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In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using the Round 7 Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...
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This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender … gender employment in the industry and the negative effect is driven by the financial globalization sub-component of economic …-components positively affect gender employment in the service sector and the corresponding positive effect is driven by the trade …
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The present study examines the relevance of globalization in lifelong gender inclusive education for structural … moments (GMM) is employed to assess the problem statement within the remit of interactive regressions. Gender inclusive … lifelong learning is measured as gender inclusive education acquired during the three levels of education, notably: primary …
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In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability Index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using Round 7 of the Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...
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This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical evidence is based on...
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The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...
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indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis …
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Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 … gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using annual data spanning from …, and 0.557 for the rule of law. As the main policy implication, for good governance to promote gender economic inclusion …
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