Does women's empowerment increase accessibility to healthcare among women facing domestic violence?. Issue 8 (16th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mahapatro, Meerambika
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 26:Issue 8(2016)
• Page Start: 1024
• Page End: 1036
• Publication Date: 2016-11-16
• Subjects: Social sector – Health -- Aid – Development policies -- Governance and public policy -- Rights -- Methods; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1224815
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article aims to understand whether women's empowerment increases access to healthcare among women facing domestic violence within the Indian context. It reports on a multi-centre cross-sectional study covering 18 states of India, with 14, 405 women respondents through a systematic multi-stage sampling strategy. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Despite substantive possession of the existing attributes of empowerment, women fail to receive necessary healthcare services. This reflects a situation of biased policy processes and institutional frameworks, which are a manifestation of existing patriarchal norms and which result in the piecemeal processes of entitlements.