scholarly journals Post-War Development and Women’s Empowerment in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Batticaloa District in Eastern Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
A. Rameez
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Housing Assistance ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Post War

The civil war in Sri Lanka had caused enormous impacts on the physical as well as infrastructure development of Eastern Province. Since the end of war in 2009, the province has immensely benefitted from the state and non-state sectors, particularly in the sphere of women empowerment in terms of their livelihood, education, health, etc. Although, many previous studies have delved into a number of post-war development interventions in the province, it failed to explore the dimension of women’s empowerment. Using both qualitative as well as quantitative methods, this study specifically explores the impacts of socio-economic development initiatives on women’s empowerment in the post war context. The findings show women received much support such as housing assistance, dry rations, livelihood assistance, micro-credit loans and psycho-social counselling from state and non-state sectors including NGOs, and UN organizations in the post war period in the Batticaloa district of Eastern Province and such supports have largely been effective as it contributed to women’s empowerment. Nevertheless, such supports have significantly dried up in recent times with priorities of state and non-state sectors being shifted. Thus, it is crucial for state and non-state sectors to focus on the empowerment of women in future, especially enhancing their capacity in terms of their knowledge and skills, and providing financial assistance for their self-employment on a soft loan basis or under grant schemes.

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 Intimate partner violence in the post-war context: Women’s experiences and community leaders’ perceptions in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. e0174801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sepali Guruge ◽  
Marilyn Ford-Gilboe ◽  
Colleen Varcoe ◽  
Vathsala Jayasuriya-Illesinghe ◽  
Mahesan Ganesan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Post War

scholarly journals Tourism development, entrepreneurship and women's empowerment – Focus on Serbian countryside

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darko B. Vukovic ◽  
Marko Petrovic ◽  
Moinak Maiti ◽  
Aleksandra Vujko
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Local Character ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe starting premise of this study is that women's empowerment is the goal for self-realization and that the support that comes from local tourism stakeholders represents an adequate base. In many rural areas, women have established self-help groups (SHGs), which facilitate the interaction with a wide range of stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of SHGs on female entrepreneurship and self-employment in tourism.Design/methodology/approachTo examine the research question, this study adopted a quantitative research that included a sample of 513 women in a less-advanced rural area in Serbia. For the data analysis, the generalized linear regression model (GLM) was used.FindingsAccording to the results, self-employment is the leading goal of women's empowerment.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation in the research and the authors’ suggestion for future research is to increase the sample size of female respondents, so examination of their attitudes and role in the travel business in their local settings might reach higher significance. The second issue that the authors would like to point out is a highly local character of our study, so the future research should involve other rural areas in the country and from abroad (e.g. similar undeveloped countryside with noticeable, active women's role in local entrepreneurship).Practical implicationsThe most important practical implications of this paper are twofold: (1) the results of the research have shown that the tourist potential of rural areas can be enhanced through local tourism stakeholders' support; (2) women without professional interest or jobs in rural areas, especially in the areas where the population is traditionally dominated by men (husband/brother/father), have a chance to earn and to be economically more independent. This research can affect future studies to investigate other aspects of empowerment depending on the difference of regions, from one side, and also alternative opportunities for tourism and local development in less-advanced rural areas, from another side.Originality/valueThe study analyzes the tourism potential of the rural areas (which are less advanced and mostly very poor in developing countries, such as Serbia). In this case, there are opportunities to increase employment, social inclusion of women, development of new tourism strategies, implementation of destination marketing, etc. Moreover, it contributes to future research in the field of stakeholders in tourism strategies.

Overlooked consequences could harm women's rights

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Promote Gender Equality

Subject Assessment of women's empowerment policies. Significance A new study from Colombia published in March showed a high positive correlation between indicators of women's empowerment and rates of domestic violence. Development organisations are also increasingly acknowledging that their projects aimed at promoting gender equality have unintended negative effects on women, raising questions about how best to design development interventions that promote gender equality. Impacts Ignoring the negative consequences of empowerment programmes for women could reduce funding in the long term. These negative consequences could also create a backlash against women's empowerment among women themselves. Without also addressing men's attitudes, women's empowerment programmes will be hobbled.

scholarly journals WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN POST DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICIES AND FRAMEWORKS

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirooja Thurairajah ◽  
David Baldry
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Partial Reconstruction ◽  
International Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Disaster

There has been an increase in the occurrence of natural disasters and their impact has aroused the interest of many stakeholders to incorporate different strategies on disaster management. Although disasters may end many opportunities and lives, the lives of survivors do not cease in the disaster affected areas. The impact of natural disasters and the consequent partial reconstruction efforts have specifically presented many challenges to women. In this context, the main research investigates the empowerment of women during post disaster reconstruction particularly in Sri Lanka. Among the factors that influence women's empowerment, existing policies and frameworks is one of the important factors that can play a major role within the post disaster reconstruction in Sri Lanka. Hence, in order to gain an understanding of the existing framework of women's empowerment, this study investigates the national and international policies and frameworks that exist within the post disaster context in Sri Lanka. The study found that even though polices are gender neutral, they are not gender sensitive. In addition, it was found that having a single policy or framework for the whole country is unlikely to be a success, therefore, any frameworks should have room to be adopted to the local situation. Santruka Stichiniu nelaimiu padaugejo, taigi del ju poveikio daug interesu grupiu susidomejo, kaip nelaimems valdyti pasitelkti ivairias strategijas. Nors nelaimes atima daug galimybiu ir gyvybiu, išlikusieji tebegyvena nelaimes nuniokotose teritorijose. Del stichiniu nelaimiu poveikio ir po ju vykstant daliniams atstatymo darbams, ypač daug sunkumu kyla moterims. Atsižvelgiant i tai, pagrindiniame tyrime nagrinejamas didesniu teisiu suteikimas moterims vykstant atstatymo po nelaimiu darbams, ypač Šri Lankoje. Be kitu veiksniu, kurie daro itaka suteikiant didesnes teises moterims, svarbi yra politika ir gaires, o ju reikšme Šri Lankoje atstatant nelaimes nuniokotas vietoves gali būti didžiule. Taigi siekiant suprasti esamas didesniu teisiu suteikimo moterims gaires, šiame tyrime nagrinejama nacionaline ir tarptautine politika bei gaires, Šri Lankoje taikomos darbu po nelaimiu kontekste. Tyrime nustatyta, kad net jei politika pirmenybes neteikia ne vienai lyčiai, i lytims svarbius klausimus ji neatsižvelgia. Be to, nustatyta, kad visoje šalyje taikant viena politika arba gaires vargu ar galima tiketis sekmes. Taigi visose gairese reikia numatyti galimybiu jas priderinti prie vietines situacijos.

scholarly journals An Empirical Survey on Factors Affecting Citizens’ Trust in Public Institutions in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
A. Rameez ◽  
M. A. M. Fowsar
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
The People

Although Sri Lanka made attempts to adopt policies of decentralization and democratic governance to enhance citizens’ trust, the efforts had yielded very little success. As such, this study attempts to assess the level of citizens’ trust in public institutions in the eastern province of Sri Lanka and explores the factors contributing to the decline of citizens’ trust in public institutions. Both qualitative and quantitative methods consisting of questionnaire survey, in-depth-interview and focus group discussion as data collection techniques were employed in this study. Overall, it was found that the people have little trust in the public institutions due to lack of awareness, discrimination in terms of ethnicity, undue delay, lack of modern facilities and political influence. Thus, it is paramount on the part of government to address these challenges to restore the trust among the citizens on these public institutions.

Women’s empowerment through self-employment in tourism

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 328-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Vujko ◽  
Tatiana N. Tretiakova ◽  
Marko D. Petrović ◽  
Milan Radovanović ◽  
Tamara Gajić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Self Employment
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