The Role of Women?s Empowerment and Domestic Violence in Child Growth and Undernutrition in a Tribal and Rural Community in South India [PDF]
Moderate undernutrition continues to affect 46 per cent of children under 5 years of age and 47 per cent of rural women in India. Women?s lack of empowerment is believed to be an important factor in the persistent prevalence of undernutrition.
Sethuraman, Kavita
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Promoting Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Women and Young Girl's Project, Rwanda: Baseline Survey Summary Report [PDF]
, 2014 This document presents a report on promoting economic empowerment of adolescent women and young girls. In October 2008, the World Bank launched the Adolescent Girls Initiative, a public-private partnership to promote the transition of adolescent girls ...
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First birth and the trajectory of women’s empowerment in Egypt
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Women’s empowerment is often used to explain changes in reproductive behavior, but no consideration is given to how reproductive events can shape women’s empowerment over time. Fertility may cause changes in women’s empowerment, or they may be
Goleen Samari
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Journal of Management and Science, 2012 The problem of women‘s development, therefore calls for sincere and dedicated efforts from the whole society,planners, administrators, philanthropists, social and educational workers. All the governmental and non-governmental organizations and developmental agencies need to work towards the development of women.Development of women is directly and ...
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Loud, Proud and Prosperous! Report on the Mobility International USA International Symposium on Microcredit for Women with Disabilities [PDF]
, 1998 [Excerpt] MIUSA designed the International Symposium on Microcredit for Women with Disabilities in response to recommendations from women leaders with disabilities at WILD, at the Symposium in Beijing, and from our own experience with US-based ...
Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
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Women's empowerment in disaster reconstruction: Critical perspectives on policies and frameworks [PDF]
There has been an increase in the occurrence of natural disasters and their impact has aroused the interest of many stakeholders to incorporate different strategies on disaster management. Although, disaster ceased many opportunities and lives, the lives
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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Empowerment of Indigenous Women and Social Exclusion in Combating Poverty in the State of Veracruz Mexico [PDF]
, 2017 In Mexico, the Productive Organization Program for Indigenous Women (POPMI) seeks the empowerment of productive capacities in indigenous women. Our study analyzes POPMI outreach, focusing our attention on women beneficiaries
Medel-López, Hilario +2 more
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Integrated farming system for women empowerment in an island ecosystem
The Indian Journal of Agricultural SciencesA study was conducted to assess the impact of integrated farming system on a smaller scale in tribal areas of Nicobar Island, India. A small scale Homestead Integrated Farming System (HIFS) comprising home garden, goat/pig, backyard poultry was ...
T P SWARNAM +3 more
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The weight of institutions on women's capabilities [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to assess the links between institutions and quality of life, within Nussbaum's capability framework approach, exploring a relevant empirical issue: microfinance.
Isabelle Guérin +2 more
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Getting Down to Business: Women's Economic and Social Empowerment in Burundi [PDF]
, 2011 This document presents the International Rescue Committee seeking to determine what is the most effective way to support women's empowerment in conflict-affected settings.
Gretchen Larsen
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