Tuesday, July 15 / 17:15 - 18:45 • Meeting Room P7 - -

Session 84
Flash Session: Policy and Governance as Factors Affecting Women's Empowerment

Chair: Anju Malhotra, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

1. Determinants of Achieving Economic and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Outcomes through Multi-Sectoral Programming among Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia and Nigeria • Meghan Cutherell, Population Services International (PSI); Mary Phillips, Population Services International; Abednego Musau, Population Services International (PSI); Joy Ede, SFH Nigeria; Bethsheba Daure, Society for Family Health.

2. Is State-Sponsored Feminism an Oxymoron? Gender Transformation through Self-Help Groups in India • Sonalde B. Desai, University of Maryland; Pallavi Choudhuri, National Council of Applied Economic Research.

3. Women’s Inheritance Rights Reforms and Impact on Women Empowerment: Evidence from India • Minali Grover, Indian Institute of Management Indore; Ajay Sharma, Indian Institute of Management (IIM).

4. Exploring the Role of Gender Perceptions and Practices in Facilitating Women-Friendly Development Initiatives by Rural Local Governments of West Bengal, India • Manabendra Roy, SIGMA Foundation; Ankita Chakrabarti, SIGMA Foundation.

5. Unveiling the Drivers of Financial Inclusion among Self-Help Group Members: An Empirical Analysis • Debashree Sinha, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Aparajita Chattopadhyay, International Institute for Population Sciences, India.

6. The Relationship between China's One-Child Policy and Female Empowerment: A Systematic Literature Review • Wendi Wang, Unemployed; Qing Guan, Australian National University; Natalie Nitsche, Australian National University.

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