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Child Welfare in India Improves as Mothers Participate in Peer Support Groups

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New research in India has demonstrated that children receive better nutrition when their mothers are empowered, educated and mobile. The researchers found that participation in a vocational training program empowered women at home, significantly increasing their children’s consumption of rice and dairy products. A vocational program in southern India called Mahila Samakhya brings groups of women together to form local support networks. A study by researchers at the University of...

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