It identifies all the anticipated areas of impact, of the RTAI Act 2013, on the women of Sierra Leone (general healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health; sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV); women's economic life; and women's advocacy and participation in public life). In ...
In principle, gender mainstreaming (as a strategy for promoting gender equality) and empowerment (the process by which women gain power and control over their own lives and acquire the ability to make strategic choices) should have been positive concepts; however, both concepts became the passe-...
Gender equality is a central precondition for sustainable development and a key determinant of health for all genders. Improving the health and well-being of all genders requires gender-transformative, human rights-driven, and intersectional policy approaches that directly address the underlying causes of...
to promote the empowerment of women 5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels Sources 1 UN women, SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, webpage...
(2017) who examine the constraints to financial inclusion of women at a micro level in India and argue that political factors act as a hindrance; (ii) Ghosh (2022) who for the Indian economy through survey data shows that women’s political empowerment enhances financial inclusion for India ...
Sociologist & Writer: Gendered harm: FGM & CEFM; Gender & Science; Patriarchy; Regeneration & Sustainability/Environment . https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-2740
Future research questions should focus on the impact that earning money through mining has on gender equality and women's empowerment in the camps and whether women do have more freedom to choose; whether or not the more regular (though still variable) income from mining might contribute to ...
poverty, or women’s participation in senior level government or private company positions, the study of time use has gained prominence in recent years because it enables understanding existing gender differences and similarities in the context of the care economy and the economic empowerment of women...
(KOICA) and United Nations Development Program in Mongolia (UNDP) initiated the “Promoting Gender Equality in Decision-Making and Women’s Empowerment in Mongolia” project; the Asia Foundation launched the four-year “Women’s Economic Empowerment Project in Mongolia”, which is funded by Global ...
In the 2013 provisions of the Violence Against Women Act, the U.S. Congress mandates the president "direct the secretary of state to develop and implement a plan to prevent child marriage, promote empowerment of girls at risk of early marriage, and target countries where a high prevalence of...