schemes on the borrowers’ businesses and household welfare is widely contested, the number of women borrowers has been on … sharp increase. This paper endeavoured to assess the effect of microcredit on the welfare of households of women borrowers … welfare of women borrowers’ households by enabling them to own long-term assets. In that way, it is noted; women …

Enhancing women's participation in development is essential not only for achieving social justice but also for reducing … poverty. Worldwide experience shows that supporting a stronger role for women contributes to economic growth, improves child … in women is central to sustainable development. This study sought to find out the social and economic impacts brought …

, mining is also central in the livelihoods of many girls and women. In this paper, we take issue with the fact that the … current emphasis on conflict-related sexual violence to women has obscured the role of women in artisanal mining. Furthermore …, we criticize the tendency to promote women's departure from the mining sector, which has been presented as the best …

Both as producers and consumers women are more likely than men to engage with complementary and alternative medicine …, with the aim of studying why women in particular use and practice these alternatives, and whether using them presents an … search period was limited to 2000–2013. Thematic analysis of the literature indicated three major trends: women draw on …

empowerment delivered mixed results. In order to explore whether microfinance influences empowerment, the paper compares women in …. Using a survey and multivariate statistical methods, such as propensity score matching, the study found that women in higher …

One of every nine women in the United States (11.8 percent in 2013) is represented by a union at her place of work. The … annual number of hours of paid work performed by women has increased dramatically over the last four decades. In 1979, the …, women's share of unpaid care work and housework has remained high. Various time-use studies conclude that women continue to …

Interviews with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) growers in Iowa, a majority of whom are women, shed light on the … and caring-practices. Care-practices, historically associated with women, place priority on local context and …

This paper explores conceptual and practical linkages between women and food, and argues that food security cannot be … realized until women are centrally included in policy discussions about food. Women's special relationship with food is … culturally constructed and not a natural division of labor. Women's identity and sense of self is often based on their ability to …