Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards … achieve its primary objective of improving livelihoods by transitioning more women into work. The program has also expanded …

This paper evaluates an intervention to raise young women's economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women … impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played … school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as …

Electrification has been shown to accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more productive activities …. This paper investigates the causal link between electricity access and women's empowerment, using a large gender …-disaggregated data set on India. Empowerment is measured by women's decision-making ability, mobility, financial autonomy, reproductive …

Women have experienced significant changes in various spheres of their lives during the last decades as Bangladesh made … economic progress. Yet women's economic engagement and empowerment are subdued, as they cannot make sufficient choices for … examining women's participation in the labour force, ownership and control of household assets, use and control of financial …

The Women Economic Empowerment report outlines the factors contributing to the persistently low economic participation … of Egyptian women and to identify "gender smart" policies and solutions to boost economic growth while at the same time …, narrowing relevant gender gaps. The study provides the context of women's share of the public space as reflected in their access …

-disaster context, women's and girls' unequal access to social, political, and economic resources influences their access to post …-disaster assistance and compensation for damage and losses. While the post-disaster context presents a host of challenges for women, it is … important to recognize that women are not just victims of disasters. The strength of post-disaster recovery lies with how well …

Women in developing countries are disempowered: high youth unemployment, early marriage and childbearing interact to … intervention attempting to jumpstart adolescent women's empowerment in Uganda, a context in which 60 percent of the population are …

This note examines the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services, using … data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In households where women have greater … empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their use of reproductive health services. The …