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Waqf microfinance as an alternative and sustainable government empowerment tool towards women in Northern Nigeria: a perceptional analysis [PDF]

Journal of Business and Socio-Economic Development
PurposeThe study investigates the perception of Northern Nigeria’s women toward addressing unemployment and enhancing microeconomic activities using the uniquely proposed Waqf microfinance model.Design/methodology/approachThis quantitative study relies ...
Tijjani Muhammad, Fahd Al-Shaghdari
doaj   +1 more source

A discourse: Showing skin as an empowerment?

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences
Women’s empowerment is the epitome of intellectual awakening. The feminist’s awakening triumphs over the oppressive lording of the patriarchal system through time.
Evert Manuel Dela Pena, Jr., Jericho Manlapig Beltran, Maila Tobias Palpal-latoc   +2 more
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Bridging the Python Training Gap for Bioscientists in Brazil: Improvements and Challenges

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid evolution of high‐throughput technologies in biosciences generates vast and diverse datasets, demanding that bioscientists develop advanced data manipulation and analysis skills. Python, with its versatility and powerful libraries, has become a crucial tool for managing these datasets.
Gustavo Schiavone Crestana, Ubiratan da Silva Batista, Michelli Inácio Gonçalves Funnicelli, Larissa Graciano Braga, Luíza Zuvanov, Rodolfo Bizarria Jr., Raissa Melo de Sousa, Pedro Henrique Narciso Ferreira, Flavia Vischi Winck, Gabriel Rodrigues Alves Margarido, Alessandro de Mello Varani, Diego Mauricio Riaño‐Pachón, Renato Augusto Corrêa dos Santos   +12 more
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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Independent Female Directors and Green Innovation in China: The Moderating Roles of Ownership Structure and Market Competition

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of independent female directors (IFDs) on green innovation (GI) among Chinese‐listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Additionally, we investigate the moderating effects of ownership structure and market competition on the relationship between IFD and GI.
Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Jameel Hussain, Isaac Nana Akuffo, Ifeoma Rita Ezedebego, Ernest Ezeani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez, José Manuel Santos‐Jaén, María Estefanía Sánchez Pacheco, Fernando José Zambrano Farías   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN EMPOWERING WOMEN: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation
This study examines the development of scholarly research on social media and women’s empowerment over time through a systematic literature analysis. To achieve this, bibliometric data relating to social media and women’s empowerment were extracted from ...
KRISHNA HILOIDARI, JHIMLI BHATTACHARJEE
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Conceptualising Supply Chain Resilience Within Social Enterprises

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research seeks to conceptualise supply chain resilience (SCRes) in a social enterprise (SE) context, focusing on SEs with a social mission to tackle food insecurity and food poverty. Despite the increasingly mature field of SCRes and awareness of the critical role SEs play in tackling social challenges such as food poverty, no studies ...
Alexander James Jones, Helen Walker, Yingli Wang, Ken Peattie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and environmental credit risk in the global banking sector. Using a panel dataset of 345 publicly listed banks from 75 countries over the period 2018–2022, we find that greater female representation on bank boards is significantly associated with lower environmental credit
Kenza Mouti, Erhan Kilincarslan, Jiafan Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source