Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in
human capital consider women s empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact …

The world remains far from meeting Sustainable Development Goals 5 (gender equality)
and 7 (universal access to modern energy). Energy access may empower women even as …

The language of 'gender equality'and 'women's empowerment'was mobilised by feminists in
the 1980s and 1990s as a way of getting women's rights onto the international development …

This paper begins from the understanding that women's empowerment is about the process
by which those who have been denied the ability to make strategic life choices acquire such …

The political empowerment of women is a societal process crucial to development and
progress. The V-Dem women's political empowerment index (WPEI) provides information …

Anxiety experienced by women during pregnancy is highly prevalent, especially in resource-
poor settings and strongly predicts postnatal common mental disorders (CMDs), anxiety and …

Efforts to promote participation in projects, programs and policy consultation would appear
to offer the prospect of giving everyone who has a stake a voice and a choice. But …

According to the State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign 2001 Report, 14.2 million of the
world's poorest 1 women now have access to financial services through specialized …

Women's land rights are increasingly put forth as a means to promote development by
empowering women, increasing productivity, and improving welfare. However, little …

Micro‐finance programmes are currently dominated by the 'financial self‐sustainability
paradigm'where women's participation in groups is promoted as a key means of increasing …