, support and advance women's entrepreneurship development in the Middle East and North Africa. It covers such issues as access … to credit and business development services and information and information on data collection and research on women …

and new, women's rights and empowerment have gained new urgency and relevance. Groups in power, or groups contesting for … power, are more conservative than expected, and there are serious threats to roll back some of the gains women had achieved … women's empowerment and a great deal of debate and interest among researchers is needed to push the topics further. This …

the wake of corporate power -- Branding poverty: the values of women's empowerment -- "Open happiness": empowering …

by men and by women in Vietnam during the period 2005-2013 and aims to provide explanations for the differences, if any …, labor productivity and employment creation. We found that men led MSMEs did not outperform those led by women on average … sector where women tend to lead medium-size firms with higher value added and labor productivity. The performance disparity …