Do Empowered Mothers Foster Gender Equity and Better Reproductive Health in the Next Generation?
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(January 2005) This six-page policy brief investigates whether empowered mothers and mothers-in-law are more likely to promote better reproductive health and positive gender norms among married daughters and daughters-in-law in the next generation. The brief includes recommendations for making policies and programs more effective in supporting women's empowerment.