disbursement of micro finance to women reduces the incidence of domestic violence, and if so, under what circumstances. [WCD]. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …

of gender differences in financial literacy in various countries and along several dimensions. On average, women perform … better addressing women’s needs is promising and worth exploring further.<P>Le rôle de la sensibilisation et l …

Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in India. Estimates suggest that more than 25 … million women are "missing". Sex selection at birth and the mistreatment of young girls are widely regarded as key … explanations. A decomposition of missing women by age across the states of India is done. The state-wise variation in the …

politics. We focus on the EU Structural Funds and women entrepreneurs' access to resources through the European Regional … questions concerning the room for manoeuvre for women entrepreneurs to gain access to relevant networks, to create new networks …

Women as managers and/or key people in family businesses are explored in this paper. Although recognized as generally … very important players, the role of women is often defined as invisible in making important business decisions, supportive … in traditionally men's business domains and is rarely adequately recognized and rewarded. Regardless, women find working …

partial reconstruction efforts have specifically presented many challenges to women. In this context, the main research … investigates the empowerment of women during post disaster reconstruction particularly in Sri Lanka.</p><p>Among the factors that … influence women's empowerment, existing policies and frameworks is one of the important factors that can play a major role …

two major thoroughfares, and performing a content analysis of news, film industry, and women's magazines and three … women's magazines or the newspapers. The four major advertising campaigns all associated smoking with aspiration; the … taste'' using intangible images. Women were not depicted smoking, but were present in cigarette advertisements-for example …