This paper addresses the following questions: Are women entrepreneurs empowered by entrepreneurship, and critically … political-create gendered contexts in the Global South, where women's entrepreneurship is subjugated and treated as inferior and … South, women entrepreneurs confront many impediments and that this shapes their practices. We show how the interplay of …

relations that granted women limited access to resources. Respondents recognised all the main dimensions of power: within, with … power over women limited intervention’s ability to provide true empowerment for women. But signs of increasing transfer of … women’s power within into group action and male acceptance of women’s expanding spheres of influence indicate that some …

This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries to determine … novel measure of women's empowerment that is closely linked to classical theories of power, built from spouses' often …-conflicting reports of intrahousehold decision making. It finds that women's power substantially matters for health and various family and …