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This paper presents a model of training for young females in metropolitan as well as semi-urban and rural areas addressing the barriers and skill and competencies needs of a generally disadvantaged social group. The model formed the basis of a large scale intervention implemented through a...
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Unequal spatial distribution of economic activity within countries continues to be important despite the significant progress of the world economy during the second half of this century. Interest in spatial processes and inequalities has recently been revived by the influential work of Barro and...
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This paper tries to examine the gendered nature of barriers faced by rural women which intersects financial inclusion … worldwide. Although financial inclusion for rural women has been linked with poverty eradication and economic empowerment, the … delivery of financial products and services to rural women has been at a disadvantageous position. Some of the barriers women …
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have been kept to have better working conditions for women and thus to encourage them to be involved in various activities … (using various indicators), especially of women through their participation in MGNREGA activities in Morigaon district of …
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travel for new activities. This paper seeks to obtain more insight into how women in Greece allocate their time during, a … analysis of the data collected shows that women living in less favourable regions, prefer to use traditional means of transport … conditions. Moreover, women with children tend to use e-means for longer periods, when executing specific activities during a …
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strand of empirical evidence suggests that women, largely due to their gender socialization, tend to be weaker negotiators … the changing hierarchies and shifts in power in a legal profession increasingly populated by women …
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Throughout most of history, women as a class have possessed relatively few formal rights. The women of ancient Sparta … were a striking exception. Although they could not vote, Spartan women reportedly owned 40 percent of Sparta's agricultural … marginal products of Spartan men's and Spartan women's labor. To exploit the potential gains from a reallocation of labor …
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