The Importance Of Womens Status For Child Nutrition In Developing Countries

Author : Lisa C. Smith
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896291340
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Importance of Women's Status for Child Nutrition in Developing Countries written by Lisa C. Smith and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2003 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently the role of women's social status in determining their children's nutritional health went largely unnoticed. That is, until researchers began to ponder the Asian Enigma- the question of why malnutrition is much more prevalent among children in South Asia than in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though South Asia surpasses Sub-Saharan Africa in most of the principal determinants of child nutrition. This report uses data from 36 countries in three developing regions to establish empirically that women's status, defined as women's power relative to men's, is an important determinant of children's nutritional status. It finds that the pathways through which status influences child nutrition and the strength of that influence differ considerably from one region to another. Where women's status is low, this research proves unequivocally that policies to eradicate gender discrimination not only benefit women but also their children.

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ISBN 13 : 9780896291348
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Importance of Women's Status for Child Nutrition in Developing Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lisa C. Smith
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896291146
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries written by Lisa C. Smith and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in three preschool children in developing countries is undernourished. Consequently, they are likely to have impaired immune systems, poor cognitive development, low productivity as adults, and susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. Undernourished female preschoolers are likely to grow into undernourished young women who are more likely to give birth to babies who are undernourished even before they are born, thus perpetuating the intergenerational transmission of deprivation. This report sheds light on some of the main causes of child malnutrition, projects how many children are likely to be malnourished in the year 2020 given current trends, and identifies priority actions for reducing malnutrition most quickly in the coming decades.

Author : Mara van den Bold
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition written by Mara van den Bold and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in human capital consider women’s empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact and often target women as their main beneficiaries. Despite this, women’s empowerment dimensions are often not rigorously measured and are at times merely assumed. This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three types of interventions—cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both. Qualitative evidence on conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs generally points to positive impacts on women’s empowerment, although quantitative research findings are more heterogenous. CCT programs produce mixed results on long-term nutritional status, and very limited evidence exists of their impacts on micronutrient status. The little evidence available on unconditional cash transters (UCT) indicates mixed impacts on women’s empowerment and positive impacts on nutrition; however, recent reviews comparing CCT and UCT programs have found little difference in terms of their effects on stunting and they have found that conditionality is less important than other factors, such as access to healthcare and child age and sex. Evidence of cash transfer program impacts depending on the gender of the transfer recipient or on the conditionality is also mixed, although CCTs with non-health conditionalities seem to have negative impacts on nutritional status. The impacts of programs based on the gender of the transfer recipient show mixed results, but almost no experimental evidence exists of testing gender-differentiated impacts of a single program. Agricultural interventions—specifically home gardening and dairy projects—show mixed impacts on women’s empowerment measures such as time, workload, and control over income; but they demonstrate very little impact on nutrition. Implementation modalities are shown to determine differential impacts in terms of empowerment and nutrition outcomes. With regard to the impact of microfinance on women’s empowerment, evidence is also mixed, although more recent reviews do not find any impact on women’s empowerment. The impact of microfinance on nutritional status is mixed, with no evidence of impact on micronutrient status. Across all three types of programs (cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs), very little evidence exists on pathways of impact, and evidence is often biased toward a particular region. The paper ends with a discussion of the findings and remaining evidence gaps and an outline of recommendations for research.

Author : Habtamu Asitatikie
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659615405
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roles of Women's Status on Children's Nutrition Security in Ethiopia written by Habtamu Asitatikie and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well improved health care and child nutrition is a manifestation for any country to escape from poverty. In most developing countries like Ethiopia children suffer from the burden of malnutrition. Numerous of studies in recent years have focused attention on the determinants of child nutrition in the developing countries. In the Ethiopian case, Studies show that almost half of the children are either stunted or underweight. This paper contributed to this concern by filling a noticeable gap. Principally this paper examines the role of women's status on children's nutrition security in Ethiopia using the EDHS 2011 survey. The paper employs both descriptive and Econometrics tools (both bivariate and Multivariate techniques) to show the interrelation ship among different women's status indicator variables including other socio economic variables on child nutrition. The study found that women's education, decision making role of women, women's attitude towards domestic violence and child age as a significant factor for child nutrition. The study also found that wealth index of households, availability of toilet and sanitation services as determining factor for child nutrition.

Author : Lisa C. Smith
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896296342
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overcoming Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries written by Lisa C. Smith and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2000 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the percentage of children who are malnourishes has declined in many countries of the developing world in recent years, the absolute number of malnourished children is rising in some regions, particulary in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims to determine which of the various causes of mal nutrition are most important for the developing countries as a whole and by region, thus enabling policymakers to prioritize their investments and make the besy use of available resources to reduce malnutrition now and in coming years.

Author : Carol A. M. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Work and Child Nutrition written by Carol A. M. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F. K. Tangka
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9789291460762
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Roles and Child Nutrition in Livestock Production Systems in Developing Countries written by F. K. Tangka and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a review of the literature, examines the gender division of labour and access to resources and benefits in smallholder livestock production systems and investigates the impact of livestock ownership and technology use on child nutrition. Presents two case studies which show how gender concerns are included in research to improve smallholder livestock systems.

Author : Sandra Lee Huffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Activities and Child Nutrition written by Sandra Lee Huffman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maria Agnes R. Quisumbing
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896297551
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Security in Practice written by Maria Agnes R. Quisumbing and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: