Results 11 to 20 of about 20,141 (225)
Women's empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya and women's empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the abbreviated version of the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index.
Gracious M Diiro +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Strengthening the role of Community Health Representatives in the Navajo Nation
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Strengthening Community Health Worker systems has been recognized to improve access to chronic disease prevention and management efforts in low-resource communities. The Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE) Program is a Native non-
Caroline King +11 more
doaj +1 more source
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
wiley +1 more source
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Women’s empowerment is an important goal in achieving sustainable development worldwide. Offering access to microfinance services to women is one way to increase women’s empowerment.
Marloes A. Huis +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Tourism and Women Empowerment in Developing Economies: Systematic Literature Review
iRASD Journal of Management, 2022 Employment, gender equality, and women's empowerment can boost tourism's sustainability. The tourism business is dominated by women, but it still has a lot of serious imbalances.
Sadia Mahwish, Muhammad Atif Nawaz
doaj +1 more source
First birth and the trajectory of women’s empowerment in Egypt
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Women’s empowerment is often used to explain changes in reproductive behavior, but no consideration is given to how reproductive events can shape women’s empowerment over time. Fertility may cause changes in women’s empowerment, or they may be
Goleen Samari
doaj +1 more source
Impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2022 Women’s economic empowerment a strategy aimed at enabling women in decision-making, increment in income and asset ownership. The main aim of the study is to examine the impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment.
Belay Mengstie
doaj +1 more source
A Re-reading of the Mechanisms of Women's Empowerment in the Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]
سیاست متعالیهEmpowerment is individual development based on one's own interests in attaining individual and social objectives. Women's empowerment involves action to upgrade the status of women through education, increasing awareness, literacy, and learning how to ...
Elnaz Nikseresht Nia +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Conceptualizing pathways linking women’s empowerment and prematurity in developing countries
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5. Many efforts have focused on clinical approaches to improve the survival of premature babies. There is a need, however, to explore psychosocial, sociocultural,
Patience A. Afulani +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Associations between women's empowerment and children's health status in Ethiopia.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Although women's empowerment has gained attention over the last two decades, our understanding of the associations between different dimensions of women's empowerment and different children's health outcomes is limited.
Solomon Kibret Abreha +2 more
doaj +1 more source