paper sought to identify the determinants of empowerment of rural women in Bangladesh. The data for our study were collected … from 75 rural women employed in home-based poultry rearing projects in Bangladesh. We conducted factor analysis to identify … implications of the findings of this study for improving the quality of life of rural women in Bangladesh are discussed …

The paper has presented an empirical picture of inequalities, both within and outside the labour market for women, from … participation of women in labour force varies across economic classes, social groups, religions, regions and the rural urban divide …. Factors determining labour supply decisions of women are different from those of men. Interconnectedness of female employment …

This paper investigates if residing in a joint family affects non-farm employment for married women in rural India. Our … estimates based on a longitudinal survey of over 27000 women conducted in 2005 and 2012, and using the conditional logistic … regression and instrumental variable approach suggest that living in a joint family lowers married women's non-farm employment by …