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Gender, population and development
Krishnaraj M,Sudarshan Rm,Abusaleh Shariff +2 more
- 01 Jan 1998
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TL;DR: A collection of papers presented at a 1996 conference held in Delhi India on gender issues in population health and development is presented in this paper, where the papers are grouped into four sections: Perspectives on gender population and development; evidence of discrimination; changing economy and womens employment; and improving the quality of population through health programs for women.
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Abstract: This is a collection of papers presented at a 1996 conference held in Delhi India on gender issues in population health and development. The papers are grouped into four sections: Perspectives on gender population and development; Evidence of discrimination; Changing economy and womens employment; and Improving the quality of population through health programs for women. (ANNOTATION)
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