low. Recognizing women's right and believing their ability are essential for women's empowerment and development. This …

this, the fact is also that, this ideological empowerment has not greatly been translated into economic and political … empowerment in terms of access to land, assets, credit, information, knowledge etc. Hence, the need of the hour is to promote more … such empowerment in the institutional levels. This will brighten their access to new work avenues in agriculture in the …

and health status. The state of well being of older adults is understood partially by their level of empowerment …. Importance of social, economic and health aspects in daily life makes it worth to investigate the empowerment of older female vis … older adults in socio-economic matters is an indicator of their empowerment. The present study addresses these issues using …

its achievements: health, education and a income, and additionally at the dimensions of participation and empowerment, a …

Empowerment of the poor does not necessarily make them better off – or make the non-poor worse off. In some cases …, empowerment may be inefficient, i.e. a negative-sum game. In other cases, it is a zero-sum game, as the poor can benefit only at …

Five Year Plan, the Paper has not given enough focus on women’s empowerment issues in the country. The present paper …

Empowerment of the poor entails three basic inter-linked dimensions – generation of employment (and income), reduction … take the poor to a new domain of economic empowerment and social upliftment. Microcredit, which synergies the thrift and …

microfinance, poverty reduction, and female empowerment. Microfinance programs provide an effective and operational policy tool … than men. However, the rigidity of microfinance programs does little to enhance female political empowerment. Thus, it is …