Food Production; Can it be Used as a Tool in Empowerment of Rural Women? A Case Study from Turkey [PDF]
This study contains the basics on certain problems that food producing-as an earning activity that is used empowerment of women- face in rural areas and some advice on how those difficulties could be overcome.
Funda GENCLER, M. Metin ARTUKOGLU
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Global Employment Trends for Women 2004 [PDF]
, 2004 [Excerpt] More women work today than ever before. In 2003, 1.1 billion of the world\u27s 2.8 billion workers, or 40 per cent, were women, representing a worldwide increase of nearly 200 million women in employment in the past 10 years.
International Labour Office
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Evolving dimensions of women's empowerment in India.
PLoS ONEEmpowerment is a dynamic, multifaceted concept shaped by intersecting socio-economic, cultural, and demographic contexts. The conceptualization of women's empowerment has evolved from ensuring basic rights, such as education and employment, to addressing
Bharti Singh, Shri K Singh
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Long-run intergenerational health benefits of women empowerment: Evidence from suffrage movements in the US. [PDF]
Health Econ, 2023 Noghanibehambari H, Noghani F.
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Curls, Kinks and Colonization: The Decolonization of Afrodescendant Women’s Bodies in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic [PDF]
, 2018 This paper documents the experiences of Afrodescendant women in the Dominican Republic who choose to wear their hair naturally curly, despite the norm to straighten it.
Wyatt, Allegra
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Empowering women can improve child dietary diversity in Ethiopia
Maternal and Child NutritionWomen empowerment is an underlying factor of child feeding and nutrition. However, the lack of standardized measurements has made it difficult to design interventions that embed women empowerment and measure their impacts.
Kaleab Baye +2 more
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Influence of women empowerment on childhood (12-23 months) immunization coverage: Recent evidence from 17 sub-Saharan African countries. [PDF]
Trop Med Health, 2023 Amoah A, Issaka J, Ayebeng C, Okyere J.
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Empowering Women through Education and Influence: An Evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya Program [PDF]
This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases participants' physical mobility, political participation, and access to employment.
Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. +2 more
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Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Rwanda [PDF]
, 2008 This document presents voices of women entrepreneuers in Rwanda. Rwanda is recognized as a world leader in promoting gender equality and offers an encouraging example of how post-conflict countries can seize the reform momentum after conflict ends to ...
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Microfinance’s Impact on Education, Poverty, and Empowerment: A Case Study from the Bolivian Altiplano [PDF]
This study explores the impact of microcredit on economic, educational, and empowerment levels of women from the Bolivian high plains who had acquired microcredit for over three years.
Sarah Gibb
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