Essays about: "women empowerment in India"

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1. 31. Empowerment, Participation and Influence in Practice – A Minor Field Study of the Empowerment Process from the Perspective of Rural Indian Women

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Viktoria Hansson; [2011]
   Keywords : influence; participation; Key Words: empowerment; postcolonial feminism; intersectionality; women in India.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Author: Viktoria Hansson Title: Empowerment, Participation and Influence in Practice: a Minor Field Study of the Empowerment Process from the Perspective of Women Supervisors: Jan Magnusson (Sweden) and Dr. K. Hemalatha (India) This bachelor essay is a result of a minor field study for two months the spring 2011. READ MORE

3. 32. Empowerment of women- a strategic tool in rural development : Case study at the Barli Development Institute for Rural Women, Madhya Pradesh, India

   University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Irenaeus; [2011]
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4. 33. Empowerment in the headlines : How three Indian newspapers report on gender inequality

   University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

   Author : Katrin Svensson; Cecilia Tiberg; [2010]
   Keywords : Development; Gender inequality; India; Media; Press; Women’s empowerment;

   Abstract : India is the world’s largest democracy, one of the fastest growing economies and an enormous market for newspapers. It is also a country with deeply rooted gender biases where women are highly discriminated and marginalized at all levels of the society. The media is considered an important agent of power. READ MORE

5. 34. Determinants of Women's Empowerment in Rural India: An Intra-Household Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Julia Wiklander; [2010]
   Keywords : Probit Model; Household determinants; Social norms; Gender-related constraints; Women s empowerment; Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh; India; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Using household level data from the Survey on the Status of Women and Fertility provided by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Population Studies Centre of University of Pennsylvania, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment and the presence of gender-related constraints within the household in rural India. Households from two states of different demographic development, Uttar Pradesh in the North and Tamil Nadu in the South are included in the data. READ MORE

6. 35. Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Petra Bergquist; [2009]
   Keywords : India; Gujarat; SEWA; microfinance; poverty; development; gender; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : During the last decade microfinance has become the latest trend in the development discourse, celebrated for empowering poor women to work their way out of poverty. Self-Employed Women’s Associations, SEWA, was alongside Grameen Bank one of the pioneers in the microfinance sector and has developed an integrated approach based on the life cycle needs of the members that is assumed to help them break the vicious circle of poverty. READ MORE