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DESCRIPTION:Procurement for Empowerment: The Impact of Female Decision-Make
 rs in Reproductive Health Supply Chains\n\nPresented by Dwaipayan Roy\n\nD
 arden School of Business\, University of Virginia\n\nDate: Friday\, March 
 15\, 2024\n	Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM\n	Location: Bronfman Building\, Room 3
 10\n\n\nAbstract: \n\nAccess to contraceptives empowers women to not only 
 exercise their reproductive rights and avert unintended pregnancies\, but 
 also to prevent a spectrum of adverse societal and health outcomes (e.g.\,
  unfulfilled career aspirations\, unsafe abortions\, maternal deaths.) How
 ever\, in low-\, and middle-income countries (LMICs)\, where resources are
  limited and women are under-represented as decision-makers in national go
 vernments\, reproductive health has not traditionally been prioritized. Mo
 tivated by past research showing that female decision-makers tend to prior
 itize issues in ways that better reflect women’s needs and preferences\, w
 e examine the relationship between female decision-makers in national gove
 rnments and contraceptive procurement. Specifically\, we focus on female d
 ecision-makers at two levels\, as health ministers and parliamentarians\, 
 and examine their impact on the procurement quantity of contraceptives by 
 LMICs. Our empirical analysis\, based on a comprehensive compilation of da
 ta across six distinct sources\, shows that a female (vs. male) health min
 ister is associated with an average 66% increase in the procurement quanti
 ty of contraceptives. Notably\, this relationship is strengthened with an 
 increase in the proportion of female representatives in national parliamen
 ts. Together\, these findings demonstrate that female (vs. male) decision-
 makers exhibit greater commitment to contraceptive procurement\, an issue 
 that has a disproportionate impact on women’s health and well-being. As en
 suring good health and well-being for all and increasing gender parity in 
 leadership positions are two of the key United Nations Sustainable Develop
 ment Goals\, our study on examining the relationship between female decisi
 on-makers and contraceptive procurement constitutes a timely and consequen
 tial line of inquiry.\n
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LOCATION:Room 310\, Bronfman Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G5\, 1001
  rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Laidley Centre Business Ethics Speaker Series: Dwaipayan Roy
URL:/desautels/channels/event/laidley-centre-business-
 ethics-speaker-series-dwaipayan-roy-356008
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