Women’s empowerment has been identified as a prerequisite for poverty reduction. In addition to driving overall … economic growth, women’s empowerment has been found to have beneficial effects on fertility rates, child health and education … outcomes, as well as community development. This thesis aims to explore various factors that foster women’s empowerment, as …

The thesis attempts to evaluate three Indian development policies aimed at promoting women and historically … disadvantaged social groups. These policies are: job reservation for women in public workfare programs; women's political …

In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for many years … progress made by women in the labor market, and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. It also covers … in the labor market by men and women as well as labor market discrimination and employment segregation. It also …