Essays about: "Two-child norm"
Found 2 essays containing the words Two-child norm.
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1. The Only Child Experience : A study on how having no siblings influence childbearing behavior.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In a society with a strong two-child family norm, but where children tend to reproduce the fertility behavior of their parents, it is relevant to study the childbearing patterns of only children. Do they follow the stream or do they follow their parents? There is very little previous research on this topic, but there is some evidence that show that only children are not more likely to prefer a one-child family themselves. READ MORE
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2. The Complexities of Empowering Rural Indian Women (A story of Indian Panchayats)
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : In the following research I strive to focus on the various aspects that influence the‘empowerment’ issue of rural Indian women. I refer to two governmental reforms inparticular - the historic ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ (WRB) which insists on a onethird participation of women at the lower tier of political structure in India called thePanchayats and the controversial ‘Two Child Norm’ (TCN) which restricts politicalparticipation of both men and women Panchayat candidates if the couple chooses tohave more that two children (Buch, 2005). READ MORE