], 2015). Linked to low contraceptive use, women in these regions also have low levels of autonomy. These male-dominated regions place …
Domestic Violence And Women’S Empowerment In Nepal, Zhicheng Han, Renata Forste
Domestic Violence And Women’S Empowerment In Nepal, Zhicheng Han, Renata Forste
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Based on a nationally representative sample of women in Nepal aged 15 to 49, this study examines the association between domestic violence and women’s empowerment at both the individual and community level. In a sample of 3,349 ever married woman in Nepal, I use logistic regression to estimate the models. I find that female autonomy and residence in the Terai region are associated with higher odds of experiencing domestic violence. In addition, interactions indicate that female autonomy lowers the odds of domestic violence across ecological regions, religion, ethnicity and residency.
Leveraging Diasporic Power For Nation Building, Uttam Gaulee
Leveraging Diasporic Power For Nation Building, Uttam Gaulee
Comparative Civilizations Review
This article examines the issue of brain drain vs brain gain. Specifically, the case of whether the loss of higher education professional departures from a lesser developed country(Nepal in this case) to a higher developed country is balanced by a return of these individuals with skills enhanced by education and training. So far, evidence does not appear to support this hypothesis.