Purpose Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are known for their contribution to the women empowerment and poverty alleviation but it is not clear about the role of gender on the performance of this industry. It is important to explore the representation of both the gender in three levels, namely, ...
PIP: Gender role biases in Indian television have served to reinforce and even enhance the degradation of women in the broader society. A content analysis of 20 news programs, 20 fictionalized serials, and 100 commercials conducted over a 3-week period in 1988 indicated that women are portrayed...
This paper examines the challenges to gender equity in India's educational system and the role of UNICEF in addressing these disparities. It highlights the importance of education for women and girls as a key driver of development and focuses on the complex interplay between cultural traditions, li...
Anchoring the focus of study on the gomastah recognises the complex layers of class, caste, and gender in the history of lock hospitals and venereal diseases in colonial Madras. Studying gomastahs expands our understanding of colonial bureaucracy, the dominating role of intermediaries, as well as...
the tumultuous political landscapes in certain African nations obstruct the guarantee of children's right to survival. Simultaneously, severe gender discrimination prevalent in some African countries impedes the protection of women's rights, s...
Keywords:Bimala;gender;Tagore;nationalism . 中图分类号:I106.4 文献标识码:A 文章编号:1009—2560(2012)05—0063—03 ThroughanalyzingthefigureofBimalainthenoveltheHomeandtheWorldbyRabindranathTagore, wecanbasicallyunderstandthecorespiritofIndiannationalisminearly20thcenturyunderthethreatof BritishcolonizationinTagore...
In spite of all challenges, women are heavily represented in faculty positions and are fairly paid; moreover, hiring and promotion criteria are set by the Higher Education Supreme Council regardless of gender or religion (Mousa, 2021). The workload for academic staff is multidimensional, ...
The role of gender in employment, licensing and travel behaviour In general, it was found that women worked less than their male partners. All male participants in our study worked full-time (or owned businesses which they were committed to on a full-time basis). Of the nine women we spok...
Indian Biotech opponents have attributed the increase of suicides to the monopolization of GM seeds, centering on patent control, application of terminator technology, marketing strategy, and increased production costs. The contentions of the biotech opp
Table 1 presents descriptive statistics of the surveyed returnees in China and India. Gender representation is similar with 18 percent female respondents in both samples. The average age of the surveyed returnees in China is higher than in the India sample with 48 percent above the age of 40 in...