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Formalising women entrepreneurs in the informal economy of Kathmandu, Nepal: pathway towards empowerment? [PDF]

, 2018
Women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognised as significant to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, women entrepreneurship in developing countries is characterised by an overrepresentation
Thapa Karki, Shova, Xheneti, Mirela
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Reproductive Health and Bodily Integrity in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2017
Several policy initiatives support the empowerment of women to improve their reproductive health. Little is known, however, about the inverse effect that reproductive health might have on women’s empowerment.
Afnan-Holmes, Akker, Alio, Arestoff, Bank, Baulch, Beegle, Blackstone, Blanc, Blanc, Boserup, Burden, Béhague, Cameron, Carroon, Crissman, Das Gupta, Dhont, Dixon-Mueller, Ellis, Fitzgerald, Fledderjohann, Flood, Frøen, Haram, Hattori, Haws, Heazell, Hindin, Hindin, Holmboe-Ottesen, Kabeer, Kabeer, Larsen, Larsen, Lee-Rife, Mabsout, Malhotra, Mason, Mathur, McCloskey, NBS, NBS, NBS, Nussbaum, Olorunsaiye, Outes-Leon, Pallitto, Patosalmi, Plummer, Pulerwitz, Robeyns, Rogers, Rouchou, Ryder, Schuler, Sen, Shimamoto, Storeng, Stöckl, UNPOPIN, UN-DEAS, and UNFPA, Vyas, Vyas, Wembah-Rashid, Westeneng, Wong, Ziliak   +66 more
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The role of community-level men's and women's inequitable gender norms on women's empowerment in India: A multilevel analysis using India's National Family Health Survey-5.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundLower empowerment of women is a critical social issue with adverse public health implications. In India, deeply ingrained gender norms shape a patriarchal structure that creates systemic disadvantages for women relative to men.
Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Alison El Ayadi, Nadia Diamond-Smith   +2 more
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Factors influencing women's participation in SHGs: An empirical evidence from mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India

Results in Control and Optimization
Women's empowerment is essential for fostering inclusive and sustainable development. In India, self-help groups are widely recognised as an effective strategy not only for women's empowerment but also tackling poverty. The main objective of the study is
Itishree Panda, Damodar Jena, S Naveen, Saismita Swain, Shusrisangeeta Das   +4 more
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Reflections on New Partnerships Between Women and Local Self-Government in India: A Rural Revolution? [PDF]

, 2013
This essay reflects on strategies for women’s empowerment in light of the enactment of the 73rd constitutional amendment, Panchayati Raj, in the Indian Constitution, in 1992.
Nandal, Santosh
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Additional file 1: of Composite measures of womenâ s empowerment and their association with maternal mortality in low-income countries

, 2017
Open peer review. (PDF 83 kb)
Chiao-Wen Lan, Tavrow, Paula
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Does workforce participation empower women? Micro-level evidence from urban Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2005
Empirical studies on the impact of women’s paid jobs on their empowerment and welfare in the Bangladesh context are rare. The few studies on the issue to date have all been confined to the garment workers only although studies indicate that women’s ...
Hossain, Mohammad, Tisdell, Clem
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Smashing patriarchy with cell phones? [PDF]

, 2016
This study problematizes the relationship between ICTs, gender and development, informed by the gap between high ambitions, and disappointing outcomes of ICT-enabled development programmes aiming for women’s empowerment.
Arora, P.A. (Payal), Segers, I. (Iris)
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Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania [PDF]

, 2016
Despite recent evidence that decisions about technology adoption often involve input from both men and women, the literature on technology adoption rarely considers gender and intrahousehold issues. In this paper, we use survey data from Ethiopia, Kenya,
Doss, Cheryl, Marenya, Paswel Phiri, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela, Passarelli, Simone, Seymour, Gregory   +4 more
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History of Development on Muslim Women’s Education Empowerment through Wasatiyyah Concept in Brunei Darussalam

Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 2019
This article is an attempt to explore the application of Wasatiyyah in the education system in Brunei Darussalam. This research will be focusing on the advancement of Muslim women’s education since the Nation’s Policy of Education has been formulated.
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