First birth and the trajectory of women’s empowerment in Egypt

First birth and the trajectory of women’s empowerment in Egypt

Abstract Background Women’s empowerment is often used to explain changes in reproductive behavior, but no consideration is given to how reproductive events can shape women’s empowerment over time. Fertility may cause changes in women’s empowerment, or they may be mutually influencing. Research on wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goleen Samari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Empowerment
Women’s agency
Fertility
Women’s health
Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-017-1494-2

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