Can the health effects of widely-held societal norms be evaluated? An analysis of the United Nations convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (UN-CEDAW)

Abstract Background Female life expectancy and mortality rates have been improving over the course of many decades. Many global changes offer potential explanations. In this paper, we examined whether the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDA...

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Published in:BMC Public Health
Main Authors: Christopher A. Tait, Ifrah Abdillahi, Wendy Wong, Heather Smith-Cannoy, Arjumand Siddiqi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Subjects:
women’s health
Human rights
CEDAW
Global health
Norms
United Nations
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6607-6

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