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UNINA9910584586703321 |
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Substantive representation of women in Asian parliaments / / edited by Devin K. Joshi, Christian Echle |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2023 |
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1 online resource (294 pages) |
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Women - Political activity - Asia |
Women - Government policy - Asia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Substantive representation of women by parliamentarians in Asia : a comparative study of ten countries / Devin K. Joshi -- Substantive representation of women in Japan : pursuing gender equality in a gender-insensitive parliament / Mikiko Eto -- Substantive representation of women in South Korea's National Legislature / Ki-young Shin -- Substantive representation of women in Taiwan : why is 42 percent not enough? / Chang-ling Huang -- Substantive representation of women in Indonesia / Ella S. Prihatini -- Substantive representation in Malaysian legislatures : Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) and state assemblies / Ummu Atiyah Ahmad Zakuan -- Filipino women's substantive representation in electoral politics / Jean Encinas-Franco -- Timor Leste : substantive representation of women by parliamentarians and gender equality / Sara Niner & Therese Thi Phuong Tam Nguyen -- Women's substantive representation in the Parliament of Bangladesh : understanding key trends and tensions / Syeda Lasna Kabir -- Substantive representation of women parliamentarians and gender equality in Nepal / Aashiyana Adhikari -- Towards advancing substantive representation of women in parliament : case study of Sri Lanka / Ruwanthi Jayasekara -- Conclusion : comparing women's representation in Asian parliaments / Devin K. Joshi. |
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Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this |
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book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia. As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%. What is more important than simple descriptive representation, however, is whether outcomes for women are improving. Rather than focusing on numerical representation, the chapters in this book focus on the substantive representation of women. In other words, what do women and men parliamentarians do to advance women's well-being and gender equality? Using semi-structured interviews, the author of each chapter examines these efforts in the context of a specific Asian country. The case studies include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Timor-Leste. The book is an essential resource for scholars and students of Asian politics and the politics of gender. |
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UNINA9910974090503321 |
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Autore |
Harrison Kelsey A |
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Sowing the seeds of safe motherhood in Sub-Saharan Africa / / by Kelsey A. Harrison |
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London, : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd., 2010 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (492 p.) |
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Maternal health services - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Public health - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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section 1. Zaria maternity survey -- section 2. Anaemia, malaria and sickle cell disease -- section 3. International advocacy and advisory role in the care of women in childbirth -- section 4. Advocacy and advisory role : obstetric fistula (VVF), early teenage pregnancy and related issues -- section 5. Advocacy and advisory role : formal |
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education and illiteracy -- section 6. Advocacy and advisory role : poverty and structural adjustment programmes (SAP) -- section 7. Advocacy and advisory role : maternal mortality -- section 8. Conclusion. |
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In most areas of Sub Saharan Africa, it is expensive, dangerous, and unsafe to give birth especially when pregnancy is complicated by life threatening conditions. Safe caesarean section has a key role to play in making childbearing safer, but it costs around $300 or more, and in a continent where most people live on less than $1 per day, this is simply unaffordable to most households. Worse still, many cannot afford even the user fees charged. Additionally the public healthcare systems are run down and understaffed, often with demoralised, underpaid and poorly motivated workers, who often have to moonlight in order to supplement their wages. Poverty and inadequacies in existing healthcare services and public utilities are however not the only factors undermining safe motherhood in Africa. Governance structures are also weak and life for most people is harsh and chaotic. Religious doctrines, harmful cultural beliefs, and lack of education often reinforce women's inferior status, and the neglect that follows, especially during pregnancy, labour and puerperium combine to produce the appalling health statistics common in Sub-Saharan Africa today. For instance maternal deaths per 100,000 deliveries are close to 900, and for every 1000 children born, 100 die during the first week, and 130 weigh less than 2.5 kg at birth. Kelsey Harrison worked and researched on these issues for close to four decades and during that period published extensively in many of the most highly regarded peer-reviewed journals in medicine. This book is a selection of some of his publications in such journals as The Lancet, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, British Medical Journal, Clinical Science and Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine between 1966 and 2010. Included in this volume is the groundbreaking Zaria Maternity Survey, which he initiated and whose results and recommendations are now being gradually accepted globally as the model for enhancing maternal health in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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