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poverty; it has also been identified as having the potential to empower women around the world economically, socially and … benefits of ITE, and barriers to women's participation in ITE in these countries. These barriers include literacy, education …
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often subject to sudden price increases. Because of the inadequate supply of these fuels, women trek great distances into … the urban poor. There is a need to provide alternative renewable energy sources to enhance women's participation in, and … benefit from development. Household energy was the first energy sector that paid explicit attention to women and their energy …
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food security and nutrition. These two programs differ in their gender targeting, with PROGRESA aimed at women and PROCAMPO …
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In this paper, we examine whether the causes and patterns of Mexican rural female migration differ significantly from rural male migration. A number of hypotheses are discussed to explain why female migration may differ from male migration, with a particular emphasis on the role of migrant...
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positive effect on marital fertility at ages 21–39 and that highly educated women postpone fertility and have a higher labour …
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although prison is associated with declining employment rates during the quarters leading up to women's incarcerations, it does … not appear to harm their employment prospects later on. In the short-term, we estimate that women's post-prison employment … fall back to pre-prison levels. But for some groups of women, including those with four or more children, those who served …
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quickly, and has leveled off recently. Central to this dramatic rise has been the entry of women with young children. We argue … that this S-shaped dynamic came from generations of women learning about the relative importance of nature (endowed ability … parents, by observing others' outcomes. When few women participate in the labor force, most outcomes are uninformative about …
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This paper analyzes poverty-affected females in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. As the measurement of poverty, the paper uses body mass index (BMI) because it is one of the effective tools for measuring individual poverty level. The results of the BMI analysis show that the most poverty-affected...
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