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Associations between quantitative measures of women's empowerment and access to care and health status for mothers and their children: A systematic review of evidence from the developing world

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  1. Sudha Narayanan & Udayan Rathore & Mohit Sharma, 2019. "Women's nutritional empowerment and their well-being Identifying key drivers in India and Bangladesh," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2019-004, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
  2. Robin A. Richardson, 2018. "Measuring Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Researchers," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 137(2), pages 539-557, June.
  3. Saha, Shree & Narayanan, Sudha, 2022. "A simplified measure of nutritional empowerment: Using machine learning to abbreviate the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI)," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
  4. Alison Riddle & Abby Ramage & Cynthia M. Kroeger & Zulfiqar A. Bhutta & Elizabeth Kristjansson & Monica Taljaard & Carol Vlassoff & Sara Wuehler & Becky Skidmore & Alexandria L. Bennett & Anita Rizvi , 2021. "PROTOCOL: The effects of empowerment‐based nutrition interventions on the nutritional status of women of reproductive age in low‐ and middle‐income countries," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(3), September.
  5. Dore, Emily C. & Homan, Patricia A. & Kershaw, Kiarri N. & Mukaz, Debora Kamin & Fields, Nicole D., 2026. "State-level structural sexism and cardiovascular disease outcomes in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 388(C).
  6. Laura K. Merrell & Sarah R. Blackstone, 2020. "Women’s Empowerment as a Mitigating Factor for Improved Antenatal Care Quality despite Impact of 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Guinea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-18, November.
  7. Tolulope Ariyo & Quanbao Jiang, 2020. "Mothers’ Healthcare Autonomy, Maternal-Health Utilization and Healthcare for Children under-3 Years: Analysis of the Nigeria DHS Data (2008–2018)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-21, March.
  8. Rodriguez, Zachary, 2022. "The power of employment: Effects of India’s employment guarantee on women empowerment," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
  9. Somayeh Moradhaseli & Pouria Ataei & Hamid Karimi & Sara Hajialiany & Arash Norouzi, 2023. "Designing an economic empowerment model for self-employed women under the MENARID project in Iran," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(6), pages 1-20, June.
  10. Euler, Michael & Jaleta, Moti & Gartaula, Hom, 2024. "Associations between women’s bargaining power and the adoption of rust-resistant wheat varieties in Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
  11. Lamissa Barro & Aïcha Tiendrebeogo & Issa Nana & Landry Paul Armand Mawuvi Ky, 2025. "Maternal Education, Economic Empowerment and Infant Mortality in Burkina Faso," Economies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-20, March.
  12. Zhanhui Fu & Yahan Yang & Shuju Hu, 2025. "Geographical Types and Driving Mechanisms of Rural Population Aging–Weakening in the Yellow River Basin," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-17, May.
  13. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Sproule, Kathryn & Martinez, Elena M. & Malapit, Hazel, 2021. "Do tradeoffs among dimensions of women’s empowerment and nutrition outcomes exist? Evidence from six countries in Africa and Asia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
  14. Eom, Yun-Jung & Chi, Hyejun & Bhatia, Amiya & Lee, Hwa-Young & Subramanian, S.V. & Kim, Rockli, 2025. "Individual- and community-level women's empowerment and complete use of maternal healthcare services: A multilevel analysis of 34 sub-Saharan African countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 370(C).
  15. Awoa Awoa, Paul & Atangana Ondoa, Henri & Ngoa Tabi, Henri, 2022. "Women's political empowerment and natural resource curse in developing countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
  16. Ganit Goren & Orly Sarid & Philippos Philippou & Alyx Taylor, 2020. "Sense of Coherence Mediates the Links between Job Status Prior to Birth and Postpartum Depression: A Structured Equation Modeling Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-13, August.
  17. Lentz, Erin C. & Narayanan, Sudha & De, Anuradha, 2019. "Last and least: Findings on intrahousehold undernutrition from participatory research in South Asia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 232(C), pages 316-323.
  18. Erin Lentz & Elizabeth Bageant & Sudha Narayanan, 2021. "Empowerment and nutrition in Niger: insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition grid," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 13(5), pages 1227-1244, October.
  19. Haight, Sarah C. & Shartle, Kaitlin & Kachoria, Aparna G. & Hagaman, Ashley & Gupta, Sugandh & Escobar Carias, Michelle S. & Bibi, Amina & Bates, Lisa M. & Maselko, Joanna, 2025. "Female agency and probable depression in the perinatal period and beyond: Longitudinal findings from rural Pakistan," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 367(C).
  20. Maryam Vizheh & Frances Rapport & Jeffrey Braithwaite & Yvonne Zurynski, 2023. "The Impact of Women’s Agency on Accessing and Using Maternal Healthcare Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-17, February.
  21. Sudha Narayanan & Marzia Fontana & Erin Lentz & Bharati Kulkarni, 2019. "Rural women's empowerment in nutrition: a proposal for diagnostics linking food, health and institutions," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2019-003, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
  22. Paul, Pintu & Saha, Ria & McDougal, Lotus & Gopalakrishnan, Lakshmi, 2025. "Marital choice, spousal communication, and contraceptive self-efficacy and use among newly married girls in India: Evidence from the UDAYA study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 373(C).
  23. Miedema, Stephanie Spaid & Haardörfer, Regine & Girard, Amy Webb & Yount, Kathryn M., 2018. "Women’s empowerment in East Africa: Development of a cross-country comparable measure," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 453-464.
  24. Muhammad Qahraman Kakar, 2021. "Ethnic Disparities, Women Education and Empowerment in South Asia," Erudite Ph.D Dissertations, Erudite, number ph21-01 edited by Manon Domingues Dos Santos, April.
  25. Lotus McDougal & Jeni Klugman & Nabamallika Dehingia & Amruta Trivedi & Anita Raj, 2019. "Financial inclusion and intimate partner violence: What does the evidence suggest?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-16, October.
  26. Gago, Cristina M. & Jurkowski, Janine & Beckerman-Hsu, Jacob P. & Aftosmes-Tobio, Alyssa & Figueroa, Roger & Oddleifson, Carly & Mattei, Josiemer & Kenney, Erica L. & Haneuse, Sebastien & Davison, Kir, 2022. "Exploring a theory of change: Are increases in parental empowerment associated with healthier weight-related parenting practices?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 296(C).
  27. Lu Gram & Jolene Skordis-Worrall & Dharma S Manandhar & Daniel Strachan & Joanna Morrison & Naomi Saville & David Osrin & Kirti M Tumbahangphe & Anthony Costello & Michelle Heys, 2018. "The long-term impact of community mobilisation through participatory women's groups on women's agency in the household: A follow-up study to the Makwanpur trial," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-22, May.
  28. Kumar, Neha & Raghunathan, Kalyani & Arrieta, Alejandra & Jilani, Amir & Pandey, Shinjini, 2021. "The power of the collective empowers women: Evidence from self-help groups in India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  29. DiClemente-Bosco, Kira & Weber, Alison Z. & Harrison, Abigail & Tsawe, Nokwazi & Rini, Zanele & Brittain, Kirsty & Colvin, Christopher J. & Myer, Landon & Pellowski, Jennifer A., 2022. "Empowerment in pregnancy: ART adherence among women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 296(C).
  30. Jacqueline Ramke & Fatima Kyari & Nyawira Mwangi & MMPN Piyasena & GVS Murthy & Clare E Gilbert, 2019. "Cataract Services are Leaving Widows Behind: Examples from National Cross-Sectional Surveys in Nigeria and Sri Lanka," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-11, October.
  31. Raj, Anita & Dey, Arnab & Rao, Namratha & Yore, Jennifer & McDougal, Lotus & Bhan, Nandita & Silverman, Jay G. & Hay, Katherine & Thomas, Edwin E. & Fotso, Jean Christophe & Lundgren, Rebecka, 2024. "The EMERGE framework to measure empowerment for health and development," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 351(S1).
  32. Annan, Jeannie & Donald, Aletheia & Goldstein, Markus & Gonzalez Martinez, Paula & Koolwal, Gayatri, 2021. "Taking power: Women’s empowerment and household Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
  33. Wang, Yuxi & Torbica, Aleksandra, 2024. "Investigating the relationship between health and gender equality: What role do maternal, reproductive, and sexual health services play?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  34. Starkweather, Kathrine & Keith, Monica & Zohora, Fatema tuz & Alam, Nurul, 2024. "Impacts of women's work and childcare on child illness among Bangladeshi Shodagor communities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 359(C).
  35. Iqra Nazeer, 2022. "Impact of Intellect on the Efficacy of Healthcare Service Utilization Within Familial Concept," Magna Carta: Contemporary Social Science, 50sea, vol. 1(1), pages 40-52, March.
  36. Saleemi, Sundus & Kofol, Chiara, 2022. "Women’s participation in household decisions and gender equality in children’s education: Evidence from rural households in Pakistan," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 25(C).
  37. Jones, Rebecca E. & Haardörfer, Regine & Ramakrishnan, Usha & Yount, Kathryn M. & Miedema, Stephanie S. & Roach, Timmie D. & Girard, Amy Webb, 2020. "Intrinsic and instrumental agency associated with nutritional status of East African women," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
  38. Abreha, Solomon K. & Walelign, Solomon Z. & Zereyesus, Yacob A., 2020. "Associations between Women’s Empowerment and Child Health Status in Ethiopia," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304174, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  39. Michael Ekholuenetale & Olah Uloko Owobi & Benedict Terfa Shishi, 2022. "Socioeconomic Position in Modern Contraceptive Uptake and Fertility Rate among Women of Childbearing Age in 37 Sub-Saharan Countries," World, MDPI, vol. 3(4), pages 1-18, October.
  40. Astutik, Erni & Efendi, Ferry & Sebayang, Susy Katikana & Hadisuyatmana, Setho & Has, Eka Mishbahatul Marah & Kuswanto, Heri, 2020. "Association between women’s empowerment and diarrhea in children under two years in Indonesia," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
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  45. Qahraman Kakar, 2023. "How does Religious Rule affect the strength of women’s empowerment? A micro-level empirical analysis for Afghanistan," Erudite Working Paper 2023-08, Erudite.
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