- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy2023
Using OECD evaluation criteria, we analysed the child protection schemes of Odisha to understand whether legal commitments on child protec
- UN-Women2016
- Economic and Political Weekly1998
IT is indeed a tall claim, almost an impossible task - to set in motion the immobile-to create spectators who would continue to perform.
- Demography India1998
With the increase in the urbanization and industrialization, the concept of family in India, which once was to create and maintain a common culture among the members of the family, is undergoing changes.
- Understanding Women's Health Issues1998
The high female infant mortality rates (Miller, 1985); the practice of female infanticide (Krishnaswamy, 1988); the neglect of female children with regard to access to health services, nutrition, (Sen and Sengupta, 1983 and education (Mankekar, 1985); and the sexual abuse of girls (Bhalerao, 1985
- Economic and Political Weekly1998
STRONG preference for sons over daughters exists in the Indian subcontinent, east Asia, north Africa and west Asia unlike in the western countries [Muthurayappa et al 1997, Lancet 1990, Okun 1996].
- IASSI Quaterly1997
Long back in 1971, the committee on the status of women in India was appointed by the Government of India to undertake a comprehensive examination of all the questions relating to the rights and status of women in the context of changing social and economic conditions in the country and new probl
- Studies in Family Planning1996
In 1978, the Bangladesh family planning program launched a national program of outreach services that continues to the present. Young married women were hired and trained to visit women in their homes, offer contraceptive services, provide information, and support sustained use over time.
- The Journal of Family Welfare1996
Inter-spouse communication, though not a new dimension of fertility and family planning research, has remained much less explored in the Indian context than any other correlate of contraceptive use and current fertility.
- The Journal of Family Welfare1994
High family size desire and low acceptance of family planning constitute, the two main factors underlying the high fertility of the Indian population. Excessive loss of children in early childhood in rural areas is considered to be contributory to both of the above factors.