Empowering rural women for poverty reduction via well-managed education and social support: a case study of Owa communities in Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Romina Ifeoma Asiyai
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Poverty Reduction

scholarly journals Towards a Profitable Pricing Strategy for Rural Women Indigenous Chicken Breeders: A Case of Rural Village in Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4(J)) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Gwendoline Vusumuzi Nani ◽  
Casper Ronney
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Pricing Strategy ◽  
Pricing Strategies ◽  
Indigenous Chicken ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Indigenous Chickens

Indigenous chickens contribute towards poverty reduction, income generation and economic empowerment of rural women. In this regard, employment of a profitable pricing strategy in selling the indigenous chickens becomes fundamental. This study sought to find out the pricing strategies used by rural women indigenous chicken breeders in one purposively selected village in Zimbabwe. An interpretivist paradigm, a qualitative approach and a case study design were employed to examine the issue under review. Seventeen rural women indigenous chicken breeders were key informants. Data collected using semi structured questionnaires and face to face interviews was analysed to discern themes. Results revealed that rural women indigenous chicken breeders did not apply any pricing strategies when selling their chickens. Prices were approximated based on mainly the weight of the chickens. The study concluded that rural women indigenous chicken breeders were ignorant of pricing strategies and factors to consider when determining, prices for their chickens. Further to that, ignorance of appropriate pricing strategies exposed rural women indigenous chicken breeders to exploitation and loss of revenue. In light of this, the study recommended that workshops be conducted by personnel with an accounting background, to train rural women indigenous chicken breeders on the factors to consider in determining profitable prices for their indigenous chickens. The contribution of this study lies in the development of a framework of factors which rural women indigenous chicken breeders could use as a reference point when determining prices for their indigenous chickens.

How Women Entrepreneurs Impact

2022 ◽  
pp. 217-236
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Sub Saharan

In this chapter, a case study of women entrepreneurs provides the avenue to understand the challenges of poverty reduction and social change at the grassroots level, particularly in rural areas. This case is first among three cases that are worth noting in this book because this case exemplifies women entrepreneurs in a rural setting, where they mobilize groups of women to transform their household and community, to help impoverished Tanzanian rural women increase earnings and autonomy through nonfarm business. From these perspectives and lessons garnered, there is a tacit but general agreement that women's economic role at the local level is critical for development and that women entrepreneurs are a great resource in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

scholarly journals The experience of microfinance recipients of Bangladesh Rural Development Board: a case study on Integrated Rural Women Development Programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Uzzal Miah ◽  
Mohammad Shahjahan Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Credit System

Microcredit has been regarded as a key strategy in poverty reduction and women empowerment. This study examined the experience of microcredit receivers under the Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB). A qualitative case study was conducted through fieldwork and data were collected from the members of IRWDP (Integrated Rural Women Development Programme) known as Bagbari Manipuri Samithy, Sylhet. The study revealed that the programme among indigenous women is operating smoothly. Most of the beneficiaries have a positive experience with the credit system. They contribute earning to their family and have become an important decision-maker in their family. However, some dissatisfaction among the members still exists. The members do not receive need-based training to adapt to their livelihood. Thus initiatives need to be taken to identify the story behind the participants’ success and to overcome the associated problem.

Rethinking the Agency of Women in the Shea Industry

Politeia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abiba Yayah
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Good Source ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Home Based

The agency of women in most African countries is often affected by the socio-economic and political policies that are almost always disadvantageous to women, especially women who have little to no knowledge of their rights. Using the shea industry in Ghana as a case study, I chronicle the challenges as recounted by rural women involved in this home-based work in the Northern Region of Ghana and critically analyse these challenges and their implications. Focusing mainly on the results of my recent field work, I present some of the accounts relating to the lack and exclusion of recognition of and respect for the experiences of rural women who are in fact the linchpin of the shea industry in Ghana. Initiatives and strategies of non-governmental organisations and some governmental policies have attempted to address these challenges that have implications for the livelihoods of rural women. Research and policies have only offered “band-aid solutions” to the economic disempowerment of rural women in the shea industry in Ghana as they have not dealt with the causes. This article seeks to refute the claim that equity exists by indicating the lack of equity and justice in the policies in the shea industry. In an attempt to provide an understanding of the economic disempowerment of women in this industry, I consider my field work as a good source as it exposes the experiences and everyday practices as narrated by rural women in the industry. This article seeks to analyse the existing discourses especially those pertaining to the contributions and experiences of rural women in the shea industry.

scholarly journals Coaches’ implementation strategies in providing social support to Singaporean university athletes: A case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-693
Author(s):  
Koon Teck Koh ◽  
Marja Kokkonen ◽  
Heng Rang Bryan Law
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Individual Sports ◽  
Sport Coaches ◽  
University Athletes

Coaches are effective providers of social support to their athletes. Although sport-specific measures of social support have been developed to better understand athletes’ perceptions of available support, limited amount of research has addressed how sport coaches implement specific social support strategies. The purpose of this study was to examine university coaches’ implementation strategies in providing various forms of social support to their athletes. A total of eight sport coaches from team and individual sports (four from each sport) were purposefully selected for this study. Coaches were individually interviewed. The interview transcripts were analysed using a thematic analysis. The results revealed that coaches from different sports shared similar strategies across emotional, esteem, informational and tangible dimensions, but with some distinguishable differences in the way these strategies were implemented. In documenting the lived experiences of sport coaches, key strategies valued highly among these coaches were highlighted, providing important implications for coaches to know how to incorporate these strategies into their coaching practice to better support athletes’ well-being and improve the quality of coaching. The findings also provide an implementation framework of social support that emphasizes key strategies for coaches to focus on in their coaching approaches.

RURAL WOMEN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE STUDY IN HERAKLION CRETE PREFECTURE, GREECE

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 269-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
AIKATERINI LASSITHIOTAKI
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Enterprise Risk ◽  
Enterprise Model ◽  
Control Production ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Domestic Roles ◽  
Entrepreneurial Beliefs

This article investigates the entrepreneurial beliefs/attitudes, ambitions, expectations, goals and visions of rural women who choose to cooperate and found Women's Rural cooperatives in the Prefecture of Heraklion on the island of Crete. The results of a qualitative study involving a sample of eight chairwomen of rural women's established Traditional Food Production cooperatives indicated that the traditional domestic roles (housewife, mother), the low level of education, the lack of professional skills, enterprise experience and mostly the unwillingness of rural women to undertake enterprise risk, have turned them toward an enterprise model that lacks modern business methods in the use of quality control production systems, in the production of Protected Geographical Identification Goods and/or Certified Local Traditional Food and/or Organic Products, in the use of new organizing and managing technologies, in advertising and promoting products and in administrative renewal.

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