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Reproductive health and gender equality : method, measurement, and implications
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Title
Reproductive health and gender equality : method, measurement, and implications / Guang-zhen Wang.
ISBN
0754648699
075469139X
1282892134
9780754648697
9780754691396
9781282892132
0754648699
Published
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
Reproductive Health and Gender Equality offers a much needed empirical study of women's reproductive health. The author challenges the prevailing bioscience and public health models by linking women's reproductive health to gender equality measures and development policies. The results will be of interest to researchers, professionals and students interested in women's health issues, gender/women's studies and human rights.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Wang, Guang-zhen. Reproductive health and gender equality. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What is Women's Reproductive Health?
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
2 Theoretical Explanations of the Proposed Model
2.1 Women's Human Rights and Reproductive Health
2.2 Gender Equality and Women's Reproductive Health
2.3 Maternal-Child Health Care and Women's Reproductive Health
2.4 Economic Development and Gender Equality
2.5 Political Development and Gender Equality
2.6 Economic Development and Women's Human Rights
2.7 Political Development and Women's Human Rights
2.8 Economic Development and Maternal-Child Care
2.9 Political Development and Maternal-Child Care
3 Measurement of the Variables
3.1 Indicators and Scales of Women's Reproductive Health
3.2 Indicators of Exogenous Variables
3.3 Data Sources
4 Findings and Analysis
4.1 Descriptive Statistics
4.2 Measurement Model
4.3 Structural Model
4.4 Alternative Model
5 Regional Variations
5.1 Regional Variations in Women's Reproductive Health Indicators
5.2 Cluster Analysis
5.3 OLS Estimates of Regional Variations
5.4 The sub-Saharan Africa Dilemma
6 Discussion and Implications
6.1 Enhancing Gender Equality Approach to Women's Reproductive Health
6.2 Engendering Social Policies in Light of Women's Reproductive Health
6.3 Limitations of the Study
6.4 Summary
Appendix A Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Targets, and Indicators
Appendix B Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, 26 August 1789
Appendix C Chronology of International Conferences on Gender Equality, Women's Rights
Appendix D Women's Human Rights and Reproductive Rights
Appendix E Developing Countries in Regional Aggregates
Appendix F Reproductive Health among Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons List of Selected Websites
Appendix G Global Gag Rule Timeline
Appendix H President Obama's Memorandum (January 23, 2009)
Appendix I List of Selected Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) Women's Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
Appendix J Countries in Major World Aggregates
Appendix K Countries or Areas in Income Aggregates
Bibliography
Index.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Infant Welfare
Women's Health
Developing Countries
Maternal Welfare
Reproductive Behavior
Women's Rights
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