Women's empowerment and global health : a twenty-first-century agenda / edited by Shari L. Dworkin, Monica Gandhi, and Paige Passano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dworkin, Shari L., editor.

Gandhi, Monica, editor.

Passano, Paige, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--Case studies.

Women's rights.

Women--Health and hygiene--Case studies.

Women.

Women--Political activity--Cross-cultural studies.

Women--Political activity.

Women--Social conditions.

Medical policy.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Medical policy--Case studies.

Women--Social conditions--Case studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 335 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

"What is women's empowerment, and how and why does it matter for women's health? Despite the rise of a human rights-based approach to women's health and increasing awareness of the synergies between women's health and empowerment, a lack of consensus remains as to how to measure empowerment and successfully intervene in ways that improve health. Women's Empowerment and Global Health provides thirteen detailed, multidisciplinary case studies from across the globe and through the course of a woman's life to show how science and advocacy can be creatively merged to enhance the agency and status of women. Accompanying short videos provide background about programs on the ground in India, the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Women's Empowerment and Global Health explores the promises and limits of programmatic, scientific, and rights-based work in real-world settings and provides the next generation of researchers and practitioners, as well as students in global and public health, sociology, anthropology, women's studies, law, business, and medicine, with cutting edge and inspirational examples of programs that point the way toward achieving women's equality and fulfilling the right to health."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1 Sociocultural, Educational, and Health Service Interventions as Tools of Empowerment

Introduction / Dallas Swendeman Swendeman, Dallas, Paula Tavrow Tavrow, Paula 19

1 Taking Services to the Doorstep: Providing Rural Indian Women Greater Control over Their Ventility / Pallavi Gupta Gupta, Pallavi, Kirti Iyengar Iyengar, Kirti, Sharad Iyengar Iyengar, Sharad 29

2 Obstetric Fistula IN Kenya: A Holistic Model of Outreach, Treatment, and Reintegration / Lindsey Pollaczek Pollaczek, Lindsey, Paula Tavrow Tavrow, Paula, Habiba Mohamed Mohamed, Habiba 57

3 Pathways to Choice: Delaying Age of Marriage through Girls' Education in Northern Nigeria / Daniel Perlman Perlman, Daniel, Fatima Adamu Adamu, Fatima, Mairo Mandara Mandara, Mairo, Olorukooba Abiola Abiola, Olorukooba, David Cau Cau, David, Malcolm Potts Potts, Malcolm 72

4 Early Empowerment: The Evolution and Practice of Girls' "Boot Camps" in Kenya and Haiti / Karen Austrian Austrian, Karen, Judith Bruce Bruce, Judith, M. Catherine Maternowska Maternowska, M. Catherine 93

5 Empowerment and HIV Risk Reduction among Sex Workers in Bangladesh / Victor Robinson Robinson, Victor, Theresa Y. Hwang Hwang, Theresa Y., Etisa Martínez Martínez, Etisa 117

6 Gender Roles in U.S. Women with HIV: Intersection with Psychological and Physical Health Outcomes / Leslie R. Brady Brady, Leslie R., Sannisha K. Dale Dale, Sannisha K., Gwendolyn A. Kelso Kelso, Gwendolyn A., Ruth C. Cruise Cruise, Ruth C., Kathleen M. Weber Weber, Kathleen M., Lynissa R. Stokes Stokes, Lynissa R., Mardge H. Cohen Cohen, Mardge H. 138

7 Examining the Impact of a Masculinities-Based EIIV Prevention and Antiviolence Program in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, South Africa / Short L. Dworkin Dworkin, Short L., Abigail M. Hatcher Hatcher, Abigail M., Christopher Colvin Colvin, Christopher, Dean Peacock Peacock, Dean 159

Section 2 Structural (Legal/Policy, Economic) Interventions as Tools of Empowerment

Introduction / Shelly Grabe Grabe, Shelly, Sheri Weiser Weiser, Sheri, Shari L. Dworkin Dworkin, Shari L., Joanna Weinberg Weinberg, Joanna, Lara Stemple Stemple, Lara 179

8 Empowering Adolescent Girls and Women for Improved Sexual Health in Zimbabwe: Lessons Learned from a Combined Livelihoods and Life Skills Intervention (SHAZ!) / Megan S. Dunbar Dunbar, Megan S., Imelda Mudekunye-Mahaka Mudekunye-Mahaka, Imelda 190

9 Is Microhnance Coupled with Gender Training Empowering for Women? Lessons from the IMAGE Process Evaluation in Rural South Africa / Abigail M. Hatcher Hatcher, Abigail M., Jacques de Wet Wet, Jacques de, Christopher Bonell Bonell, Christopher, Godfrey Phetla Phetla, Godfrey, Vicki Strange Strange, Vicki, Paul Pronyk Pronyk, Paul, Julia Kim Kim, Julia, Linda Morison Morison, Linda, Charlotte Watts Watts, Charlotte, John Porter Porter, John, James R. Hargreaves Hargreaves, James R. 210

10 Older U.S. Women's Economic Security, Health, and Empowerment: The Fight against Opponents of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid / Carroll L. Estes Estes, Carroll L. 232

11 Women's Health and Empowerment after the Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico City / Gustavo Ortiz Millán Millán, Gustavo Ortiz 251

12 Impact of a Grassroots Property Rights Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Kenya / Kate Grünke-Horlor Grünke-Horlor, Kate, Shari L. Dworkin Dworkin, Shari L. 267

13 Land Tenure and Women's Empowerment and Health: A Programmatic Evaluation of Structural Change in Nicaragua / Shelly Crabe Crabe, Shelly, Anjali Dutt Dutt, Anjali, Carlos Arenas Arenas, Carlos 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Women's empowerment and global health

ISBN:

9780520272873

0520272870

9780520272880

0520272889

OCLC:

953422730

Publisher Number:

40026642342