objective: over the last few decades, bangladesh has made significant progress towards achieving targets for the millennium development goals (mdgs) and women empowerment. this study is aimed at identifying the levels and patterns of women empowerment in relation to health seeking behavior in bangladesh. materials and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study among 200 rural married women i...

1. introduction the significance of rural women’s proportion in human work force is not only in indoor affairs, but also in productive outdoor activities. regarding the fact that women are both involved in indoor and outdoor activities, it is worthy to exactly determine their proportion in economic and social activities. on the other hand, since rural women of different parts of iran are involv...

Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. Program participants--including clients--conduct their own evaluations: an outside evaluator often serves as a coach or additional facilitator depending on internal program capabilities. Empowerment evaluation has three steps: 1) establishing a mission; 2) taking stoc...

The idea that IT can be used to alleviate and fight poverty has been widely embraced. However, while most ITbased interventions in poor and rural communities and villages have tended to demonstrate initial success, their long-term viability still remains unclear. Based on field experiences in India, we present findings of a case study that highlights issues and concerns beyond initial success a...

Women's empowerment is a dynamic process that has been quantified, measured and described in a variety of ways. We measure empowerment in a sample of 3500 rural women in 128 villages of Bangladesh with five indicators. A conceptual framework is presented, together with descriptive data on the indicators. Linear regressions to examine effects of covariates show that a woman's exposure to televis...

Abstract This study surveys the panorama of research on importance aspirations farming communities, identifies gaps and prospects for future research. The analysis 22 studies identified from 419 articles sheds light relationships between aspirations, agriculture, women’s empowerment, poverty, rural youth. Aspirations poor play a significant role in shaping their activities investments. Furtherm...

BACKGROUND Efforts to improve the quality of healthcare for patients with chronic conditions have resulted in growing evidence supporting the inclusion of patient empowerment as a key ingredient of care. In 2002, WONCA Europe issued the European Definition of General Practice/Family Medicine, which is currently considered the point of reference for European health institutions and general medic...

Abstract This study investigates the development intervention of microfinance programs with women borrowers in strong patriarchal communities such as rural Bangladesh. Using Rahman's framework (1999) 'public transcript' vs. 'hidden transcript', we describe how women's structural vulnerability is understood and leveraged by institutions (MFIs). The findings this paper based on data from 331 surv...

Empowerment is espoused as a flagship value of health promotion. From the bold assertions in the Ottawa Charter [1] and the Jakarta declaration [2] through to the recent commitment in Nairobi [3], the discourse of empowerment has been unwavering throughout. This short points of view paper intends to stimulate critical discussion about the continued value and use of empowerment in contemporary h...