S. R. Osmani|Amartya Sen
The hidden penalties of gender inequality: fetal origins of ill-health
University of Ulster|Trinity College London
paper concerned interconnections gender inequality maternal deprivation one hand health children either sex adults children grow either sex basic message paper womens deprivation terms nutrition healthcare rebounds society whole form illhealth offspringmales females alikeboth children adults variety pathways womens deprivation affect health society whole paper focuses pathways operate undernourishment mother maternal deprivation adversely affects health fetus turn leads longterm health risks extend childhood adulthood well however important differences way children adults experience consequences maternal deprivation via fetal deprivation particular pathways lead respective risk factors circumstances risk factors actually translate illhealth different differences best understood concept overlapping health transition two different regimes diseases coexist side side gender inequality exacerbates old regime diseases among less affluent pathway childhood undernutrition time also exacerbates new regime diseases among relatively affluent pathway come known barker hypothesis gender inequality thus leads double jeopardysimultaneously aggravating regimes diseases thus raising economic cost overlapping health transition