The relationship between empowerment and entrepreneurship in collective societies is, our view, insufficiently examined. Accepted definitions of the assumptions underlying programs research designs based on them result outcomes that self-fulfil and, as a result, disappoint. Several issues are prevalent: potential is overestimated dominant view what constitutes an ‘empowered self’ does not go de...

As part of a knowledge, attitudes, practices and empowerment (KAPE) project implemented by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) in the Lake Victoria Basin, this paper reports findings from a photovoice study with women in Usoma, a lakeshore community in Western Kenya. Drawing on ecosocial and political ecology theory, findings reveal that access ...

Economic empowerment brings with it a wide range of consequences, both positive and negative. The objective of this paper was to examine the relationship between economic empowerment and the sexual behaviour and practices of migrant workers within the context of HIV and AIDS in the Lesotho textile industry. Data for this paper were extracted from the findings of a larger study which had been co...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact on health-related outcomes, of group microfinance schemes based on collective empowerment. METHODS We searched the databases Social Sciences Citation Index, Embase, MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process, PsycINFO, Social Policy & Practice and Conference Proceedings Citation Index for articles published between 1 January 1980 and 29 February 2016. Articles reporting on hea...

The violence and de/reterritorializing strategies used by armed groups in Colombia disproportionally affect indigenous peoples, especially indigenous women, whose ethnogender roles, forms of territoriality, agency, and autonomy are being altered. Conflict and new forms of territoriality restrict the satisfaction of ethno-gender-based material needs and interests, with negative impacts on women’...

Community-based enterprises have been implemented in a wide range of circumstances in the US and around the world. Community-based enterprises relate to a variety of areas including social entrepreneurship, economic development, empowerment zones, grass roots enterprises, and collective entrepreneurship. Varied initiatives can be found in Indian nations in the U. founding. The current paper dev...

Research on health care behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa usually considers the mother as the reference in the household when a child is sick. The study of health care management within the family is a key issue for understanding therapeutic rationales. This study was conducted in the region of Fatick in Senegal among 902 children with malaria-related fever. The data were taken from a retrospecti...

— This paper looks at the concept of law and urban development with a focus on property rights and land, exploring the potential collective rights in the public domain to underpin a more equitable approach to the management of public space and challenge inappropriate regulation that criminalizes the lives of the poor. The focus is on street trade and the informal economy. The hypotheses are tha...