Essays about: "women empowerment in rural india"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words women empowerment in rural india.

1. 1. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Vanessa Berghoff; [2021]
   Keywords : agriculture; agricultural development; agricultural transformation; India; feminisation; farmer; women farmer; gender equality; empowerment; rural livelihoods; rural development; mobile phones; mobiles; smartphones; technology; ICT4D; ICT4Ag; mixed methods; quantitative methods; qualitative methods; case study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE

3. 2. Voicing Aspirations to be Heard

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Isobel Spaven-Donn; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Quality of maternal healthcare is one of the many pervasive public health challenges facing India. Maternal healthcare is defined as a fundamental human right and a crucial development issue by the UN, with direct links to the progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially reducing poverty (SDG1), ensuring healthy lives (SDG3) and achieving gender equality (SDG5). READ MORE

4. 3. Women’s perception of participation in NREGA, empowerment as a process of change. : A comparative Minor Field Study between two villages in Andhra Pradesh, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maxine Olausson; [2017]
   Keywords : Empowerment; India; NREGA; women; Dalit;

   Abstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis between two villages in India, examining personal accounts from participants in the world’s largest anti-poverty programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The analysis is based on an eight-week field-study in Andhra Pradesh, which was financed through a Minor Field Study Scholarship by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). READ MORE

5. 4. Investment in development of water supply and sanitation facilities benefit empowerment of women A Minor Field Study in rural Odisha, India

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Julia Behm; [2016]
   Keywords : empowerment; gender; time-use; India; Minor Field Study;

   Abstract : This study examines if investments in water and sanitation facilities can empower women through freeing up their time. Qualitative data from 108 surveys have been gathered from a case study in rural villages in Odisha, India. READ MORE

6. 5. The Complexities of Empowering Rural Indian Women (A story of Indian Panchayats)

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Rushina Ansari; [2015]
   Keywords : Empowerment; Feminism; Women; Gender; Equality; Rural; India; Development; Reforms; Intrinsic; Reproductive Rights; Citizenship; Communication;

   Abstract : In the following research I strive to focus on the various aspects that influence the‘empowerment’ issue of rural Indian women. I refer to two governmental reforms inparticular - the historic ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ (WRB) which insists on a onethird participation of women at the lower tier of political structure in India called thePanchayats and the controversial ‘Two Child Norm’ (TCN) which restricts politicalparticipation of both men and women Panchayat candidates if the couple chooses tohave more that two children (Buch, 2005). READ MORE