Development Of Women Research Articles

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN SHG MEMBERS AND THEIR EMPOWERMENT THROUGH TNCDW

Women’s empowerment is essential to ensuring that they have equal access to opportunities and that their rights are properly respected. This is accomplished by enhancing and expanding women’s social, economic, political, and legal existence. The present study was conducted in Cuddalore Block of Cuddalore District. Proportionate random sampling procedure was applied to select 120 respondents. They were the members of women Self Help Groups of Mahalir Thittam project under the organizational efforts taken by Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women (TNCDW) to explore the relationships between profile characteristics of women SHG members and their empowerment. From the study it was found that SHGs have contributed significantly to the empowerment of women. Out of thirteen variables, six variables viz., educational status, mass media exposure, information sharing behavior, decision making behavior, self-confidence and awareness on women development programmes were found to have positive and significant relationship with the empowerment of women. SHG member’s personal traits as well as group and social activities were the major determinants of empowerment.

Practical contribution of women development army on growth monitoring and promotion service at Dembya and Gondar Zuria districts, Central Gondar Zone, North West Ethiopia: a community based mixed study

BackgroundThe United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-2 aims to eliminate child hunger or end all forms of child malnutrition by 2030. To achieve this goal the cost-effective method is the implementation of growth monitoring and promotion service with the contribution of Women Development Army (WDA) as community volunteers. However, According to the data, the program’s implementation varies throughout the country and lack of evidence on the practical contribution of the WDA to enhancing child nutritional care outcomes. Therefore this study aimed to determine practical contribution of WDA and associated factors on growth monitoring and promotion service in two rural districts of central Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia.MethodsA community based mixed study was conducted from March 6 to April 7, 2022 among 615 Women Development Army. Multistage sampling technique was used to select study participants. A structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data and in-depth interview were used to generate qualitative information. Qualitative data were coded and grouped and discussed using identified themes. Binary logistic regression was fitted, odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was estimated to identify factors of practical contribution of WDA and qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsIn this study practical contribution of WDA on growth monitoring was 31.4% (95% CI: 28.0-35.3%). Having GMP training (AOR = 4.2, 95%CI: 1.63, 10.58), regular community conversation (AOR = 6.0, 95%CI: 3.12, 11.54), good knowledge about GMP (AOR = 2.1, 95%CI: 1.17, 3.83) and not having regular schedule of GMP service in the area (AOR = 0.04, 95%CI: 0.02, 0.09), were statistically significantly associated with practical contribution of growth monitoring. During in-depth interview, lack of training, low motivation or commitment among WDA and low communication between WDA and health extension workers were mentioned among the problems faced during growth monitoring service.ConclusionIn this study, practical contribution of growth monitoring among WDA was low. GMP training regular community conversation, knowledge about GMP and regular schedule of GMP service in the local area were significantly associated for practical contribution of growth monitoring service. Lack of training, low motivation or commitment among WDA and low communication between WDA and health extension workers were reasons for did not contribute effectively for GMP service. Therefore, giving training for WDA and improving community conversation at kebeles level are important to improve GM service. .

Kanyashree Prakalpa –Prosperity Towards Right to Education for Women

The Kanyashree Prakalpa (KP), a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme is an innovative project to ensure the education for girl-students so that dropout rates are reduced, also works as prosperity towards right to education for women. It was introduced on 8th March, 2013 by the Department of Women Development and Social Welfare of West Bengal for incentivizing adolescent girls to complete secondary, higher secondary and higher education, or equivalent in technical or vocational streams and also to prevent child marriage till at least the age of 18. The effectiveness of this Prakalpa immediately appears just after the implementation of it across the state. This paper evaluates the impact of this Prakalpa on female enrollment in the college. It is found that KP not only minimizes the tendency of girl students to drop out from schools at early age, at the same time it increases female admission in the college. In this study, a comparative analysis has been drawn between prior 2013 and after 2013 to show the actual increasing enrollment of female students in Ramnagar college in Purba Medinipore district, West Bengal, India. This study is based on secondary data. The findings of this study suggest that this scheme protects & empowers the girls especially from socio-economically disadvantaged families, by giving incentives to them to continue education for a longer period of time, footing their participation and meaningful contribution to the society.

Equal Opportunity in Business: Gender Challenges and Overcoming Stereotypes

The article deals with the problem of gender inequality of opportunity in business, including from the point of view of gender challenges and stereotypes. Inequality of opportunity in business is a problem that restricts access to career opportunities, including in the business field, for women. A study of women's entrepreneurship shows a rapid increase in the number of publications on the topic over the past 50 years. This area is in formation stage, with a significant number of journals’ articles, literature reviews and books published on women entrepreneurs. The purpose of the article is to assess the problems faced by women entrepreneurs based on an analysis of the existing literature. The search for documents on women's entrepreneurship in various peer-reviewed journal publications was carried out using data from the RSCI, GoogleAcademy, ResearchGate, Elsevier resources. The causes of gender segregation in business are shown, including socio-cultural prejudices, the existence of institutional voids, low self-esteem and the lack of skills and entrepreneurial education among women. A study of different countries’ experience led to the conclusion that state support plays a decisive role in the women's entrepreneurship development.

Pengaruh Pemberdayaan Perempuan Dalam Ekonomi Dan Politik Terhadap Pembangunan Perempuan di Provinsi Sumatera Barat

Sustainable economic development requires people who are able and empowered to meet their needs and escape from poverty. It can be seen that the HDI for women is always below the HDI for men every year. This study aims to identify women's empowerment in the economy and politics can improve women's development in West Sumatra. With the Panel Least Squares (PLS) method then proceed with the classical assumption test, with a panel regression model. Research on 19 districts/cities in West Sumatra with a span of 5 years. The results showed that female professional staff, women's income contribution had a positive and significant effect on women's development, women entrepreneurs had a negative and insignificant effect on women's development, women in parliament had a positive and insignificant effect on women's development in West Sumatra. It can be concluded that women's empowerment in the economy and politics is very important for the development of a country. From the results of this study it is suggested to the government to pay more attention to women's empowerment so as to achieve women's development and improve gender-equitable welfare

The Influence of Women's Development and Empowerment on Inclusive Economic Growth

Inclusive Economic Growth in Indonesia is formed through aspects of economic growth, inequality, and access to opportunities. Equitable development and empowerment that is focused on women provide access to opportunities in realizing inclusive economic growth. This research was conducted with the aim of knowing the effect of women's development and empowerment on inclusive economic growth in provinces in Indonesia in 2012-2021. This research uses secondary data, uses a quantitative approach with the method of panel data regression analysis with a fixed effect model. The regression results found that women's development variables through the gender development index indicator showed that women's life expectancy had a significant negative effect, while the average length of schooling for women and women's per capita expenditure had a significant positive effect. The variable of women's empowerment through the gender empowerment index indicator found that women's involvement did not have a significant effect on inclusive economic growth and the variables of women as professionals and contribution of women's income had a significant positive effect on inclusive economic growth in 2012-2021. Four of the six variables showed significant positive results. This indicates that the development and empowerment of women can improve welfare which affects growth. There needs to be a policy formulation on women that must be carried out by each region to help fulfill women's rights and reduce gender discrimination.

Women Development and Empowerment in South African Polity

The question of women’s development and empowerment is not new in the world. As such, there has been an increasing awareness of the matter, especially that development has had a differential impact on power relations in society, usually to the disadvantage of women. For countless times, the world has had many pro–women empowerment measures and proclamations made by various governments and continental and domestic agencies, but women continue to be overlooked in crucial spheres of life such as politics, law, education, and training, as well as working environments. This paper used a desktop review method to first, identify the underlying factors behind power differentials between men and women in leadership and society at large, and second, examine how such factors compound gender inequality in South African polity. The discussion shows that South Africa’s and the African continent’s experience with women's empowerment and recognition in the political landscape still exhibits gender disproportions with which the compounding factors cannot be differentiated. These include, inter alia, the inconsistent application of a political will to keep women in leadership spaces and the existence of patriarchal systems embedded in many African cultural practises. The paper concluded by strongly arguing that any development that is based on patriarchy is anti–development and must be rejected. Any efforts made to elevate women in to positions of power would mean an end to the old question of gender inequality, but this requires serious, deliberate policy interventions and implementation.

Iban Women Development and Empowerment: Role of Iban Women as Breadwinner in the Family

Dual-income families are growing in the new millennium due to high living costs. Nowadays, women also play the role of breadwinners in the family, being in the workforce or working part-time. Many Iban working women and full-time homemakers are involved in side-income activities to earn additional income for the family. It is often involved them performing several activities to earn additional income for their family. This study investigates the role of Iban women as breadwinners involved in side-income activities in Sarawak by identifying types of side-income activities and barriers to side-income activities, thus proposing relevant training or programs to support and encourage their involvement in side-income activities. The study employed a descriptive research design, and 325 Iban women participated in this survey. Based on the survey, there are three main side-income activities among respondents, i.e., farming, handicraft making, and business. However, there are three main barriers to conducting side-income activities, i.e., a need for knowledge and skills in specific fields, marketing and promotional problems, and financial constraints. Based on the problems, three suggestions have been proposed by a high percentage of respondents, i.e., marketing and promotional assistance, business and entrepreneurship courses, and financial assistance. The selection of appropriate training and programs is crucial as the training and program should be need-driven oriented because only some of the training or programs could fit the needs of Iban women. The side-income activities among Iban women benefit the family, develop Iban society, and encourage Iban women’s development and empowerment in Sarawak.

Exploring the Development of Women's Abortion Rights in the United States

Exploring the Development of Women's Abortion Rights in the United States

Short supply chain choice and impact amongst rice processors in rural Ghana

PurposeThis paper examined the factors influencing the participation of rice processors in short supply chains and the participation impact on the amount of rice processed, per capita expenditure of household and value of sales.Design/methodology/approachThe Seemingly Unrelated Regression and Doubly Robust Augmented Inverse Probability Weighting Model (AIPW) were used to analyse the determinants of short supply chain participation and the impact of short supply.FindingsFrom the results, the mean value of rice processed was GH₵18385 (US$ 3,069.28), with the minimum value being GH₵ 25 (US$ 4.17) and the maximum GH₵ 67200 (US$ 1,1218.70) per annum. Processed rice aroma and grade characteristics positively influence the value of processed rice sold via short supply chains as well as the expertise rate of the processor, Farmer-Based Organisation membership, and marketing information availability. Women rice processors' per capita expenditure, total sales value and the value of processed rice was positively influenced by the short supply chain participation.Research limitations/implicationsEven though the sample size was appropriate, a larger sample size could further support the study's finding since a limited geographical area with predominant domestic rice processors was studied. Again, future studies should consider behavioural theories, such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour, amongst others, in understanding the reasons for the choices of short supply chains compared to other sales outlets.Originality/valueAlthough there is a growing body of literature on rice, most of the studies focussed on the marketing outlet of rice producers, rice processing, constraints and opportunities faced by rice farmers and processors and an out-grower scheme involving rice processors amongst rice producers with none of these on the choice of short supply chains amongst women processors. Also, amongst all the studies on rice producers, none applied a theory; however, the Women in Development (WID) Theory was used to analyse the impact of the short supply chain on the impact on household per capita expenditure (poverty), the value of sales and amount of rice processed, a modest theoretical contribution of the paper to literature.

Innovative Research on College Art Education Based on the Cultural Experience of Women's Book Symbols

Women's calligraphy, also known as female calligraphy, is a kind of writing style used by women in ancient China. It has become a unique and attractive form of writing art with its unique strokes and character characteristics. This paper discusses innovative paths for the experience of women's calligraphy symbolic culture in college art education, emphasizing the importance of integrating women's calligraphy symbolic culture resources, innovating ways of teaching women's calligraphy symbolic culture and advocating interdisciplinary cooperation and cross-cultural exchange. Through interdisciplinary cooperation and cross-cultural communication, it can enrich the expression and connotation of Women's Calligraphy symbolic culture in college art education, cultivate students' comprehensive literacy and cross-cultural cognition, and promote the inheritance and development of Women's Calligraphy symbolic culture in contemporary art and design fields.

Integrating 50 Years of Theory and Research: Suggestions for Directions on Women’s Career Development

This article reviews the methods, major findings, and conclusions of the Fouad et al. review of research on women's work and career development over the last 25 years. Following that, the paper addresses the question posed by Fouad et al. "Why arent we there yet"?, providing several examples of approaches to the development of separate theories of women's career development. The article concludes with counseling, training and societal implications.

Influence of Quality of Work Life on Career Development among Women Police in Chennai

Abstract: The quality of work life of women police in Chennai has been a subject of growing interested and concern in recent years. This study aims to explore the various dimensions of the quality of work life of women police officers in Chennai, including job satisfaction, work environment, work-life balance, and overall well-being. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, including surveys and interviews, to gather data from women police officers in Chennai. The results of the study suggest that women police officers in Chennai face numerous challenges in their work environment, including a lack of support from their male counterparts, limited opportunities for career advancement, and poor working conditions. Despite these challenges, the majority of women police officers in Chennai report a high level of job satisfaction and a strong commitment to their profession. Overall, the findings of this study highlight the need for greater support and resources for women police officers in Chennai, as well as for further research into the factors that contribute to their quality of work life. The present study investigated the influence of quality of work life (QWL) on career development among women police officers in Chennai, India. A total of 200 women police officers were selected as the sample for the study. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire measuring QWL and career development. The results indicated that QWL significantly predicted career development among women police officers. Specifically, work-life balance, job security, and social support were significant predictors of career development. These findings suggest that improving QWL can enhance career development among women police officers. The study provides insights into the factors that influence career development among women police officers, which can be useful for policymakers and organizations to improve their working conditions and support women's career development in the police force.

SRBUHI TYUSAB’S PUBLICISM, SOCIAL-PUBLIC VIEWS AND ROLE IN WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION PROCESSES

The study examined fiction and journalistic activities, articles, and socio-public views of the Western Armenian Constantinople writer of the second half of the 19th century, Srbuhi Tyusab. Tyusab’s publicism was a new experience of broadcasting political, socio-public and literary-cultural dialogues, which was most popular in the second half of the 19th century. The aim of the study is to reveal the author's literary-cultural and socio-public views, as well as their role in the processes of women's emancipation, by examining Srbuhi Tyusab’s op-ed articles. The problem of the study is to analyze the publicistic legacy of the Western Armenian female author of the second half of the 19th century, Srbuhi Tyusab, which has not been properly examined yet. The novelty of the study is the attempt to interpret the ways of women's emancipation and development in a new fashion. The study is interdisciplinary. It was analyzed in the context of the reciprocal connections and relationships between literary studies, history, anthropology, and ethno-culture. Literary critical, philosophical, and linguistic methods were applied, highlighting and focusing the various manifestations and stratifications existing in Srbuhi Tyusab's op-ed articles within the scope of the studied material. This kind of study has been done for the first time. It is important and relevant not only from the point of view of interdisciplinarity, but also from the point of view of analyzing women’s issues in Armenology.

Participation of women in sports competitions and their organization for the ukrainian people's republic

With the growing participation of women in the social and political life of European countries, their role in sports became more important. From the second half of the nineteenth century, in Ukraine, primarily in Galicia, Bukovina, Transcarpathia, and later with the extension to Volyn, Podillya, Polesie, the Dnieper and the Administrative Sea, cultural and educational, and with them a number of sports and physical, gymnastics and fire, "Sich" and "Sokil" formation, scout and tourist organizations. The "Sich" and "Sokil" sports associations had women's divisions, where Ukrainian girls and women increasingly participated in training and competitions in various types of sports, which served as a basis for the further development and participation of women in sports. Based on the material of sports notes and announcements of the newspaper "Renaissance", the effective participation of Ukrainian women in sports associations, competitions, and the organization of children's sports grounds by place of residence on the territory of the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Hetmanate period (1918–1919) was investigated and established. Women's departments of sports associations operated in Kyiv, for example, at the Ukrainian State University, and other cities and towns, the network of which was growing. The "Sports Society of Physical Development of Women" was founded in Kyiv. For the wider involvement of young people, including girls, in sports, women took the most active part in arranging children's, mainly summer, sports grounds ("sports platforms", "sports fields", "gymnastic grounds-beaches"), where children played during the day, and in the evenings a large number of supporters of games, gymnastics and other sports gathered. The range of sports in which women participated was quite wide. The most popular sports included fencing, dancing, running and jumping in athletics, and games, but their list was constantly growing with the introduction and popularization of new sports disciplines. In order to ensure proper conditions for the development of sports, women directly participated in lectures, training courses for pedagogical personnel on physical education among young people, which were attended by well-known sportsmen, teachers, and doctors of that time. In Kyiv, the initiative group for physical development, with the support of the Ministry of Public Education, opened the first "Courses for the training of teachers of gymnastics, dance and other sports" in Ukraine with a two-year full and a three-month shortened period of study. Residents of the provinces were preferred in admissions, and a "boarding" (dormitory) was organized for the students to live in during the courses. The training of specialists in physical education made it possible to increase the methodological level of classes in general and, first of all, in regional cities, and expanded the geography of women's participation in sports.

A Critical Analysis on the Concept of Women Development through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Kulpi Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal: Issues and Challenges

A Critical Analysis on the Concept of Women Development through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Kulpi Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal: Issues and Challenges

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Objectives This study was conducted to explore the retirement experiences of middle-aged women in office work and the career composition process after retirement.
 Methods The narrative inquiry method was used as a research method to best understand the retirement and career composition process of four middle-aged women in their 50s who have retired two to five years after working as a lifelong job. Field texts were collected through individual in-depth interviews with research participants, and research texts were created while analyzing the data.
 Results Office women were more influenced by the external variables of the times and family situations than office men in the process of employment, career development, and retirement. In a male-centered organizational society, they have lived as conductors such as work, housework, and parenting, despite the lack of connections, time, and physical limitations. In such multiple roles, work-family conflict has been an important obstacle to women's career development. While doing new jobs after retirement, they regain their masters in life and are leading and active in both work and relationships. After retirement, the theme of their new job is to regain their place of ownership / fulfill their wishes / run to the open world / meet people in the square.
 Conclusions Starting from retirement, retired office women achieve work-related integrated self-development as the weight of their work decreases, and their self-directedness increases. Even within office women, the impact of retirement varies depending on how much they are identified with work, and the attitude toward post-retirement work varies depending on the actual impersonation.

Sustainable Socio-Economic Development of Women: A Blueprint from Vulnerability to Empowerment

The major goals of women's empowerment are to improve earnings, the standard of living and to enable them to use the resources at their disposal to make decisions that will benefit their households and societies. As such, the socioeconomic empowerment of women is significantly captured in the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs of the United Nations UN. The purpose of the study is to look at women’s education, capabilities, decision-making power, access to financial resources, control over household resources, and ability to mobilize for economic rights to enable them to participate in the economic life of the household and the community in a sustainable way. Considering the research questions and recent past publications, this systematic review included relevant literature on socioeconomic empowerment from 2015 onwards. Both direct and summative qualitative content analysis research approach is used. Google Scholar was used as a tool to acquire relevant data from the significant databases made available by Elsevier, Emerald, Sage, Tailor and Frances, Springers, and ProQuest among others. The review of relevant literature found that the importance of the sustainable socioeconomic empowerment of women makes it an essential development intervention and a constituent of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It also discovered the necessity of prioritizing women's safety when creating programs for socioeconomic empowerment and closely observing the possibility of conflict and violence within households. It revealed themes of socioeconomic empowerment intervention for women to include labour force participation, agro-based entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion. These interventions are geared toward the improvement of participation in leadership and decision-making for sustainable empowerment. Therefore, the study suggests conducting a case study to examine culturally appropriate tactics that can be most effective in giving women economic empowerment in the conventional cultural and economic framework that is dominated by men.

Is homestay service an ideal business opportunity for women?

AbstractHomestay services are one of the booming concepts for local community participation in the tourism industry. Participation of women in community‐based tourism activities is getting attention from academic stakeholders, but the women in the homestay services section need special focus. Hence, this study explores the opinions of female homestay service providers about their experiences in running homestays. In this study, 62 women were interviewed in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The study extracted women's perceptions of homestay service in tourism. A semi‐structured questionnaire, interviews and participant observations were used to collect primary data. Homestay service is found to be an ideal profession for married women as it gives them the opportunity to fulfil other family duties, though it is not a compulsion in all cases. Women were also found to feel a sense of recognition through such participation in tourism. Participating in homestay services was found to be a source of meeting peers, building social networks and a sense of exposure to the outside world. The findings of the study will be insightful for implementing schemes related to women's empowerment and rural development. These findings confirm the mass migration of the rural population towards metro cities can also be curved by engaging more people in tourism and allied businesses locally.

“One Belt One Road” and women development

AbstractWomen have become “the source of prosperity and vitality” through their active participation in national economic development. This paper provides the first study to explore the impact of the “One Belt One Road” initiative (Belt and Road Initiative [BRI]) on women's development, which is mainly indicated by gender inequality index (GII). We adopt the difference‐in‐difference method for Asia–Europe regions from 2010 to 2019, and the propensity score matching method is further supplemented for refining the control group. The result suggests a robust negative effect of the BRI on gender inequality, and the decrease in GII caused by the BRI accounts for 33.01%. In addition, a deeper analysis is performed on subindices from multiple dimensions. We find that there has been a significant decrease in maternal mortality due to the policy. Besides, the female population has a larger increase in secondary education compared with men. Moreover, a clear labour shift has been found from family and agricultural labour to high‐value‐added industries and services. The BRI also helps improve the unfavourable condition in backward countries, which is conducive to narrowing the gap in women's development among countries along the route.