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Women Empowerment: A Literature Review

open access: yesActa Scientific Women's Health, 2022
Women empowerment is a critical issue in today's world, as it aims to increase women's economic, social, and political power. This literature review provides an overview of the concept of women's empowerment, its historical evolution, and its importance ...
Deepthy James
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Impact of small-scale irrigation schemes on farmers livelihood, the case of Mekdela Woreda, North-East Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2022
Small scale irrigation has multi-dimensional effects on the livelihood development of the rural people in Ethiopia. Thus, the main objective of this study was to examine the impact of small-scale irrigation on farmers’ livelihood.
Eliyas Assefa   +2 more
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Improving family functioning and reducing violence in the home in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of Safe at Home

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Objective To test the effectiveness of the Safe at Home programme which was developed to improve family well-being and prevent multiple forms of violence in the home.Design Waitlisted pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.Setting North Kivu ...
Alexandra Blackwell   +6 more
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Does girls’ empowerment predict contraceptive intentions? Evidence from a survey of secondary school girls in Northwest Nigeria

open access: yesSexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2023
In sub-Saharan Africa, women’s empowerment has been linked to contraceptive use, but little is known about whether girls’ empowerment affects contraceptive intentions, particularly in more traditional societies where early marriage and childbearing are ...
Angubeen G. Khan   +2 more
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Quality of life and empowerment among women

open access: yesJournal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
BACKGROUND: Few women in history were respected by society because of their contributions to the field of science, arts, politics, and so on, but in general, women are deprived of their rights and being refrained from decision-making in major areas of ...
Purnima Kundu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What does women’s empowerment have to do with malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic and health surveys from 30 countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: The reduction of childhood malnutrition has been identified as a priority for health and development in sub Saharan African countries. The association between women’s empowerment and children’s nutritional status is of policy interest due to
Bishwajit, Ghose   +3 more
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Commercial hospitality : a vehicle for the sustainable empowerment of Nepali women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
To illustrate how commercial hospitality has catalysed sustainable social change in Nepal through empowering women. Utilising a new framework, developed by combining existing theories, empowerment of women Tea House owners/ managers is assessed. Within a
Maclaren, Andrew C.   +2 more
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Financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment: Evidence from Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment in the Ethiopian context. Scholars and development agents have long argued for the importance of access to financial products and services in achieving ...
Abreham Adera, L. Abdisa
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic Empowerment of Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This document presents a two page overview of UN Women's work on economic empowerment: "Many international commitments support women's economic empowerment, including the Beijing Platform for Action, [CEDAW] and a series of [ILO] conventions on gender ...

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Retraction Note: Microfinance institute’s non-financial services and women-empowerment: The role of vulnerability

open access: yesManagement Science Letters, 2020
Article history: Received: April 27, 2018 Received in revised format: June 21, 2018 Accepted: June 25, 2018 Available online: June 25, 2018 Women-Empowerment is one of the most crucial challenge in Pakistan.
Waseem Ul-Hameed, H. Mohammad, H. Shahar
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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