The Dynamics of Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Appraisal

Social Change ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhash Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Status Of Women

First, we attempt to critically identify gender issues of disempowerment, especially social perceptions of the status of women regarding marriage, sexual relationship and family formation. Second, the article deals with women’s exploitation in different forms and arenas. Third, we will briefly taken an overview and critique the government’s national policy on women’s empowerment. We will also illustrate and look into major central government schemes for women in India. Finally, we will suggest some policy recommendations for the holistic and critical empowerment of women.

Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
pp. 411-432
Author(s):  
Sofia Idris
Keyword(s):  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Status Of Women

This chapter gives an account of the situation on the status of women in Pakistan. It studies the various steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to empower the women. It also studies the various ways to empower women in Pakistan. The chapter only studies the empowerment of women in economic sphere due to the limited time and resources of the author. Moreover, the chapter focuses on the problems of women to participate in economic affairs, the hindrances in achieving economic uplift/empowerment and equality of women in Pakistan and the existing laws and policies of the government regarding women's empowerment and their implementation. Furthermore, it gives a brief comparison of women's economic empowerment with the neighboring countries, India and Bangladesh as these countries have a similar institutional structure as Pakistan. It then seeks to learn from the successful examples of the countries mentioned regarding the matter.

Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan

2015 ◽  
pp. 124-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Idris
Keyword(s):  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Status Of Women

This chapter gives an account of the situation on the status of women in Pakistan. It studies the various steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to empower the women. It also studies the various ways to empower women in Pakistan. The chapter only studies the empowerment of women in economic sphere due to the limited time and resources of the author. Moreover, the chapter focuses on the problems of women to participate in economic affairs, the hindrances in achieving economic uplift/empowerment and equality of women in Pakistan and the existing laws and policies of the government regarding women's empowerment and their implementation. Furthermore, it gives a brief comparison of women's economic empowerment with the neighboring countries, India and Bangladesh as these countries have a similar institutional structure as Pakistan. It then seeks to learn from the successful examples of the countries mentioned regarding the matter.

scholarly journals Factors Effecting Women’s Empowerment in Baluchistan

Al-Burz ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-233
Author(s):  
Huma Zafar
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

Empowerment of women is not only vital for their welfare but also for the development of country. It requires the just environment where women can exercise their rights without any threat of violence and impediments. These impediments are present in every region of the world however their nature and intensity varies from one to other region based on its social, economical, geographical and religious identity. Developed and under developed countries are eager to improve the status of women and for this it is significant to understand those factors which effect the empowerment of women. This paper is an attempt to explore the various determinants on women’s empowerment specific to Baluchistanand while doing so this review will also cover the intermingled effects of these factors on women’s position in a society.

Participation of Women in Panchayati Raj: A Historical Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
T Sudalai Moni
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Panchayati Raj ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Status Of Women

Panchayati Raj plays a formidable role in enhancing the status of women in India during post-Independent times. In the colonial regime, women were not given adequate opportunity to involve and participate in the affairs of local bodies. However, in the 19th century, women gradually participated in the Panchayati Raj bodies when they were formally included in the electoral roll. During post-independent Era, due to the implementation of the Ashok Mehta Committee (1978) recommendation, National Perspective Plan, and 30 percent reservations seats for women in panchayats, there has been a substantial increase in women’s participation at all the levels of the Panchayati Raj bodies. Subsequently, the 72nd Amendment Bill and the 73rd amendment introduced in our parliament recommended 33 percent quotas for women. Encouraged by this, women have come forward in an ever-increasing number to join hands with the activities of Panchayat Raj Institution.Consequently, Central and State Governments encouraged women by implementing the 73rd constitutional amendment in 1993 (adding Article 243D and 243T), which also extended the privilege of seat reservation for SC/ST women in the local bodies. Due to this positive impetus, there has been a perceptible improvement in women’s participation in the last two decades. Due to unrestrained encouragement, the participation of women in Panchayati Raj is highly effective; thus, across India, more than 26 lakhs of women representatives got elected in PRI. This paper attempts to delineate the gradual growth of women’s participation in the Panchayati Raj Institution in various states in India.

Gender democracy and women’s self-empowerment: a case of Somali diaspora civil society

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Tavanti ◽  
Cawo Abdi ◽  
Blaire MacHarg
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Transitional Societies ◽  
Somali Diaspora ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Post War

The Somali diaspora plays a vital role in bridging the gap between international non- governmental aid organisations and local Somali civil society. Women’s empowerment initiatives face many challenges in transitional societies such as Somalia. Yet, concerted efforts and multi-faceted investments in this endeavour have the potential to improve the status of women in post-war contexts. This chapter explores the role that Somali diaspora civil society organisations (SD-CSOs) engaged in gender democracy and women’s self-empowerment efforts play in the promotion of gender equality. Through an analysis of capacity development at the meso-level, the study outlines how SD-CSOs are best equipped to support women’s empowerment processes in Somalia through the application of strategies that are both culturally acceptable and internationally recognised.

scholarly journals Double Trouble: Analyzing the Impact of Statelessness on the Status of Kurdish Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Garfinkel
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Violent Conflict ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
Iraqi Kurdistan ◽  
Kurdish Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

The struggle of Kurdish women at large has been, as many media outlets suggested, an extraordinary and unique example of women’s status in the Middle East. In contrast to the widespread, surface-level narrative of Kurdish women’s empowerment, a complex political, socio-historical background of Kurdish statelessness has intensified women’s empowerment or oppression. This essay will demonstrate how nationalist ideology, autonomous spaces, and violent conflict may provide the conditions for a 'double revolution' and/or 'double oppression' of stateless Kurdish women through the lens of statelessness. These three features of statelessness intersect with unique features of the stateless Kurdish populations across the Middle East to determine a woman’s status. More specifically, the case of Syrian Kurdistan exemplifies a 'double revolution' while Iraqi Kurdistan exemplifies a case of 'double oppression' for Kurdish women.

scholarly journals Dasar Wanita Negara: Daripada Polisi kepada Pelaksanaan

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOOR AZIZAH AHMAD ◽  
MARINY ABDUL GHANI
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
National Policy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Women's Development ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Development Department

The National Policy on Women is formulated to syncronize programmes and activities pertaining to the intergration of women in national developments. Implementation of such policy requires wholistic involvement from all stakeholders in order to perform to their respective roles effciently. The deeds are essential to ensure the objectives for women’s intergration in all sectors of national development as well as for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in Malaysia are achievable. Accordingly, a number of measures had been taken as well as on-going executions in conjuction with the strategies and approaches stated in The National Policy on Women (1989 and 2009) and also The Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (1997 and 2009). This concept paper aims to discuss the women’s empowerment programmes and activities in particular to enhance awareness on the women’s rights as well as upgrading their knowledge and capabilities in economic activities through training along with fnancial supports programmes. Stakeholders such as the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, Department of Women’s Development, Department of Social Welfare, and non-govermental organizations play major roles in implementing these programmes.  

scholarly journals Insights of women’s empowerment and decision-making in rice production in Malaysia

Food Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (S5) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
F.N.F. Amran ◽  
F. Abdul Fatah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Paddy Farmers ◽  
Effective Decision Making

Women's empowerment is essential in achieving global food security while being prioritised as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. Even though a women’s empowerment role in agriculture received wide attention in works of literature, there is still a research gap about women’s empowerment in Malaysia's agriculture. This study contributes to the status of women’s empowerment and its determinants, as well as challenges to enhance women’s empowerment among rice smallholders in Selangor, Malaysia. By using a framework adapted from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), 200 smallholder paddy farmers were selected using stratified random sampling. The results revealed vital domains that contributed to women’s empowerment, which provided access to extension services and led to effective decision-making, whereas leadership displayed a negative association. The lack of participation in the planning process and community groups were significant obstacles in enhancing the women's empowerment among rice farmers. These results suggested the scope of possible interventions and policy recommendations to enhance women’s empowerment in agriculture.

scholarly journals Flawed Data and Unjustified Conclusions Cannot Elevate the Status of Women in Science

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen A Lindquist ◽  
June Gruber ◽  
Jessica L. Schleider ◽  
Jennifer Suzanne Beer ◽  
Eliza Bliss-Moreau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Women’S Careers ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Junior Scientist

Scientists can and should critically examine the dynamics of, and biases within, their own fields. However, AlShebli and colleagues’ (2020) publication neither advances scientific knowledge nor makes empirically justified recommendations in their recent analysis of the citation rates of 3 million unique senior-junior scientist co-author pairs. The authors assess how ostensible markers of career success and the assumed gender of senior co-authors predict junior co-authors’ subsequent citation rates and find that women who publish with women are less likely to be cited. On the basis of these findings, they suggest that both senior and junior women should avoid working with, or being mentored by, other women. Based on correlational and unidimensional data, AlShebli et al. further offer policy recommendations for increasing diversity in science. In this brief commentary, we first explain methodological problems limiting the validity of the findings, then highlight significant conceptual concerns that undermine the conclusions drawn, and conclude by noting the lack of novelty in what the data do (if accurate) suggest about women’s careers in sciences.

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