The fundamental factor of economic development to challenging the future of Indonesia Global Maritime Fulcrum is implementing education for all without any discrimination. No country can achieve sustainable economic development without continuous substantial investment in human capital, mostly...

This research paper divided into two sections, as following: Section – A: This section at secondary sources of data, examines the extent of participation of women in various elections held to the parliament, state legislatures and as well as grass root level in India as the voters and...

Economic empowerment of women through women of worth (WORTH) village banking program is part of the holistic ministry of the Salvation Army (SA). However, since the inception of the WORTH village banking program in 2006 in Bungoma County, Kenya, the economic impacts of the program have not been...

A review of the recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions questions their gender neutrality and suggests that some design features in these interventions can yield more positive economic outcomes for women than for men. These include features in savings and...

The plight of women in rural India in socioeconomic and political spheres is more depressed than that of their urban counterparts. Although these women have been contributing significantly to the social and economic progress of the country, their participation in development programmes has not...

This article empirically investigates whether women's access to economic resources acts as a risk factor or protective factor for spousal (emotional and physical) violence against them, particularly in the case of Pakistan. Using data from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2012 to...

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty that provides universal standards for protecting and promoting women's rights; it was adopted by the United Nations in 1979 and ratified by 170 countries. The United States, however,...

The aim of this contribution to the debates section is to raise some research and policy questions about childcare which has become a key policy issue for the British Government. Childcare currently is a central plank of both the economic efficiency and the social exclusion agenda, as...