Essays about: "women empowerment education"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 88 essays containing the words women empowerment education.

  1. 21. Cooking fuels and children respiratory health: Evidence from Nigeria

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Boishakhy Devi; [2021]
    Keywords : Cooking fuels; Children respiratory health; HAP; ARI; Modern fuels; Nigeria;

    Abstract : Household air pollution (HAP) has been recognized as one of the lethal causes of millions of premature deaths every year, victimizing mainly children and women. Literature suggests that transition to modern cooking fuels such as electricity, biogas from the conventional ones, for instance, fuelwood, coal, can reduce HAP, thus minimize the likelihood of respiratory health problems among household members. READ MORE

  3. 22. The role of Vocational Skills Training in promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality to reduce poverty for sustainable development in Ghana

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Irene Danso Boahene; [2021]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of vocational skills in promoting women‟s empowerment and gender equality to reduce poverty in Ghana. The purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select 15 interviewees for the study. Semi-structured interview was employed to elicit responses for the study. READ MORE

  4. 23. Destructive Conflicts Generating Reconstructive Empowerment of Women and Opportunities for Peace?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Savic; [2021]
    Keywords : WPS; Post-Conflict; Peacebuilding; sub-Saharan Africa; Economic Empowerment; Socioeconomic Development; Rwanda; Burundi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socioeconomic situation in Rwanda and Burundi. READ MORE

  5. 24. Is sales performance amongst Rwandan enterprises gender based? : A cross-sectional study based on the Enterprise Survey from 2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Adenike Laestander Jacobs; Klaudia Lennerling; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender; Entrepreneurship; Rwanda; Gender gap; Sales Performance; World Bank Enterprise Survey;

    Abstract : Over the past two decades Rwanda has done outstanding work that has promoted female empowerment. The development resulted in a majorit of women in parliament, ensuring girls' education and high female participation in the labor force. READ MORE

  6. 25. Women's Empowerment and Son Preference in Azerbaijan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Mancuso; [2020]
    Keywords : Women s Empowerment; Son Preference; Azerbaijan; Sustainable Development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between women’s empowerment and son preference. Development and women’s empowerment indicators were utilized to explore their effects on son preference, using an ordered logistic model. Data for this study were obtained from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in Azerbaijan in 2006. READ MORE