introduction rural women constitute about half of the world’s population and in the world production supply they have energetic comm:union: and constitute a great part of agriculture workforce. they constitute50% of the workforce and participate in the production of half of the foods in the agriculture section. as an example the rural women constitute about 70 to 80% of agriculture workforce in...

BACKGROUND Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the most common form of violence in conflict and post-conflict settings, but there are few evaluations of interventions to prevent IPV in such settings. METHODS The Women for Women International (WfWI) intervention is a year-long combined economic and social empowerment intervention for marginalized women survivors of conflict. Primarily, it seeks...

Moderate undernutrition continues to affect 46 per cent of children under 5 years of age and 47 per cent of rural women in India. Women’s lack of empowerment is believed to be an important factor in the persistent prevalence of undernutrition. In India, women’s empowerment often varies by community, with tribes sometimes being the most progressive. This paper explores the relationship between w...

Women empowerment could be the key for unlocking women’s productivity potential in Africa. Women’s contribution to the agricultural sector is also greatly influenced by their health status. This paper examines the impact of women’s empowerment on women’s health and the implications for African food and agricultural sector. It utilizes unique dataset from 2012 survey of 2,405 women in northern G...

The empowerment of women in economic, social and political settings has become one of the most important concerns of modern and elite world of 21 st century. The organizations of Self Help Groups (SHGs) constitute a widely accepted development strategy for entrepreneurship development, women empowerment and poverty alleviation. The present paper focuses on the role of Kudumbashree (KDMS) in wom...

BACKGROUND Women's empowerment was defined as their ability to achieve awareness and control their personal, social, economic and political forces aiming at taking measures in order to improve their lives. This study aimed to compare the empowerment of the married women in medical sciences university in social, economic and familial domains in three cities, IRAN. METHODS This was a descriptiv...