Impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2022 Women’s economic empowerment a strategy aimed at enabling women in decision-making, increment in income and asset ownership. The main aim of the study is to examine the impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment.
Belay Mengstie
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Does Islamic microfinance contribute to economic empowerment in Tunisia?: a case study of Zitouna Tamkeen [PDF]
Journal of Business and Socio-Economic Development, 2022 Purpose – Islamic microfinance is a substantial tool for poverty alleviation and economic empowerment. The paper aims at accessing the potential of Islamic microfinance for the purpose of achieving the economic empowerment in Tunisia.
Takwa Zitouni, Khoutem Ben Jedidia
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Effect of physical mobility, decision making and economic empowerment on gender-based violence among married youth in India-SAWERA project. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) is both a human rights imperative and a multifaceted economic issue. GBV can also act as a barrier to economic empowerment.
Mehra D +6 more
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Financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment: Evidence from Ethiopia
Cogent Economics and Finance, 2023 This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment in the Ethiopian context. Scholars and development agents have long argued for the importance of access to financial products and services in achieving ...
Abreham Adera, L. Abdisa
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Factors affecting rural women economic empowerment in Wolaita Ethiopia
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 Empowering rural women economically helps to ensure gender equality, the well-being of nation and the basic needs of a family. This study was conducted to figure out factors affecting rural women economic empowerment endeavors of development ...
Berhanu Kuma, Abebech Godana
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Economic empowerment of rural and urban women in India: A comparative analysis [PDF]
Spatial Information Research, 2022 The status of women is intimately connected with their economic situation depending upon the opportunity for participation in economic activities. The census data, 2011 shows a vast inequality between rural and urban women work participation as urban ...
Biswas B, Banu N.
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Disasters and the Diminishing of Women's Economic Empowerment.
Disasters, 2023 This article aims to examine, both theoretically and empirically, the relationships between rapid-onset disasters and women's economic freedom. It answers the question "How do disasters impact women's economic empowerment?" We argue that there are ...
Willow Kreutzer +2 more
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Economies, 2020 Women may be considered to have hidden, unutilized potential for the economy and society, if not utilized at their full capacity, i.e., with effective educational, social and political policies.
Maleeha Mohammed Zaaf Al-Qahtani +4 more
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Economic empowerment and intimate partner violence: a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional Demographic Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
BMC Womens Health, 2021 Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognized as a defining human rights, development and public health issue of our time. Economic empowerment is one of the most promising interventions to reduce IPV in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the ...
Stöckl H +3 more
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Electrification and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in India [PDF]
The Energy Journal, 2022 This study moves beyond the consensus of counting electrified households as a measure of progress in gender energy parity. Using the India Human Development Survey, we examine the effect of reliability of electrification on empowerment of women in terms of economic autonomy, agency, mobility and decision-making abilities, underscoring the labor market ...
Ashish K. Sedai +2 more
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