​By Empowering Women in Countries with High Poverty Levels,we Can

question 60

Multiple Choice

​By empowering women in countries with high poverty levels,we can improve the health status of the family because:

• A)more women have received education than men.
• B)malnourished women give birth to low-birthweight infants.
• C)​healthy women can bear more children to farm the land and grow food.
• D)​most of these societies value women more highly than men.
• E)​women and children are usually better off financially than men.

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