... is socioculturally rooted and has a significant impact on women's lives, evidence on the experiences of women in Atta-satta marriages is limited. This qualitative study aims to explore the tradition of Atta-satta marriage in rural Rajasthan, India, by examining the experiences of women who live in such marriages...

...Hawa Petro Tundui; Charles Stephen Tundui Purpose This paper examines whether household economic status mediates the effect of microcredit on entrepreneurial success amongst women microcredit clients and if this effect is conditional on the borrower’s marital status. Design/methodology/approach...

... policy developments from a gender perspective. The authors analyse the level, reach and quality of social policy delivery to working-age women across the areas of health policy, social protection and employment policy during 2000–2021. Design/methodology/approach The article draws on qualitative...

...Awinaba Amoah Adongo; Jonathan Mensah Dapaah; Francess Dufie Azumah Purpose Women are rarely seen in positions of leadership in patriarchal societies, which is unsurprising. Following gender equity policies, few women have been able to break through the gender equity barrier and assume leadership...

...Sarah Marie Nogues; Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Purpose As employed carers tend to experience work interruptions and conflict between work and care, especially women, this paper aims to assess the availability and accessibility of carer-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs) in Quebec workplaces...

...Purlemla Longkumer; Humayun Bokth Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the various cultural practices and social relations, which mediates and position men and women among the Ao Nagas of Nagaland and highlight the various barriers and challenges faced by the Ao Naga women by examining...

...Kirsti Melesk Purpose While women in most European societies still carry the largest burden in caring for the family, there is also an important unrealised learning interest among women. This has an impact on women's labour market and career opportunities. This paper aims at analysing empirically...

...Eliza Sharma Neither the chains of dictatorship nor the fetters of oppression can keep down the forces of freedom for long.—Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany [1] The term “women empowerment” has been in discussion since many long decades of political participation. While...

... who have rights. The findings provide a baseline evaluation of the vulnerable conditions of the massage industry for women in Cambodia. Specifically, that stigma, discrimination, physical and sexual abuse, as well as a lack of access to education are all vulnerabilities not commonly covered...

... Licensed re-use rights only Although some research has been done with entertainment workers in KTV bars, little has been done to gain a qualitative understanding of the vulnerabilities of masseuse women. This is due to a prevalent focus on girls under 18 years, thereby excluding most masseuses...

... women’s military participation also informed this paper’s hypotheses and methods. Segal’s theory helps explain when policies regulating women’s military roles might punctuate (i.e. result in major changes). Her theory also highlights specific societal factors that may influence women’s military...

...Swati Shastri; Shruti Shastri; Abhishek Pareek Some of the literature suggests that men are inclined to start businesses because of financial considerations and are more likely to be pulled into entrepreneurship. Conversely, women are likely to start business because of lifestyle issues...

...Vanessa Ratten; Kayhan Tajeddini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on women’s entrepreneurship and internationalization in order to build an understanding about future trends. There is increasing interest in the role of women in entrepreneurship yet little research has...

... development. Two women entrepreneurs Patricia Cobe and Ellen Parlapiano coined the word “Mumpreneur” in the late 90’s. As an emerging area of academic enquiry, the concept has been formally defined (only) in a few studies primarily as “an individual who discovers and exploits new business opportunities within...

...Jason L. Powell and Sheying Chen; Hafiz T.A. Khan; Twyeafur Rahman Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine key factors affecting the economic involvement of women in Bangladesh and women’s involvement with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) particularly in microcredit operating...

...Wouter Andringa; Rense Nieuwenhuis; Minna Van Gerven Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how the interplay between individual women’s gender role attitudes, having young children at home, as well as the country-context characterized by gender egalitarianism and public childcare support...

... from the NFHS‐III (2005‐2006) based on a nationally representative sample of 109,041 households, and 124,385 women (15‐49 years). The sample covers 99 percent of India's population living in all 29 states. Both bivariate and multivariate techniques have been used to analyze data. The bivariate analysis...

...K.M. Rabiul Karim; Chi Kong Law Purpose Microcredit has become a popular tool for women's socioeconomic development across the globe. The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of gender ideology on women's microcredit participation and their status within the household in rural...

...Boontarika Narknisorn; Kyoko Kusakabe Purpose This article aims to present the issues that challenge women and family to provide elder care. It also shows weaknesses of policy that strongly attaches to traditional expectation and does not adapt to actual changes by presenting an example...

... work‐family reconciliation policy in the country. Over the same time period, part‐time work amongst women expanded, once again encouraged within the government's work‐sharing strategy. Until 1982, labour market regulations had actively discouraged part‐time work but in that year, the legislative...