Women's Economic Empowerment
Women's Economic Empowerment

Author: Kate Grantham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1000340341

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This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.

Communities in Action
Communities in Action

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-04-27

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 0309452961

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In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Empowerment of Women in India
Empowerment of Women in India

Author: M.K. Rao

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9788171419838

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Contents: Gender Dimension in Economic Reform Programmes, Gender Related Issues of Urban Informal Labour Market, Gender Discrimination and Poverty, Women s Participation in Rural Non-Farm Employment, Factors Influencing the Participation of Females in RNFE, Women in Farm and Non-Farm Employment in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, Employment of Women in the Farm and Non-farm Sector in Goa, Women Enterprises in the Informal Sector in Punjab, Globalisation and Empowerment of Women, Need for Empowerment of Tribal Women, Endowment, Entitlement and Empowerment, Information Economy and Empowerment of Women, Views and Perceptions of DWCRA Beneficiaries, Empowerment of Women Through DWCRA Programme, Empowerment of Women, Welfare and Empowerment of Women in India, Conditions of Scheduled Caste Women in Social Sector, Strategies for Empowerment of Women in India, Problems of Girl Child Labour in India, Women Empowerment.

Social Change of Indian Tribes
Social Change of Indian Tribes

Author: P. K. Khare

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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It Studies The Impact Of Economic Development On The Socio-Economic Conditions Of The Tribes. It Describes The Influence On The Life Style Of The Tribes And Suggests Means For Improving Their Socio-Economic Conditions.