Essays about: "POOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words POOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT.

  1. 1. “Accountability and women's empowerment: a case of Microfinance and Grameen Bank”.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sadat Aman Saad; [2021]
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    Abstract : Microfinance is the small-scale provision of financial services to poor people, particularly to women. Over the last four decades, the World Bankhas promoted microfinance as a key tool for addressing poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment (Weber, 2016). READ MORE

  3. 2. Integrating gender and environmental issues : A case study on gender mainstreaming within the organisation of WIEGO and their waste management projects in Brazil

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Victoria Nordell; Elin Niklasson; [2021]
    Keywords : Waste Management; Environmental Challenges; Gender Mainstreaming; Feminist Political Ecology; FPE; Environmental Justice; Intersectionality; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Waste Pickers; Waste Picking; Recycling; Informal Sector; Brazil; WIEGO; Climate Crisis; Gender; Avfallshantering; Miljöfrågor; Gender Mainstreaming; Feministisk Politisk Ekologi; FPE; Miljörättvisa; Intersektionalitet; Women’s Empowerment; Jämställdhet; Avfallshanterare; Återvinning; Den informella sektorn; Brasilien; WIEGO; Klimatkrisen; Genus;

    Abstract : The world is facing a global waste crisis due to half of the waste produced not being collected, treated or safely disposed of. Waste not managed in a proper way causes air and water pollution and has negative health and social impacts on people living or working close to the waste. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact of Microcredit Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Gias Uddin Ahmed Choudhury; [2020]
    Keywords : Microcredit; Women Empowerment; Ordinary Least Squares; Probit Model; Instrumental Variable Regression.;

    Abstract : Background – This study is an attempt to explore the relationship between microcredit and the socio-economic empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh. Microcredit is simply the extension of a small amount of collateral-free institutional loans to jointly liable poor group members to generate employment and income enhancing activities. READ MORE

  5. 4. 'Women are power, they are roots, they are everything' : How entrepreneurial identity enables economic empowerment from microloans

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Carleson; [2020]
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    Abstract : This study adds new knowledge to the understanding of the usefulness of microcredit as a means to empower poor women. Using theory on women’s entrepreneurial identity, this study elucidates the functioning of such an identity to the entrepreneurship and of the social mechanisms of importance to attaining such an identity, that enable women to establish an income generating business, from microloans. READ MORE

  6. 5. Foundation for Media Alternatives -A qualitative study of women empowerment through ICT -

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Victoria Englund; [2019]
    Keywords : ICT; Development; Women Empowerment; Foundation for Media Alternatives; the Philippines; Minor Field Study;

    Abstract : In recent years ICT has gotten sustained interest in which it’s seen as a tool for development andsocial transformation. There have been a rise of ICT4D (ICT for development) initiatives in theinternational arena. READ MORE