Reflections from Inside the World of Empowered Women

2015 ◽  
pp. 50-74
Author(s):  
Bantu Lulu K Morolong
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Empowerment ◽  
Government Project ◽  
Critical Problems

Poverty is one of the most critical problems facing developing regions. In Lesotho, poverty is more deeply entrenched in the rural areas and closely linked to severe degradation of land on which rural livelihoods depend. Landlessness affects Basotho women more adversely than men who have better employment opportunities as mine labour migrants in South Africa. This chapter therefore, presents the case of Thota-ea-Moli Multi-Purpose Cooperative as a response to further threats of poverty to a community that lost its land to a government project. The chapter maps the historical trends of Basotho women's empowerment and their pivotal role in development and poverty alleviation through cooperatives. Having outlined the project design and implementation processes, its achievements and challenges are highlighted and their impact on Thota-ea-Moli women's economic and socio cultural empowerment. Future trends that hold promise for women's further empowerment are also presented.

Reflections From Inside the World of Empowered Women

2019 ◽  
pp. 1389-1407
Author(s):  
Bantu Lulu K Morolong
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Empowerment ◽  
Government Project ◽  
Critical Problems

Poverty is one of the most critical problems facing developing regions. In Lesotho, poverty is more deeply entrenched in the rural areas and closely linked to severe degradation of land on which rural livelihoods depend. Landlessness affects Basotho women more adversely than men who have better employment opportunities as mine labour migrants in South Africa. This chapter therefore, presents the case of Thota-ea-Moli Multi-Purpose Cooperative as a response to further threats of poverty to a community that lost its land to a government project. The chapter maps the historical trends of Basotho women's empowerment and their pivotal role in development and poverty alleviation through cooperatives. Having outlined the project design and implementation processes, its achievements and challenges are highlighted and their impact on Thota-ea-Moli women's economic and socio cultural empowerment. Future trends that hold promise for women's further empowerment are also presented.

Cloud Computing for Rural ICT Implementations

2015 ◽  
pp. 166-197
Author(s):  
Mohamed Fazil Mohamed Firdhous
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Ict Implementation ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Half of the world's population live in rural areas and majority of them are in developing countries. The rural population face many challenges in their life compared to their urban counterparts. Some of these challenges include high unemployment rate, limited employment opportunities in their areas, high brain drain to more developed cities, lack of access to education and healthcare facilities. Information and communication technology has been identified as the enabling technology that can be used to overcome the present day problems. There are several ICT projects implemented across the world with the objective of helping these rural masses. But many of these projects face sustainability challenges due to lack of resources. In this chapter, the author takes an in depth look at how cloud computing can be leveraged successfully to address the sustainability problem of current rural ICT implementation.

Cloud Computing for Rural ICT Implementations

Web Services ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1189-1222
Author(s):  
Mohamed Fazil Mohamed Firdhous
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Ict Implementation ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Half of the world's population live in rural areas and majority of them are in developing countries. The rural population face many challenges in their life compared to their urban counterparts. Some of these challenges include high unemployment rate, limited employment opportunities in their areas, high brain drain to more developed cities, lack of access to education and healthcare facilities. Information and communication technology has been identified as the enabling technology that can be used to overcome the present day problems. There are several ICT projects implemented across the world with the objective of helping these rural masses. But many of these projects face sustainability challenges due to lack of resources. In this chapter, the author takes an in depth look at how cloud computing can be leveraged successfully to address the sustainability problem of current rural ICT implementation.

Cloud Computing for Rural ICT Implementations

2016 ◽  
pp. 496-527
Author(s):  
Mohamed Fazil Mohamed Firdhous
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Ict Implementation ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Half of the world's population live in rural areas and majority of them are in developing countries. The rural population face many challenges in their life compared to their urban counterparts. Some of these challenges include high unemployment rate, limited employment opportunities in their areas, high brain drain to more developed cities, lack of access to education and healthcare facilities. Information and communication technology has been identified as the enabling technology that can be used to overcome the present day problems. There are several ICT projects implemented across the world with the objective of helping these rural masses. But many of these projects face sustainability challenges due to lack of resources. In this chapter, the author takes an in depth look at how cloud computing can be leveraged successfully to address the sustainability problem of current rural ICT implementation.

scholarly journals The Nature of Poverty and Its Prospects: Pakistan Evidence

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-195
Author(s):  
Gobind M. Herani ◽  
Pervez Wasim ◽  
Allah Wasayo Rajar ◽  
Riaz Ahmed Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Approach

Livelihood depends upon development, which directly or indirectly needs intervention of Government, NGOs and Community Organizations, etc. Diversification widens people’s options, encourages spatially diverse transactions, increases cash in circulation in rural areas, and enhances human capital by providing those who diversify with new skills and experiences. People living in country are highly skilled can transform the available resources into something usable for consumption. Microcredit programmes have brought the vibrancy of the market economy to the poorest villages and the people of the World. This business approach to alleviation of poverty has allowed millions of individuals to work their way out of poverty with dignity. The contribution made by livelihood diversification to rural livelihoods is a significant one, which has often been ignored by policy makers. As Pakistan is also a developing country, that is why, we need to identify reasons. To keep these things in mind attempt has been made to identify the reasons of poverty as special objective; and to identify strategies made by country for the reduction of poverty and its consequences. This study is an exploratory research.

scholarly journals The Role of Edible Insects in Rural Livelihoods, and Identified Challenges in Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa

Resources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Zabentungwa T. Hlongwane ◽  
Rob Slotow ◽  
Thinandavha C. Munyai
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Vhembe District ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

Edible insects are an important natural commodity in rural areas that is used for household consumption and to generate income through trade. As a result, edible-insect trading is a profitable business that provides employment and improves the livelihoods of impoverished rural people. This study aimed at determining the socioeconomic benefits of and reasons for trading insects, and to assess if edible insects are included in economic development strategies in the Vhembe district of Limpopo province, South Africa. We conducted 72 questionnaire interviews targeting traders in 5 towns across the district. Five insect groups belonging to four insect orders are traded in informal markets of the district. Mopane worms (Gonimbrasia belina) were the most traded (42%) edible insects. Unemployment (45%) and the demand for edible insects (34%) were the major reasons for trading insects. Insect trading has numerous benefits; however, the provision of income (60%) and financial support (35%) were stated as the primary benefits. Despite several benefits associated with trading in insects, there are many challenges such as insect spoilage and a decline in the availability of edible insects in the wild. Edible insects play an important role in food security and the rural economy by generating employment opportunities for unemployed traders. Trading in insects is a traditional practice based on indigenous knowledge, which has persisted as an economic practice that improves rural livelihoods by reducing poverty and increases the human dignity of rural citizens. Only four governmental organisations in Limpopo included edible insects in economic development strategies. Trading insects is primarily an informal activity. The government could stimulate the activity and broaden and deepen the community benefits by providing infrastructure, access to harvest areas, financial support, and business training as part of a rural empowerment strategy to end hunger and poverty while creating employment opportunities in rural areas.

scholarly journals New directions in development of city energy systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (suppl. 1) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Branko Crncevic
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Absolute Increase ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The World ◽  
Policy Institute ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
First Time ◽  
Future Population

At the world level, the 20th century saw an increase from 220 million urbanites in 1900 to 2.84 billion in year 2000. The present century will match this absolute increase in about four decades. Developing regions, as a whole, will account for 93% of this growth [1]. Until now humankind has lived and worked primarily in rural areas. But the world is about to leave its rural past behind. Today we are witness, for the first time, that more than half of the globe?s population is living in towns and cities. The number and proportion of urban dwellers will continue to rise quickly. Urban population will grow to 4.9 billion by 2030. At the global level, all of future population growth will be in towns and cities [1]. Two centuries ago there was only one city on the planet that could say it had a million inhabitants - that was London. Today more than 400 cities can boast that - 408 to be precise, according to the Earth Policy Institute. But today a population of 1 million people means nothing; we are moving into the era of megacities of 10 million (and more) people. Today, there are 20 so-called megacities, whose population, and therefore energy needs, easily exceed some countries population, according to Earth Policy Institute. More people now live in Tokyo than Canada, for example [2]. Despite only occupying 2% of the world's surface area, they are responsible for 75% of the world's energy consumption.

International Telesupervision: The Clinical Fellowship Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
David W. Rule ◽  
Lisa N. Kelchner
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
East African ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
National Certification

Telepractice technology allows greater access to speech-language pathology services around the world. These technologies extend beyond evaluation and treatment and are shown to be used effectively in clinical supervision including graduate students and clinical fellows. In fact, a clinical fellow from the United States completed the entire supervised clinical fellowship (CF) year internationally at a rural East African hospital, meeting all requirements for state and national certification by employing telesupervision technology. Thus, telesupervision has the potential to be successfully implemented to address a range of needs including supervisory shortages, health disparities worldwide, and access to services in rural areas where speech-language pathology services are not readily available. The telesupervision experience, potential advantages, implications, and possible limitations are discussed. A brief guide for clinical fellows pursuing telesupervision is also provided.

The territory of the Russian Federation is a rescue from the COVID-19 coronavirus

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Yu. Kozlov ◽  
R. Serebryakov
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Air Spring ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Wind Power Plants ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation

A new coronavirus pandemic is raging all over the world, especially in densely populated areas. Unlike most countries, more than half of the territory of Russia is not used by humans — which means that it is possible to settle large cities to avoid crowding people on a small area. The authors of the article consider wind power, namely vortex wind power plants, as a new source of energy that can be quickly and with less harm built in rural areas. The article also discusses the possibilities of an alternative Autonomous non-volatile installation "Air spring" for obtaining fresh water from atmospheric air.

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