Forty-five years ago, the first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social … Conference of the International Women’s Year (Mexico City, 1975). This meeting culminated in the adoption by the governments of … the region of the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development …

This study examined the impact of the government enterprise and empowerment programme (GEEP) on women's performance in …, between rural and urban residents. The findings suggest that if the rural women had equal access to the resources and … in rural economies. This implies that embracing increased GEEP interventions with rural dwellers will enhance women …

This paper constructs a culturally appropriate model for Muslim women's empowerment in management and leadership …, as well as national and cultural differences from Western women's empowerment models. The approach to model building … begins with two sources of evidence for women's empowerment-first, the empowerment of women recognised in the Qur'an and …

This paper analyses the political economy of women's-empowerment-related policymaking in India through a re … women in rural India, and was inexplicably shut down in 2014. We argue that a combination of political philosophy, electoral … programmes such as Mahila Samakhya, which called for a long and messy process of collectivization of the most marginalized women …

a result of growing political commitments, as well as the work of women’s movements and feminist economic studies. These … on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, have adopted the Regional Gender Agenda, which aims to guarantee women …-responsibility between men and women, and among the State, the market, communities, and families, as well as the importance of promoting the …