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25 January 2016
Published by: IDS
Globally, women perform the great majority of unpaid care work. This unjust distribution of labour has profound impacts on women’s human rights and is both a product and a driver of gender inequality.
25 January 2016
Published by: IDS
This Bulletin hopes to rescue the transformative potential of the project of opening up governance relationships and processes to instil fairer power dynamics among and between citizens and their states.
25 January 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) often causes catastrophic economic effects on both the individual suffering the disease and their households. A number of studies have analyzed patient and household expenditure on TB care, but there does not appear to be any that have assessed the incidence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) relating to TB care in China.
25 January 2016
Published by: BioMed Central
Tuberculosis (TB) often causes catastrophic economic effects on both the individual suffering the disease and their households. This paper aims to assess the incidence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) relating to TB care in China.
11 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article takes gender inequalities in the distribution of power as its point of departure. Given the widespread evidence of the...
11 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This scoping article gives a global picture of dynamics, trends, policies and mechanisms for engaging with women's representation in...
11 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Quotas have become increasingly popular as a fast track option for securing enhanced political representation largely because of their...
11 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Palestinian women's political participation is marked by the Israeli occupation and a volatile political situation. This article argues...
11 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Rwanda has one of the highest representations of women in parliament in the world. This article examines, from the perspective of a...
11 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In the last decade, new family laws have been passed in Egypt, with important ramifications for women. In this article, I argue that...