Essays about: "women empowerment education"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 88 essays containing the words women empowerment education.

1. 36. Education as an Empowerment Tool for Afghan Women

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Maliha Shir Mohammad; [2018]
   Keywords : gender equality; women’s agency; women’s rights to education; women’s empowerment; cultural value; Afghanistan; feminism and family; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explored how highly educated women in Afghanistan relate to the multiple challenges affronting women’s education, and what they see as possible pathways forward. It raised questions about the women's lived experiences, their motivations and positionings, as well as their readings of the situation and perspectives on the cause. READ MORE

3. 37. Female Entrepreneurship : Self-fulfilment and Legacy, or Money andSurvival?

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Lovisa Malmberg; [2018]
   Keywords : women’s empowerment; female entrepreneurship; developing countries; Zambia; social empowerment; economic empowerment; entrepreneurial motivations; entrepreneurial outcomes; empowerment process; educational background; empowerment; kvinnligt entreprenörskap; utvecklingsländer; Zambia; social empowerment; ekonomisk empowerment; entreprenörskapsmotivationer; kvinnors egenmakt; entreprenörskapseffekter; kvinnligt företagande; utbildning;

   Abstract : Our world is not equal, and women are in a greater extent affected by the inequalities. Extra vulnerable for the inequalities are women in developing countries. In order to empower women and strive towards gender equality, female entrepreneurship has shown positive effects for women in developing countries. READ MORE

4. 38. Women’s empowerment and use of Maternal Health Services in Zambia in 2010s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Ackson Tyson Mwale; [2018]
   Keywords : Women’s empowerment; spousal educational difference; antenatal care; skilled birth assistance; maternal health services; DHS; Zambia;

   Abstract : This study investigates the influence of women’s empowerment measured via spousal educational difference and women’s completed education level on the use of maternal health services (Antenatal care and skilled birth assistance), and whether it varies by ethnicity. A theoretical framework based on Kabeer’s three dimension of empowerment combined with Zimmerman’s approach and the rational choice theory informs the analyses. READ MORE

5. 39. The Choice of Effective Contraception for Women in Latin America: Inspecting the Role of Education, Empowerment and Religious Affiliation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Errico; [2018]
   Keywords : Contraceptive use; Contraceptive Effectiveness; women; education; empowerment; religion; Latin America; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper studies the relationship between contraceptive adoption by women and three relevant predictors: women’s education, empowerment and religious affiliation. I employ recent information on women’s characteristics and the institutional environment for six Latin American countries, in the years 2013-2015, to perform a cross-section analysis with binary and multinomial logistic regressions, having contraception use and contraception effectiveness as outcome variables. READ MORE

6. 40. Female Brain-Drain or Female Empowerment? A panel data analysis of brain-drain rates to OECD countries from 1980 to 2010

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Adriana Luisa Carreira Ravara; [2018]
   Keywords : education; empowerment; female brain drain; freedom rights; human rights; migration; panel data; women’s rights; gender roles; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Women make up most of the high-skilled workers in OECD countries, a trend that has been on the rise since the 80’s. The main hypothesis of this paper is that women migrate more than men due to the cultural impositions of gender roles on their freedom. READ MORE