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Empowerment of rural women farmers and food production in Rathnapura district in Sri Lanka: a household level analysis

open access: yesApstract: 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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Extent of Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs on Entrepreneurial and Technological Empowerment

open access: yesJournal of Extension Education, 2016
Empowerment of women entrepreneurs in the context of technology entails building up the abilities and skills of women to gain insight into the issues affecting them and also building up their capacity to voice their concerns. Technological empowerment of
M. Swetha   +2 more
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Integrated farming system for women empowerment in an island ecosystem

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
A 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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Psychological empowerment of politically empowered Saudi women

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Women’s political empowerment is increasingly recognized as critical to countries with low levels, such as Saudi Arabia. Recently becoming aware of the need for women’s political empowerment, Saudi Arabia has enabled the participation of women as voters ...
Hanaa Faize A. Moubarak   +1 more
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Microfinance: Champion in Poverty Alleviation and Failure in Female Empowerment [PDF]

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In the past few years the provision of financial services to low-income clients via microfinance programs has drastically increased due to its positive effects on development.
Dobra, Alexandra
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The Role of Women?s Empowerment and Domestic Violence in Child Growth and Undernutrition in a Tribal and Rural Community in South India [PDF]

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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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Self Help Groups and empowerment of women: Self-selection or actual benefits? [PDF]

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Evidence on success of SHGs in empowering females is mixed. In particular, researchers argue that such schemes often attract women who are already active in the public domain (referred to as ‘self-selection’), so that those who are most in need of ...
Mukherjee, Diganta   +2 more
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Women’s Empowerment and Women’s Health in sub Saharan Africa

open access: yesScientific African
The paper analyses the association between women’s empowerment and health in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing literature suggests that women’s empowerment influences reproductive health outcomes like fertility, birth interval and contraceptive use.
Taka A, Tandrayen-Ragoobur V
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Social entrepreneurship, empowerment of women experiencing homelessness and gender equality

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The relationship between social entrepreneurship and social change continues to generate interest among researchers. Drawing on Kabeer’s conceptualisation of empowerment and additionally, the lens of intersectionality, paradox of empowerment and change ...
Miles, L., Granados, M., Tweed, J.
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