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A Three-Dimensional Model of Women’s Empowerment: Implications in the Field of Microfinance and Future Directions

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, Nina Hansen, Sabine Otten, Robert Lensink, Robert Lensink   +4 more
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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
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STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH SULAWESI

Review of Behavioral Aspect in Organizations and Society, 2019
The study was conducted in 4 districts or cities in the province of South Sulawesi, namely Takalar, Maros, Gowa, and Barru. The locations were deliberately chosen with the consideration that they are the potential development areas for women working in product diversification processed in domestic processing industries.
Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, Sutinah Sutinah, Seni Wati, Sri Suro Adhawaty   +3 more
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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
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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, Solomon Zena Walelign, Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus   +2 more
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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, Molly Altman, Joseph Musana, May Sudhinaraset   +3 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

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, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Women’s empowerment for abortion and family planning decision making among marginalized women in Nepal: a mixed method study

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Women’s empowerment is multidimensional. Women’s education, employment, income, reproductive healthcare decision making, household level decision making and social status are vital for women’s empowerment. Nepal is committed to achieving women
Heera KC, Mangala Shrestha, Nirmala Pokharel, Surya Raj Niraula, Prajjwal Pyakurel, Surya Bahadur Parajuli   +5 more
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Institutions and gender empowerment in greece [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction:The Hellenic Republic (Greece) is a multiparty parliamentary democracy and a member of the European Union which has influenced standards for women’s rights.
Dellios, Rosita
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How Economic Empowerment Reduces Women’s Reproductive Health Vulnerability: Evidence from Northern Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
This article uses data from Northern Tanzania to analyse how economic empowerment helps women reduce their reproductive health (RH) vulnerability. It analyses the effect of women’s employment and economic contribution to their household on health care ...
D'Exelle, Ben, Westeneng, Judith
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