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The Role of ICT in Women's Empowerment in Rural\ud Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Rural women in Bangladesh have limited access to resources and public\ud spheres due to socio-cultural restrictions. Women suffer from severe\ud discrimination, and it is thought this is heightened due to a lack of access to\ud information.
Armarego, Joycelyn   +2 more
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Beyond Structural Interventions: The Human Architecture Shaping ESG Integration in Corporate Systems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the promotion of ESG in corporate discourse, substantive integration of ESG principles into business practices remains challenging. This study applies and extends Meadows' leverage framework to examine ESG integration in UAE‐listed firms.
M. Schulte, Dimitris Christopoulos
wiley   +1 more source

Black Feminism: Dismantling Tropes and Embracing Sisterhood

open access: yes, 2018
This paper examines the usage of films like Set it off (1996) and Girl’s Trip (2017) and their sisterhood as friends as a way to dismantle tropes typically used towards Black Women.
Negron, Elaine
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A sexual masquerade : the performance of desire and femininity in a Fifty Shades of Grey era : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Within a neoliberal Western society, sex is more visible than ever, infiltrating our digital world, media, popular culture and talk. As women are assumed to have achieved sexual ‘liberation’ and ‘equality’, there has been a shift in disciplined ...
Dowling, Chelsea Louise
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Towards a Socially Inclusive Circular Economy: Evidence From Social Enterprises in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) and social entrepreneurship (SE) are increasingly recognised as critical pathways for sustainable development, yet CE research often underplays social inclusion, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs).
Maria L. Granados, Adeyemi Adelekan
wiley   +1 more source

Microfinance’s Impact on Education, Poverty, and Empowerment: A Case Study from the Bolivian Altiplano [PDF]

open access: yes
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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Consumer Adoption of Internet of Things

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 673-693, March 2025.
ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT), a pivotal technology in enhancing user connectivity, faces a paradox: its widespread potential yet limited consumer adoption. This study addresses this dichotomy by synthesizing a large‐scale meta‐analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) and hierarchical linear meta‐analysis (HiLMA) of 2736 effect sizes from ...
Wagner Junior Ladeira   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘One hen’ or ‘a basket of bangles’: women development and micro-credit in Tamil Nadu [PDF]

open access: yes
Tamil Nadu in India has a glorious tradition of recognizing the importance of empowering women over several centuries. The State fares reasonably well (above the all-India level) in terms of indicators such as female literacy, girls enrollment, female ...
Asalatha, B. P.   +1 more
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