Women Empowerment in Pakistan Outline 1. Introduction: 2. Women Empowerment and Pakistan 3. Women Empowerment at global level 4. Causes of anti-women practices in Pakistan a. Male dominance and discrimination on the basis of gender b. Pseudo-religious scholars’ misinterpretation of scriptures c. Feudalistic‚ Political‚ Economic and Socialistic system of government 5. Effects of Anti-women practices a. Abysmal state of women b. Honor killings‚ marriages with Quran‚ denial of inheritance
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Floriculture – a booming sector for women entrepreneurs in rural India Abstract India is gifted with diverse agro-climatic conditions like good quality soils‚ suitable climate‚ abundant water supply‚ low labour cost‚ which form effective support system to Floriculture . India has an added advantage that it has good export relations with the countries like Japan ‚USA‚ and other European countries . Commercial floriculture is becoming important from the export angle.
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Essay on Women Empowerment Meetika Srivastava affiliation not provided to SSRN October 4‚ 2009 Abstract: Gender equality is‚ first and foremost‚ a human right. A woman is entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and from fear. Empowering women is also an indispensable tool for advancing development and reducing poverty. Empowered womencontribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. The
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‘Micro Finance and Women Empowerment ’ By Ms. Varsha Parikh Lecturer Department of Extension and Communication Faculty of Family and Community Sciences The M.S.University of Baroda Vadodara 390002‚Gujarat‚ India E-mail : vbparikh@rediff.com Micro Finance and Women Empowerment By Ms. Varsha Parikh ABSTRACT Self-help groups intermediated by microcredit have been shown to have positive effects on women. Micro finance refers to small savings
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Cancer Patients that reside in rural areas face many challenges when it comes to high quality health care. The top 5 cancer research centers are in some of the biggest cities in America. They are in Houston‚ New York‚ Boston‚ Seattle‚ and Baltimore. Cancer patients in rural areas have to spend thousands of more dollars to see more experienced doctors and visit better hospitals. They spend extra money on apartments‚ hotels‚ car rentals‚ food‚ gas‚ and out of pocket medical expenses. For example
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1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours but yet earn only 10 percent of the world’s income. They constitute two-thirds of the world’s population but own less than 1 percent of the world’s property and make up two-thirds of the estimated 876 million adults worldwide who cannot read or write (UNDP‚ 2008). Kamara (2012) is of the opinion that rural women make up 43% of the agricultural labour force worldwide. According to the Austrian Development Cooperation
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big cities. But the migration has its own problems‚ which can hinder the development of the capital and large cities. In below paragraphs‚ we will discuss some of the plethora of problems created by the migration in the large and capital cities of India. Initially the most common problem faced by big cities is extreme housing scarcity. Due to large number of people flocking into the cities the demand for the houses have gone up beyond the limit (set by its resources and system) of the cities. Mega
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business. Empowerment of women entrepreneur is an new mantra for development of economy. The present paper focuses mainly women entrepreneur ‚they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs. It is observed that women entrepreneur networks are major sources of knowledge about women’s entrepreneurship and they are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for its development and promotion. Of the 1.3 billion people who live in absolute poverty around the globe‚ 70 percent are women work two-thirds
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Abstract: Rural Finance is about providing financial services for people living in rural areas. It comprises credit‚ savings and insurance in rural areas‚ whether provided through formal or informal mechanisms. Financial Development can exert a significant influence on the distribution of Income. In this paper‚ using Indian rural financial programs implemented by various financial institutions like NABARD‚ IFAD‚ SHC‚ etc. we investigated the various reforms / developments in Indian rural financial
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MARRIAGE SYSTEM IN RURAL PUNJAB. PLACE - PUNJAB‚ RAIPUR. DATED: 25th AUGUST 2013 The Marriage system of rural Punjab even though similar to existing system of Hindu marriage in India has a unique traditional difference. These are the excerpts of some families which I have interviewed and realized the underlying beauty in their system with its efforts to retain their clanship as well as maintain an extended family without compromising and hurting the feelings of the newlyweds and their well being
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