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Increased women's empowerment and regional inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2015.
| العنوان: | Increased women's empowerment and regional inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2015. |
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| المؤلفون: | Erica M Rettig, Robert J Hijmans |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 9, p e0272909 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | Women's empowerment is a fundamental human right but attempts to measure progress in this area have been limited. We used 142 nationally representative surveys to quantify empowerment in six domains (Intimate Partner Violence, Family Planning, Reproductive Healthcare, Employment, Education, and Decision-Making) for first-level subdivisions of all countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for three years (1995, 2005, and 2015). The possible value for each domain ranged between zero (worst) and one (best). The median value for employment decreased by 0.02, but it increased between 0.09 and 0.16 for the other domains. The average empowerment score increased from 0.44 to 0.53, but it remained low for Education (0.34). While progress was clear and consistent, it was uneven within and between countries, and Sahelian West Africa fell further behind. The expanded understanding of geographic variation and trends in women's empowerment that we provide should be instrumental in efforts to improve women's lives. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0272909 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/6cd8008b751048869c1df2c19d0ddbb5 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.6cd8008b751048869c1df2c19d0ddbb5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0272909 |