Zimbabwe, it also establishes a clear link between MFIs and both poverty eradication and the empowerment and equality of women … the vast majority of Africa's poor. This paper not only defines MFIs with examples from Zambia, South Africa, Mali and …

relationship between empowerment and entrepreneurship contextualised within the lives of displaced Palestinian migrant women … empowerment framework. Findings – Entrepreneurship is popularly presented as an individually focused economic undertaking. However … conceptual framework to inform the analyses of empowerment and entrepreneurship. The discussion describes the necessary processes …

This paper examines the importance of property rights in women’s empowerment in rural India. Arguments justifying the … need for granting property rights to women are presented and the distinction is made between legal (formal) and customary … field work in rural West Bengal and Orissa have been presented to illustrate the pattern of development process that poor …

Purpose – Indian Bank, a major commercial bank in South India, has launched Rural Credit Franchisee (RCF) model for … credit institutions. The scheme has benefited all the stakeholders including the bank, the RCFs and the rural poor. Research …

India can address the key challenges facing poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged groups under rapid transformation in both … population of undernourished and poor people, India and China have applied rather different approaches to address food insecurity … social protection systems to address food insecurity and undernutrition among poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged groups.  …

mixed method study involving focus groups and observational research. Focus groups explored consumer meanings of empowerment … internet is empowering, the sense of empowerment has not been fully realised in the context of pensions. The findings reveal …

/value A reasonable volume of research is available on the subject of women’s empowerment. However, little attention is paid to …Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the dynamics behind the violence against the share of women in their … qualitative inquiry. Through semistructured interviews, data were collected from 16 women who have been deprived of their share in …

women to develop as entrepreneurs and innovators. To add to the literature and provide updated research to raise awareness … contributed insights into the challenges facing women entrepreneurs in business and questioned the constraints on ethnicity for … entrepreneurship and gender studies.  …

in Nepal through empowering women. Utilising a new framework, developed by combining existing theories, empowerment of … act as a vehicle for the sustainable empowerment of women, it is suggested that this study be replicated again in another … empowerment of women and this could lay the foundation for the further emancipation of women. Originality/value – To date, there …