women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

The area of women’s empowerment has attracted increasing attention among a wide range of interest groups, from authors … understandings of women’s empowerment in the literature and to discuss empirical evidence from NGO projects in the field. A … findings highlighted four common understandings of women’s empowerment including granting women a voice, challenging existing …

Empowerment of women is a holistic concept. It is a multi-dimensional approach and it covers social, political, and …-governmental organizations (NGOs) have increased women's empowerment in Bangladesh. Looking at two study areas and two NGOs (the Friends in … have helped women with economic empowerment, but that progress with women's overall empowerment has been limited …

We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food … system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender … empowerment indicators and women’s dietary diversity scores. The findings suggest women’s empowerment contributes to improved …