The present study assesses the relevance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the effect of financial access on …

It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

years, both globally and in India. There is a need to conceptualise and analyse progress on gender and economic equality and … empowerment of women (GEEEW) in the Indian context, and examine if commitments in this regard under the Convention on Elimination … of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Beijing Platform for Action (PFA) and Sustainable Development Goals …

Statistics Directorate. The initiative aims to identify policy and programme solutions to promote women’s economic empowerment by … recognising, reducing and redistributing women’s unpaid care work. This paper presents new analysis of time use data and unpaid … on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Specifically, the recommendations focus on how to recognise unpaid care work by …