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Women's Empowerment: What Works? [PDF]
Journal of International Development, 2016 AbstractWith radical roots in the 1980s, women's empowerment is now a mainstream development concern. Much of the narrative focuses on instrumental gains—what women can do for development rather than what development can do for women. Empowerment is treated as a destination reached through development's equivalent of motorways: programmes rolled out ...
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Women's Economic Empowerment and Growth in Low Income Countries: a global research programme (2013-2018) [PDF]
, 2013 This document presents research on womens economic empowerment and growth in low income countries. The joint programme will deliver policy-relevant research on critical questions faced by decision makers in improving the economic lives of women in LICs ...
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Women's empowerment in cotton growing: A case in Northern Benin [PDF]
, 2019 This article addresses the economic and social impacts for women growing cotton through the interrelated dimensions of resource, agency and achievements in women's empowerment.
Aboudou, Faridath Atchabi, Fok, Michel
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Women, Ethnicity and Empowerment [PDF]
Feminism & Psychology, 1994 This article critically examines the ideology of empowerment and its links to debates about solidarity and difference among women, especially those from oppressed and minority collectivities. The notions of community, identity, culture and ethnicity are examined together with issues of women's citizenship and coalition politics.
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Women Empowerment in Assam [PDF]
The present paper is an attempt to analyze the status of women and their empowerment in terms of various indicators such as access to education, employment, household decision making power, financial autonomy, freedom of movement, exposure to media ...
Mahanta, Bidisha, Nayak, Purusottam
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The Role of ICT in Women's Empowerment in Rural\ud Bangladesh [PDF]
, 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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Post-war economic opportunities in northern Uganda: Implications for Women's Empowerment and Political Participation [PDF]
, 2012 This document presents a women-focused study which looks at peace dividends and their nature, as well as the direction they are taking. The overall objective is to map out economic opportunities for women in post-war northern Uganda and the implications ...
Aramanzan Madanda +2 more
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Impact of microcredit programmes on women empowerment: an empirical study in West Bengal [PDF]
Based on an empirical study in West Bengal, this paper attempts to examine whether women‟s involvement in the microcredit programme through SHGs makes any positive change on women‟s empowerment that appears from the assessment on various indicators of ...
Dey, Sudipta, Sarker, Debnarayan
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Gender and Empowerment: Contemporary Lakota Women of Rosebud [PDF]
, 2004 Western-European stereotypes still permeate Plains Indian culture suggesting that women were passive and subjugated while men were dominant warriors.
Mello, Christina G.
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Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2020 Women empowerment and gender equity are two significant aspects of the sustainable development of a country. As Sri Lanka is on the way towards sustainable development, this study was conducted to assess the situation of women farmers’ empowerment and ...
S D D Rathnachandra
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