Essays about: "status of urban women"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words status of urban women.
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6. An investigation of rural migrants' happiness status in Changsha city : A trial of social urban planning in China's second-tier cities
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : China has among the world’s fastest growing urban region and faced enormous environmental and social challenges that requires a forward thinking of urban planning, which integrates environmental sustainability and social equity into urban resilience. In China, national and provincial urban policies have long focused on economic and industrial developments, whereas social welfare was not account for urban planning until very recently. READ MORE
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7. Association between socio-demographic factors and knowledge of contraceptive methods with contraception use among women of reproductive age: a cross-section study using the 2013 Liberia DHS
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)Abstract : Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has a low contraceptive prevalence rate and a high total fertility rate. Contraceptive use can not only improve maternal health but can also help improve child health. West Africa is very burdened with low contraceptive use as well as a high percentage of women with an unmet need for contraception. READ MORE
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8. Impact of Indigenous Culture on women leadership in Pakistan : How does indigenous culture of Pakistan restricts career progress and leadership abilities of females of Pakistan
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : “Although the subject of female leadership is very well documented at an international level, Pakistan still lacks enough research in this area. This scarcity of research gives rise to a commonly held belief that gender equality has been achieved in Pakistan which hides the gender stereotypes and discrimination practices still prevailing in the country. READ MORE
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9. Conditional Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexican Couples: the Impact of Oportunidades on Psychological Abuse Prevalence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Existing economic literature demonstrates that gender-oriented conditional cash transfer programs modify women’s economic opportunities and consequently, their power status within their households. Nonetheless, these studies are not conclusive in determining whether or not this improved position of power has the potential to significantly alter the chances of women to suffer from intimate partner violence. READ MORE
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10. Vulnerabilities and Urban Flooding in Bwaise Parish III, Kampala, Uganda
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : This minor field study has explored what factors cause vulnerability to community members living in informal settlements exposed to localized urban flooding. Particularly, the effects of flooding that women living in Bwaise Parish III, Kampala, Uganda have to encounter were studied. READ MORE
