Women's Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development (2025)

Women's Empowerment, PopulationDynamics, and Socioeconomic Development(2025) DETAILS 232 pages | 6 x 9 | PAPERBACKISBN 978-0-309-72624-5 | DOI 10.17226/27955 CONTRIBUTORS Anita Raj and Susan C. Scrimshaw, Editors; Committee on Women's Empowerment,Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development; Committee on Population;Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academies ofSciences, Engineering, and Medicine SUGGESTED CITATION National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025.Women'sEmpowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development. Washington,DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27955. Visit the National Academies Press at nap.edu and login or register to get: – Access to free PDF downloads of thousands of publications– 10% off the price of print publications– Email or social media notifications of new titles related to your interests– Special offers and discounts All downloadable National Academies titles are free to be used for personal and/or non-commercialacademic use. Users may also freely post links to our titles on this website; non-commercial academicusers are encouraged to link to the version on this website rather than distribute a downloaded PDFto ensure that all users are accessing the latest authoritative version of the work. All other uses requirewritten permission. (Request Permission) This PDF is protected by copyright and owned by the National Academy of Sciences; unless otherwiseindicated, the National Academy of Sciences retains copyright to all materials in this PDF with all rightsreserved. Women’s Empowerment,Population Dynamics, andSocioeconomic Development Anita Raj and Susan C. Scrimshaw,Editors Committee on Women’sEmpowerment, PopulationDynamics, and SocioeconomicDevelopment Committee on Population Division of Behavioral and SocialSciences and Education Consensus Study Report Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Women's Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 This activity was supported by a contract between the National Academy ofSciences and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-039679). Additionalsupport was provided by the National Academy of Sciences W. K. KelloggFoundation Fund. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of anyorganization or agency that provided support for the project. International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-72624-5International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-72624-7Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/27955Library of Congress Control Number: 2025932139 This publication is available from the National Academies Press, 500 FifthStreet, NW, Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242; http://www.nap.edu. Copyright 2025 by the National Academy of Sciences. National Academiesof Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and National Academies Press andthe graphical logos for each are all trademarks of the National Academy ofSciences.All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.2025.Women’s Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and SocioeconomicDevelopment.Washington, DC: National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27955. Women's Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development TheNational Academy of Scienceswas established in 1863 by an Act ofCongress, signed by President Lincoln, as a private, nongovernmental institutionto advise the nation on issues related to science and technology. Members areelected by their peers for outstanding contributions to research. Dr. MarciaMcNutt is president. TheNational Academy of Engineeringwas established in 1964 under thecharter of the National Academy of Sciences to bring the practices of engineeringto advising the nation. Members are elected by their peers for extraordinarycontributions to engineering. Dr. John L. Anderson is president. TheNational Academy of Medicine(formerly the Institute of Medicine)was established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciencesto advise the nation on medical and health issues. Members are elected by theirpeers for distinguished contributions to medicine and health. Dr. Victor J. Dzauis president. The three Academies work together as theNational Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicineto provide independent, objective analysis andadvice to the nation and conduct other activities to solve complex problemsand inform public policy decisions. The National Academies also encourageeducation and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, andincrease public understanding in matters of science, engineering, and medicine. Learn more about the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, andMedicine atwww.nationalacademies.org. Wom