Restricted physical integrity

Women’s Shelters

A women’s shelter is a place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent situations, such as , and . Shelters provide a safe place of refuge for battered women. Women who have experienced physical and / or psychological abuse may seek support and refuge at a shelter. Women seeking help may decide themselves, […]

GID-DB variables: restricted physical integrity

The Gender, Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB) is the only database providing researchers and policymakers with key data on gender-based discrimination in social institutions. Covering 160 countries, the GID-DB contains comprehensive information on legal, cultural and traditional practices that discriminate against women and girls. The GID-DB covers five sub-indices including restricted physical integrity. This sub-index captures […]

Transforming social institutions to prevent violence against women and girls and improve development outcomes

Table of Contents 1 Transforming social institutions to prevent violence against women and girls and improve development outcomes 2 About the Issues Paper 3 Key messages 4 Did you know? 5 Read more Transforming social institutions to prevent violence against women and girls and improve development outcomes The OECD Development Centre released an Issues Paper […]

Womankind Worldwide

Womankind Worldwide is an international women’s rights and development charity based in the UK. It partners with women’s rights organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America, helping to challenge discrimination and violence. Womankind delivers support to these organisations by providing funding, expertise, contacts and publicity to help increase their impact and bring about change. Table […]

Son preference in China

Despite the old Chinese proverb according to which “Women hold up half the sky”, Chinese families prefer having sons instead of daughters. As a consequence, China faces nowadays millions of missing women, as many of its neighbouring countries. Son preference is often considered as a recent phenomenon whereas it is an old characteristic of the […]

Son Preference

Son preference reflects the economic valuation of women, based on information on the number of “” in a country. Missing women, a concept suggest by economist , measures gender bias in mortality due to sex selective abortions or insufficient health care to baby girls. See also External Links www.oecd.org/dev/gender/sigi  

Roe v Wade

In January 22, 1973, was legalised in the due to the landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade overtuned a Texas interpretation of abortion law, and by doing so, overtuned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion. Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Ruling 3 Impact 4 References Background In 1970, attorneys Linda […]

Reproductive Rights

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Beijing Platform 3 Other 4 Sources 5 See also 6 External links 7 Further reading About In 1994 the Cairo Programme of Action was adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development. This reproductive health document was the first to be of international policy nature. It states: Reproductive […]

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