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Women And Men In Rural Microfinance: The Case Of Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes
Uganda, where 85 % of the population live in rural areas, has experienced a rapid rise of rural and microfinance over the last ten years. There is a pronounced gender awareness in public policities and programs.
Almeyda, Gloria, Seibel, Hans Dieter
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Food Production; Can it be Used as a Tool in Empowerment of Rural Women? A Case Study from Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes
This study contains the basics on certain problems that food producing-as an earning activity that is used empowerment of women- face in rural areas and some advice on how those difficulties could be overcome.
Funda GENCLER, M. Metin ARTUKOGLU
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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of rural women on the agritourism entrepreneurial behavior in Tunisia

open access: yesCogent Business & Management
In recent years, some localities in Tunisia that are among the most amenable to agritourism have focused on the development of agritourism houses with a focus on rural women through agritourism entrepreneurial training.
Nesrine Khazami   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Affecting the Rural Women Micro Credit Program Success in Ghaem-shahr [PDF]

open access: yesتعاون و کشاورزی, 2015
The purpose of this descriptive- analytical research was to assess the success of Micro Finance Program (MFP) of rural women. The research instrument used was a questionnaire that its validity was established by a panel of experts and its reliability was
Amir Ahmadpour   +2 more
doaj  

Traditional Perceptions of Climate Change Phenomenon Influencing Adaptation Decisions among Women Crop Farmers in Southern Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2023
The study assessed traditional perceptions of climate change phenomenon influencing adaptation decision and responses among rural women crop farmers in southern Nigeria.
Chinwoke Clara Ifeanyi-obi   +3 more
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Providing finance for rural women

open access: yes, 2014
Women and credit - the experience of providing financial services to rural women in developing countries by Monica Fong and Heli Perrett 1991 157pp ISBN 88 85955 02 9 Pbk price Lr.20.000 Finafrica, Via San Vigilio 10 20142 Milan ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Profiles and Their Predictors in a Study of US Volunteer Firefighters

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

open access: yes, 2011
The objectives of the study are to explore how women assess their situation in Matabeleland South with regard to their socio-economic realities; to find out the individual and community circumstances that these rural women in the drought prone region ...
Ndhlovu, Gretchen Nokukhanya
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