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We can achieve economic development and shared prosperity only with the full economic participation of men and women in … the globalised and liberalised India. In recent years, support programmes for women entrepreneurs have gained traction and … economies, the role of women is most significant as workers and job creators. In India, female entrepreneur's activity is …
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Based on primary data from India, this paper analyses the reasons underlying women's low labour force participation. In … developing countries, women engaged in unpaid economic work in family enterprises are often not counted as workers. Women are … leads to mismeasurement of women's work. Religion and visible markers such as veiling are not significant determinants of …
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reported crimes. In recent times, however, there is a rush of publicity regarding women abuse in general. There are those who …, "The status of women indicates the character of the society". In this paper, we attempt to re-look at the evolution of the … are analysed conceptually to show how 'power' for women involves both constraint and enablement.Increasingly women are …
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Development Goals will not be achieved. Yet investments into gender equality and women’s empowerment are lagging behind … economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed. Without gender equality and women’s empowerment, the Sustainable … investments for most other goals. Implementing commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment requires a range of tools …
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Based on primary data from India, this paper analyses the reasons underlying women's low labour force participation. In … developing countries, women engaged in unpaid economic work in family enterprises are often not counted as workers. Women are … leads to mismeasurement of women's work. Religion and visible markers such as veiling are not significant determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012595855
Intimate partner violence is a serious form of unfreedom inflicted on women across the world. How does the incidence of … such violence vary with women's workforce participation - a factor that is supposed to enhance their economic well … Indian women, we investigate how this link varies by their class and socio-religious identities. Treating women's employment …
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We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India … with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not … increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that more women-owned establishments were created in the unorganized …
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We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
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association of the members contribute to the Socioeconomic Development? The researcher selected a sample of 115 women group … the research questions such as, what is the participation level of married women in SHG activities? Does the SHG … members on the basis of simple random sampling. The major conclusion of the study is that women groups are successful in …
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Women entrepreneurs have proved to be equi-potential with their men counterparts in business expertise and are emerging … women, who is capable of contributing values in both family and social life. This study aims to study the problems and … prospects of women entrepreneurs in Dang district who are engaged into small enterprises and are running successfully their …
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