scholarly journals Craft Industrialization and Women's Empowerment in Asian Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (null) ◽  
pp. 67-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
HuhRaKeum
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Asian Developing Countries

scholarly journals Promoting Gender Equality in EU Development Aid: From Transformative Policy to Transformative Practice?

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Debusscher
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Transformative Practice

Promoting gender equality in EU development aidThe European Commission combines specific funds for women's empowerment with gender mainstreaming in its twin-track approach to gender equality in development aid policies. The strategy is successful in terms of budgets and formal appearance but it is implemented in a limited, interest-guided and expertbureaucratic manner. Furthermore by privileging EU interests the strategy fails to address the needs of the poorest developing countries and it ignores civil society concerns. In practice, the twin-track strategy severely limits the transformative potential of gender equality policies.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing pathways linking women’s empowerment and prematurity in developing countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patience A. Afulani ◽  
Molly Altman ◽  
Joseph Musana ◽  
May Sudhinaraset
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment

Women's Rights Save Lives

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Burroway
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Infant And Child Mortality

Sociologists have long recognized women's empowerment as a key factor in improving development and health in developing countries. Using new data, this study goes beyond the traditionally used indicators of empowerment by highlighting the potential role of women's rights to land, property, and loans in explaining cross-national variation in child health. Results show that land and property rights are associated with lower rates of infant and child mortality across 75 developing countries, net of women's literacy and a variety of controls. Notably, the robustness of the land and property variables is comparable to that of GDP or access to clean water/sanitation. This provides some suggestive evidence that perhaps these aspects of women's empowerment may be just as important as some of the more conventional correlates of child health. However, access to bank loans is not significantly associated with lower infant and child mortality. This is consistent with a growing body of research that questions the efficacy of microfinance and loan programs for poverty reduction, health, and other development outcomes.

scholarly journals Understanding the Aspirations of Farming Communities in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi Nandi ◽  
Swamikannu Nedumaran
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Policies And Programs

AbstractThis study surveys the panorama of research on the importance of aspirations of farming communities, identifies research gaps and prospects for future research. The analysis of 22 studies identified from 419 research articles sheds light on the relationships between aspirations, agriculture, women’s empowerment, poverty, and rural youth. Aspirations of the rural poor play a significant role in shaping their activities and investments. Furthermore, the poor and those who are exposed to natural disasters are more likely suffering from aspiration failure and their resilience needs to be built. Specifically, women’s empowerment could be supported through raising aspirations. In addition, intergenerational aspirations and corresponding investment plans in agriculture are in absolute contrast and parental desires and their children’s aspirations do not align. Overall, development program-specific research is needed to determine policies and programs that successfully and cost-effectively raise the rural poor's aspirations and thereby improve livelihoods in developing countries.

Effects of Empowerment and Media Use by Women of Childbearing Age on Maternal Health Care Utilization in Developing Countries of Southeast Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minsung Sohn ◽  
Minsoo Jung
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
To Receive

Despite its importance to maternal health, women’s empowerment in developing countries has yet to be adequately addressed. We investigated the effects of women’s empowerment and media use on maternal antenatal care in Southeast Asian countries. The data originate from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Southeast Asia between 2011 and 2014 (n = 35,905). We conducted Poisson regression and meta-analyses to examine communication inequalities in the media use for the relationships between women’s empowerment and maternal health. Women who had decision-making authority for their own health care (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.01–1.05), household purchases (IRR = 1.02, 95% CI = 1.00–1.04), and visiting family or relatives (IRR = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.03–1.07) were more likely to receive health care than were study participants whose partners had the decision-making authority. When we added use of each type of media into the model, the women who read a newspaper daily (IRR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.03–1.20), listened to the radio at least once a week (IRR = 1.02, 95% CI = 1.01–1.03), and watched television daily (IRR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.55–1.67) were more likely to receive health care than those who did not use media at all. This study revealed that women’s empowerment and their use of media were related to better maternal health care.

scholarly journals Women's Empowerment, the Gender Gap in Desired Fertility, and Fertility Outcomes in Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 358-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Doepke ◽  
Michèle Tertilt
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Household Bargaining ◽  
Ideal Family Size ◽  
Ideal Family ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Fertility Choices

We document evidence on preferences for childbearing in developing countries. Across countries, men usually desire larger families than women do. Within countries, we find wide dispersion in spouses' desired fertility: there are many couples whose ideal family size differs by five children or more. This disagreement between spouses suggests that the extent to which women are empowered should matter for fertility choices. We point to evidence at both the macro and micro levels that this is indeed the case. We conclude that taking account of household bargaining and women's empowerment in analyses of fertility is an important challenge for research.

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