Add to ORKGDevelopment programs that reduce gender gaps are expected to not only improve women’s well-being, but also their children’s. This draws on a growing body of literature that shows a strong positive association between women’s status and control over resources and improvements in children’s outcomes, particularly nutrition and education. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on the relationship between empowerment gaps between men and women in the same household and children’s well-being using nationally representative data from the 2012 Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS). We measure children’s well-being using nutritional status for younger children (ages 0–5) and education outcomes for older children (ages 6–10 and 11–17)....
Empowering women is crucial for a country's development because it leads to greater economic growth,...
Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences 2020Malnutrition remains a concern in the central province,...
The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recogn...
Development programs that reduce gender gaps are expected to not only improve women’s well-being, bu...
Using nationally-representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, we examine the relationship betwe...
This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators...
Although women’s empowerment and gender equality are associated with better maternal and child nutri...
This paper analyzes the impact of women’s empowerment on two aspects of food security – calorie and ...
Using nationally representative survey data from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between wom...
Recent studies show that women’s empowerment is a key factor in improving child nutrition. However, ...
Although women’s empowerment and gender equality are often linked with better maternal and child nut...
We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship betwe...
Female education and empowerment are both prerequisites for, and outcomes of, sustainable economic ...
SummaryUsing a nationally representative survey from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between...
In contrast to the extensive knowledge on the association between women’s empowerment and the nutrit...
Empowering women is crucial for a country's development because it leads to greater economic growth,...
Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences 2020Malnutrition remains a concern in the central province,...
The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recogn...
Development programs that reduce gender gaps are expected to not only improve women’s well-being, bu...
Using nationally-representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, we examine the relationship betwe...
This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators...
Although women’s empowerment and gender equality are associated with better maternal and child nutri...
This paper analyzes the impact of women’s empowerment on two aspects of food security – calorie and ...
Using nationally representative survey data from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between wom...
Recent studies show that women’s empowerment is a key factor in improving child nutrition. However, ...
Although women’s empowerment and gender equality are often linked with better maternal and child nut...
We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship betwe...
Female education and empowerment are both prerequisites for, and outcomes of, sustainable economic ...
SummaryUsing a nationally representative survey from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between...
In contrast to the extensive knowledge on the association between women’s empowerment and the nutrit...
Empowering women is crucial for a country's development because it leads to greater economic growth,...
Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences 2020Malnutrition remains a concern in the central province,...
The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recogn...