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The effect of microcredit on women's control over household spending in developing countries: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Over the past three decades, microfinance activities have spread across the globe, reaching tens of millions of poor households with tailored financial services.
Bastiaensen, Johan, Duvendack, Maren, Garcia Hombrados, Jorge, Holvoet, Nathalie, Leeuw, Frans L, Lukach, Ruslan, Palmer-Jones, Richard, Rivas, Ana, Vaessen, Jos, van Gils, Ger, Waddington, Hugh   +10 more
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Journeys of Transformation: A Training Manual for Engaging Men as Allies in Women's Economic Empowerment [PDF]

, 2012
This manual provides group education sessions for engaging men as allies in women's economic empowerment. It emerges from CARE's experience, in Rwanda and elsewhere, that women's economic empowerment works, but that it can be made to work better and to ...
Gary Barker, Henny Slegh, Piotr Pawlak
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A Roadmap for Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment [PDF]

, 2013
This document summarizes findings of 18 research studies commissioned across 4 categories (entrepreneurship, farming, wage employment, young women's employment) to find out what works to empower women, for whom (categories of women), and where (country ...
Emily Courey Pryor, Mayra Buvinic, Rebecca Furst-Nichols   +2 more
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Eucalyptus plantations and gender dynamics: Analyzing Women's empowerment in Northwest Ethiopia

Trees, Forests and People
Men and women often play distinct roles in forest management, each experiencing varying levels of empowerment. This study investigates the effect of eucalyptus plantations on women's empowerment in the Senan District of Northwest Ethiopia.
Fasika Belay, Messay Mulugeta, Teferee Makonnen   +2 more
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Negara dan Pemberdayaan Perempuan (Studi: Upaya Bppmkb Kota Pekanbaru dalam Meningkatkan Kedudukan Perempuan Tahun 2014) [PDF]

, 2017
About the rights and freedoms of individuals, many related question to the problem of discrimination to women at the level regional and the world. To reduce the discrimination of women, need a gender equality for women to have the same position with men.
Hasanuddin, H. (Hasanuddin), Yeselin, I. M. (Icha)   +1 more
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Beyond access: Islamic financial literacy and women’s empowerment

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan Islam
Purpose – This study examines the effect of Islamic financial literacy on women’s empowerment using Islamic financial inclusion as a mediating variable.
Bambang Sukoco, Cahyaning Budi Utami, Madha Adi Ivantri, Alhussain Awdalkrem   +3 more
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Marital Violence and Women's Employment and Property Status: Evidence from North Indian Villages [PDF]

Dominant development policy approaches recommend women's employment on the grounds that it facilitates their empowerment, which in turn is believed to be instrumental in enhancing women's well-being.
Bedi, Arjun S., Bhattacharya, Manasi, Chhachhi, Amrita   +2 more
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Microfinance, Political Factors, and Motivation Can All Help to Enhance Women’s Entrepreneurship and Empowerment to Eliminate Poverty in Sindh Pakistan

SAGE Open
Sustainable development of women’s entrepreneurship (WE) and women empowerment (WEMP), and poverty reduction (PR), are significant challenges, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan.
Saifullah, Zhiqiang Ma, Mingxing Li, Muhammad Qasim Maqbool   +3 more
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Measuring Women's Empowerment in Rwanda

, 2016
This study examines the determinants of women's empowerment in Rwanda using data obtained from DHS 2010. A regression analysis is used to investigate the association between women's empowerment and its covariates.
Heshmati, Almas, Musonera, Abdou
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The effectiveness of foreign aid to women's equality organizations in the MENA: Does aid promote women's political participation? [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper, we address the question of whether official development assistance promotes gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region by examining the effects of aid to Women's Equality Organizations and Institutions on women's political ...
Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina
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