Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Carr, Marilyn.
2. Chen, Martha Alter.
3. Jhabvala, Renana.
4. Aga Khan Foundation Canada.
5. United Nations Development Fund for Women.

Description

1. xiv, 238 pages : portraits; 23 cm

Subject

1. Women in development > South Asia > Case studies
2. Women-owned business enterprises > South Asia > Case studies
3. Women > South Asia > Economic conditions
4. Women > Economic conditions
5. Women in development
6. Women-owned business enterprises
7. Wirtschaft
8. Empowerment
9. Aufsatzsammlung
10. Frau
11. Sociaal-economische situatie
12. Vrouwen
13. womens empowerment
14. women
15. economic role
16. poverty
17. low income
18. rural women
19. women workers
20. trade unionization
21. womens organization
22. credit cooperative
23. production cooperative
24. women in development
25. development project
26. case study
27. autonomisation des femmes
28. femmes
29. rôle économique
30. pauvreté
31. faible revenu
32. femmes rurales
33. travailleuses
34. syndicalisation
35. organisation féminine
36. coopérative de crédit
37. coopérative de production
38. rôle de la femme dans le développement
39. projet de développement
40. étude de cas
41. potenciación de las mujeres
42. mujeres
43. papel económico
44. pobreza
45. bajos ingresos
46. mujeres rurales
47. trabajadoras
48. sindicalización
49. organización femenina
50. cooperativa de crédito
51. cooperativa de producción
52. participación de la mujer en el desarrollo
53. proyecto de desarrollo
54. estudio de casos
55. South Asia
56. Südasien
57. Bangladesh
58. India
59. Pakistan
60. South Asia
61. Sri Lanka
62. Inde
63. Asie du Sud
64. Pakistán
65. Asia del Sur

Genre/Form

1. Case studies
2. annotated bibliography.
3. glossary.
4. bibliographie annotée.
5. glossaire.
6. bibliografía comentada.
7. glosario.

Contents

1. Preface / Nazeer Aziz Ladhani -- Preface / Noeleen Heyzer -- Introduction / Marilyn Carr, Martha Chen and Renana Jhabvala -- Case studies -- Village and Community Organizations -- Gathering the Second Harvest: Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Northern Pakistan / Abinta Malik and Sandra Kalleder -- Transforming Women's Economies: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) / Gul Rukh Selim -- Demanding Accountability: Proshika in Bangladesh / Lamia Rashid and Md. Shahabuddin -- Co-operatives -- 'Like my Mother's House': Women's Thrift and Credit Co-operatives in South India / Nandita Ray and D. P. Vasundhara -- Rural Women Manage their own Producer Co-operatives: Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)/Banaskantha Women's Association in Western India / Sharit Bhowmik and Renana Jhabvala -- Women's Banks -- Women Banking for Success: Women's Development Federation (WDF) in Sri Lanka / W. M. Leelasena and Chitrani Dhammika -- Unionization -- Empowering Marginalized Workers: Unionization of Tobacco Workers by the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Kheda, Gujarat / Sharit Bhowmik and Meena Patel -- A Struggle within a Struggle: The Unionization of Women in the Informal Sector in Tamil Nadu / Geetha Ramakrishnan -- Lessons learned / Marilyn Carr, Martha Chen and Renana Jhabvala -- Overview -- Sources of Disempowerment -- Organizing Women for Economic Empowerment -- Empowerment Strategies -- The Economic Empowerment of Women -- Increased Bargaining Power -- Structural Change -- Towards a Broader Perspective on Women's Empowerment -- Annotated Bibliography: Selected Studies on Women's Empowerment / Sophia Lam.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219, 225-238).