processes in three Asian countries (China, India and Indonesia) and on three different issues: violence against women, domestic …This paper aims to understand how policy change for women's rights occurs, and what factors and conditions facilitate … explores the range of actors that mobilize for/against gender equality policy change, with a particular focus on women …

trade facilitation has serious implications not just for women's empowerment but also for productivity and growth potential … the challenges and impediments faced by women in engaging in cross-border trade, with particular emphasis on demonstrating … Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) region - specifically on the North-East region of India and No …

Why has the expansion of women's economic and political rights coincided with economic development? This paper … investigates this question, focusing on a key economic right for women: property rights. The basic hypothesis is that the process … their daughters. The model predicts that declining fertility would hasten reform of women's property rights whereas legal …

the Derg regime recognized the widespread discrimination against women in Ethiopian society and placed gender emancipation … society has at times challenged its commitment to women, the EPRDF has, nevertheless, introduced a number of reforms which aim … to promote gender equality. This includes recognition of equality between men and women in land rights, and a land …

This paper examines the effect of women's effective land ownership on female empowerment and household food security in … ownership of plots provides women with increased bargaining power, empowering them to participate more actively in productive … informal land ownership on women's empowerment, we do find that owning land significantly decreases the daily time dedicated to …