This study focused on Sudanese women working in food and beverages business in urban markets of Khartoum State. It … aimed at identifying the reasons behind women's work, the constraining and enhancing factors that affect their performance … their work on their families. A sample of fifty business women working in thirteen urban markets in Khartoum State was …

Middle East and North Africa region by examining the effects of aid to Women's Equality Organizations and Institutions on … women's political empowerment, measured by the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments. We use panel data … planning and reproductive health. The econometric results suggest that official development assistance ... to women' equality …

findings of a multi-country research programme, 'Pathways of Women's Empowerment', to explore pathways of positive change in … women's lives, in diverse contexts, and to draw together some lessons for policy and practice. It begins with an account of … women's empowerment in development, tracing some key ideas that have shaped feminist engagement with empowerment in theory …

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 …

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards … achieve its primary objective of improving livelihoods by transitioning more women into work. The program has also expanded …

various channels. Men's migration may lead to women taking over household decisions regarding education expenditures … changes in women's decision making is expected to operate via permanent migration when the men are absent. The effect of … the case for households with temporary migrants, suggesting that women's decision participation decreases gender …