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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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PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundStudies have shown that correcting presbyopia among women could increase short-term income and quality of life. However, it is unclear whether these short-term outcomes translate to long-term empowerment.
Michelle Fernandes Martins +11 more
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QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT AS THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND DURABLE PEACE? [PDF]
, 2021 In 2000, United Nations Security Council passed resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which recognised the different roles women play during and after an armed conflict had ended.
Bergsten, Hanna
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Empowerment Theory and Digital Village: Insights from West Java's Digital Village Programme
The Journal of Indonesia Sustainable Development PlanningThe advancement of digital technology influences rural development, requiring communities to adapt by not only relying on infrastructure but also maximizing digital technologies for social and economic empowerment.
Dyana Chusnulitta Jatnika +3 more
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Political ideology, helping mechanisms and empowerment of mental health self-help/mutual aid groups [PDF]
, 2002 Self-help/mutual aid groups share common attributes such as they are peer-led, address a common problem or condition, have a voluntary character and little or no connection with professionals.
Hatzidimitriadou, E. +2 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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Influential Factors On The Political Orientation Of Young Female Voters
Jurnal Trias PolitikaPolitical orientation shapes an individual's voting behavior and influences their participation in elections. Since the 2019 general elections (Pemilu), there has been a significant increase in female and young voters.
Safira Hasna +2 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Rethinking the rotation term of reserved seats for women in Panchayati Raj
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009 The belief that increased numbers of women holding decision-making positions is a sign of empowerment is reflected in the United Nations Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), which tracks the percentages of women in national parliaments, in other ...
Nupur Tiwari
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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