Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To … answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares … of women. Based on a survey of 50 men and 50 women entrepreneurs in the regions of Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, our results …

This paper examines land tenure in informal urban settlements in India from a gender perspective through field research … conducted in Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA). The author describes the formal and …

women in South Asian societies. This paper examines this tenet in the context of India, with particular emphasis on possible … policies relating to women’s empowerment against a backdrop of rapid urbanization. …

to the ‘early’ industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more … greater equality is rooted in educational opportunities; and argues that both educational provision, and women’s entry into …