Women in Development – Dissecting the Discourse [PDF]
The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of victims ...
Vijayamohanan, Pillai N. +2 more
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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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Gender empowerment in microfinance [PDF]
In this paper we argue that the promotion of women in microfinance initiatives and the bias against men is taking place in the absence of solid empirical evidence on the effects of this approach in the balance of powers in households and on the health ...
Armendáriz, Beatriz, Roome, Nigiel
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Empowerment of Pastoralist Women [PDF]
, 2012 Poor pastoralist women in Eastern Sudan have improved their livelihoods by producing alternative animal feed from local resources. They are able to do so after receiving training from a local pastoralist organisation, supported by Oxfam Novib’s partner ...
van Dijk, Karin
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Women empowerment in reproductive health: a systematic review of measurement properties. [PDF]
BMC Womens Health, 2021 Vizheh M +4 more
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A statistical exposition of the state of empowerment at older ages in India [PDF]
Well-being is desired and drives all ages and all societies. Empowerment is a means to well-being. The issue of empowerment endures at older ages also. Addressing this issue is central as the Indian population continues to age.
Pathak, Prasanta, Bakshi, Sanjeev
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Women empowerment and access to maternity and reproductive healthcare in Pakistan: cross-validation of a Survey-based Index in Afghanistan (SWEI-A). [PDF]
BMC Womens Health, 2022 Dadras O +4 more
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, 2016 The main goal of this study is to examine the impact of microfinance on women empowerment and poverty alleviation. Microfinance is providing the loans and other financial services which help to achieve economic growth of small businesses.
JAMAL, Nagina
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Women empowerment domains and unmet need for contraception among married and cohabiting fecund women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis based on gender role framework. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Habte A, Tamene A, Bogale B.
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The empowerment of pregnant women in Tonekabon, Iran
Caspian Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2016 Background: Pregnant women empowerment is viewed by policy makers and health care practitioners as a mechanism to help pregnant women adapt to physical and psychological changes after pregnancy, and gain a satisfactory experience of childbirth.
Leila Hajipour +4 more
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