Gender Resources

• FGC Data from DHS Surveys, 1990-2004
  The MEASURE DHS project has collected data on female genital cutting in 17 African countries and Yemen. In some countries, two surveys with FGC data have been conducted. Data is available on this CD for each of these countries, as well as the survey module used in DHS questionnaires to collect FGC data, and several DHS publications relating to FGC. Check out the contents of the CD-ROM
  
  
• Gender in the Kenya 2003 DHS
  Gender roles and customs in Kenya affect women’s health and welfare. Women have less access to education, employment and information than men. More...
  
  
• Understanding Domestic Violence
  Scientific investigation of the problem of domestic violence is a relatively recent endeavor; it is only within the past 30 years that violence against women has been widely acknowledged as a threat to the health and rights of women and to national development. More...
  
  
• Insight into Gender and Women's Empowerment through the DHS
  Women's status, empowerment, and experiences of gender roles can now be measured in more depth through the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Historically, DHS surveys have provided information on fertility, women's and men's knowledge and use of family planning, maternal and child mortality, nutrition, health and health care, and HIV/AIDS, as well as household socioeconomic status. More...