Improving data concerning women's empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-344

  Heckert, Jessica ^a   Fabic, Madeleine Short ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Agency for International Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

GHANA; MOZAMBIQUE; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 84883437056     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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