Women empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers ...
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This paper analyses the relationships between economic development, women's social and economic empowerment and reproductive health in rural India using both state- and micro-level data. While previous studies have examined the separate effects of economic development on women's empowerment and ...
The government's drive for female empowerment in China began almost a century ago when Chairman Mao Zedong said "women hold up half the sky." With the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, controversial practices such as foot binding for women and child marriage ...
Economic progress and the promotion of gender equality depend on women's empowerment. Providing equal opportunities, privileges, and access to resources for women yields manifold advantages for societies and economies. This article investigates the critical significance of women's empowerment in Kerala, ...
This is one of the most cited articles in the context of studies about the economic empowerment of women. By the end of the decade, the World Bank’s research report presented a cross-country comparison of the impact of gender inequalities on growth and development (Klasen, 1999), thus ...
Gender equality, poverty eradication and the Millennium Development Goals: promoting women's capabilities and participation ___. (2012) `Women's Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Growth: Labour Markets and Enterprise Development', SIG Working Paper 2012/1. Ottawa: IDRC.Kabeer N (2003) Gender equali...
Sohail, M.: Women empowerment and economic development—an exploratory study in Pakistan. J. Bus. Stud. Q. 5(4), 210–221 (2014) Google Scholar Solomon, A.V., Adekoya, A.E.: Women and power transformation in rural households: a case study of Osun State, Nigeria. Soc. Sci. 1(3...
Women’s employment, empowerment and globalization: An economic perspective. Prepared for the Expert Consultation on the 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, organized by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women - Braunstein - 2008...
UN Women stressed the importance of gender-responsive social protection systems, like cash transfers, in reducing mortality rates among women and enhancing their security and economic empowerment. UN Woman urged stakeholders to challenge social norms that undermine women's economic contributions and to am...