World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Menstrual management and low-cost sanitary napkins
The provision of low-cost sanitary napkins to women in rural areas is not an answer to the myriad problems they face in menstrual management. Apart from the need for a mechanism for ensuring the quality
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AfDB Releases New Report On the Impact of Ebola On Women
On the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8, 2016, the Office of the African Development Bank's Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, has launched a report on "Women's Resilience:
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Gender disparity in health worrisome, says WHO
Ahead of the International Women’s Day, the WHO today urged countries to ensure gender parity in health noting that bulk of deaths due to household pollution in the Southeast-Asian region involved women.
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Integrating gender into climate change adaptation programs: a research and capacity needs assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa
Research shows that paying attention to gender matters not only for the equity of climate change adaptation programs but also for their efficiency and effectiveness. Many organizations working to increase
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Over 40% city women anaemic, finds survey
Hyderabad: Skipping iron rich foods such as spinach, meat and lentils seems to be costing city women their health as a whopping 40.52% of them were found to be anaemic in a recent survey . The shocking
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Gender, agriculture and water insecurity
This paper explains how and why improved water management on the farm matters for women and girls, and what can be done to better support opportunities for them, as well as for men and boys, in the face
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Gender differences in climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies: an intra-household analysis from rural Kenya
survey involving 156 couples in rural Kenya, where husbands and wives were interviewed separately. Options for adapting to climate change closely interplay with husbands’ and wives’ roles and responsibilities,
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Agricultural and rural development reconsidered: a guide to issues and debates
This report sets out the shifts in thinking, debate and approaches on agricultural development over recent decades. It charts the way in which these have come full circle, from the primacy of agriculture
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Menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis
<p>The objective of the study was to assess the status of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) among adolescent girls in India to determine unmet needs.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=26936906"
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Colombia reports almost 43,000 Zika cases
Colombia has registered 42,706 cases of people infected with Zika, including 7,653 in pregnant women, the country's National Health Institute reported on Saturday. The latest count represents an increase