livelihood constraints of the rural women they set out to support. This is a failing that might be due to the omission of women … Upper East and Northern Regions in Ghana, we explored women and men’s notions of the processes and outcomes of empowerment …. We began by understanding the basis of women’s disempowerment and confirmed its location within agricultural production …

-financing scheme is dominated by self-help groups in India, which are aimed at providing a cost-effective mechanism for providing …, loans, and insurance to poor people especially women living in both urban and rural settings who are not able to obtain such … services from the formal financial sector. The microfinance empowered rural women in numerous parts of their life. The …

Women represent 48% of India’s population and the sustainability of our nation’s developmental efforts hinges on their … assistance available to women within the safety of their homes/villages. The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of India … of this scheme has validated the anticipated prerequisites for use of ICTs for women's empowerment in rural India and …

Women Empowerment is a process that enables women to gain access to and control of material as well as information … resources. This approach was first clearly formed in 1985 by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).It is the … thereby being able to work towards helping themselves and others to maximize the quality of their lives. ( Adams, 1996)Women …