Challenging empowerment: AIDS-affected southern African children and the need for a multi-level relational approach [PDF]
, 2014 Critics of empowerment have highlighted the concept’s mutability, focus on individual transformation, one-dimensionality and challenges of operationalisation. Relating these critiques to children’s empowerment raises new challenges.
Ansell, N, Nicola Ansell
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Internet and political empowerment: Towards a taxonomy for online political empowerment
Information Development, 2017 In the age of the information revolution, the Internet can be used to involve citizens in political processes and leads to the emergence of the new version of political empowerment. This article analyses the possible effects of the Internet on the political empowerment of citizens.
Pirannejad, A. (author) +1 more
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Utilizing mass media in the political empowerment of Egyptian women [PDF]
, 2010 Egyptian women’s activists are widely regarded as pioneers in calling for women’s rights in the Arab world. However, the struggle for women’s rights in Egypt is a complex one that has led to many achievements, but has also involved numerous setbacks. The
Dawoud, A.A.A.
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Does Microfinance Singlehandedly Empower Women? A Case Study of Bangladesh
SAGE Open, 2023 The role played by microfinancing in the empowerment of women has been a subject of debate in recent literature. By employing the case study method, this paper explores the influencing determinants.
Sajeda Pervin +2 more
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Economic nationalism : a historical perspective on economic empowerment in South Africa with special reference to aspects of the manifestation of Black Economic Empowerment [PDF]
, 2010 Includes bibliographical referencesThis thesis aims to compare BEE with the economic empowerment strategies of Afrikaner nationalism in order to root discussion around Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment within a context of economic nationalism.
Schlenther, Bernhard
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Empowerment revisited: will it address marginalised positions of women in post disasters? [PDF]
World is faced with frequent natural disasters and the magnitude of impact that they cause lead to major concerns in many fields. The need to focus on community engagement and enhancement of society‟s capacity to withstand disasters in order to reduce ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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Towards realistic strategies for women's political empowerment in Africa
, 2000 Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women's political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women's increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political ...
Hlupekile Longwe, Sara
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The paradox of tenant empowerment: regulatory and liberatory possibilities [PDF]
, 2008 Tenant empowerment has traditionally been regarded as a means of realising democratic ideals: a quantitative increase in influence and control, which thereby enables "subjects" to acquire the fundamental properties of "citizens".
Cooper, Vickie +3 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Mobile phones have emerged as the predominant technology in developing countries, especially within agricultural enterprises. This research investigates the influence of mobile phone utilization on the empowerment of female entrepreneurs in rural farming
Md Sadekur Rahman +4 more
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WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY A cross-country analysis [PDF]
, 2023 Extensive research argues that women express higher levels of concern regarding environmental degradation and are more likely to act for environmental causes.
Ringvall, Moa
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