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Delgado Cadena, Maria Victoria. "Gender job gaps and challenges in the digital economy: Findings from global governance entities." Cuadernos de Administración 36, no. 67 (September 8, 2020): 158–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.25100/cdea.v36i67.8767.
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This paper presents a detailed review of the most recent studies on gender-related work gaps that the leading entities of global governance have developed. Emphasis will be placed on the findings that point to persistent lower female participation in the field of work, lower wages, and little representation in senior corporate management positions and the public sector. The reviewed studies come mainly from entities leading the lawmaking actions of national governments, namely, the United Nations (UN), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the Development Cooperation Organization. All agree that women face new and complex challenges, such as those brought on by the technological and scientific transformations that are changing the world’s labor scenario, in addition to the already existing gaps. Issues such as digitization, automation, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies will further transform society. Such effects could profoundly impact women because, despite being trained in varied branches of knowledge, they are an underrepresented minority in the fastest growing areas, namely, the so-called STEM (the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Therefore, the above entities suggest actions that prevent the progress made from rapidly eroding and the emergence of modern forms of segregation, displacement, or precarization of women’s work.
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Agarwal, Dr DR, and Ms Bhawna. "Population growth is a big speed breaker at this juncture in India." Restaurant Business 118, no. 9 (September 25, 2019): 245–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i9.8086.
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After the dawn of independence in 1947, India moved on the path of planned development after launching a series of five years plans with the objective of creating a socialistic pattern of society that is the growth with social justice. In a welfare society, the functions of the govt. increases extensively and intensively. Gone are the days when functions of the govt. were limited to internal law and order and war preparedness (internal and external security). To provide all basic needs of the lowest and disadvantageous section of the society is considered to be duty of the govt. Education, health, power, sanitation, transport, communication, growth through distributive justice, linking of employment process with planned development, balanced regional development, social welfare and social security, clean drinking water, rural development, expansion of production and productive resources, equitable distribution of income and assets, removal of poverty, eradication of illiteracy, reduction in regional disparities, price stability, empowerment of the weaker section of the society, research and development with application of science, improvement in technology and productivity, conservation of natural resources for future generation, continuous process of change for better standard of life, human dignity and values, environmental balances etc. On the other side, India’s population grew at 1.2% a year between 2010 and 2019 marginally higher than global average of 1.1% a year in this period, but more than double china’s 0.5% a year according to UN population fund state of the world’s population 2018, released on 10-04-2019. India’s population growth = Population growth rate of China + Population growth of US = 0.5 + 0.7. Moreover, actual fertility rate children per women is 2.1 against the desired family size of 1.8. India has over 18% of the world population but just 4% of its fresh water resources. This is going to create a big demand for all kinds of commodities. The propensity to generate waste is increasing (waste is associated with food such as milk packets and water bottles piling up and solid waste disposal is acute crisis in big cities). All efforts of growth of G D P may go futile, if population growth remains unchecked. This paper highlights the consequences.
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Jiménez, Alejandro, Sue Cavill, and Sandy Cairncross. "The neglect of hygiene promotion in developing countries, as shown by the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water survey." Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 4, no. 2 (January 28, 2014): 240–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2014.119.
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The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report is one of the three periodic UN reports dealing with water supply, sanitation and hygiene. This paper analyses the data on hygiene promotion which were collected for the 2012 edition, but not included in the report. Despite the limitations of the information, this is the best picture available of the global status of hygiene promotion in developing countries. Results show the low priority given to hygiene when it comes to implementation. On average, the staff in place meets 40% of the estimated needs to achieve national targets. Countries report that over 60% of their population is reached by hygiene promotion messages, but we estimate that there are barely enough hygiene promoters to reach 10% of the people. Government officials' greatest concerns are the lack of human resources and funds, but they also point to the absence of strategy, responsible agency and basic coordination and monitoring mechanisms as challenges. This has serious implications for the poor working conditions and low recognition of hundreds of thousands of hygiene promoters, who in most cases are women capable of playing a crucial role for public health. There is an urgent need for further development of capacity for hygiene promotion in developing countries.
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Díaz González, Gualberto, and Susana Córdova Santamaría. "Fotografía y actores del campo cafetalero de la región centro de Veracruz, México: mujeres, niños y jóvenes (2011-2012)." Clivajes. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, no. 12 (February 10, 2020): 88–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.25009/clivajes-rcs.v0i12.2581.
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La historia del café en Veracruz ha forjado una cultura en los habitantes de la Faja de Oro, generaciones de familias cafeticultoras y jornaleras sostienen el cultivo llegado a México desde finales del siglo XVIII. El equipo de Cultura del proyecto de FORDECYT, Café In Red, se propuso conocer y compartir la vida de esas familias para que, a través de la vista, la voz y el oído, sin olvidar los aromas y sabores que vuelcan las pasiones del café, sepamos quiénes son los rostros de la cafeticultura de hoy. Las políticas sociales difícilmente incorporan el arte en la socialización del conocimiento, y para Café in Red ha sido un reto integrar la cultura en el proyecto del Fondo Institucional de Fomento Regional para el Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación. Pretendemos integrar arte e investigación social en el trabajo comunitario a través de una mirada crítica ante uno mismo y frente a los demás, observado los rostros de los cafetaleros, mujeres y niños atentos ante una representación teatral o mirando las fotografías expuestas en las paredes de un salón social o leyendo las fichas que complementan la información. Es una forma de transmitir conocimiento y alimentarse de los saberes locales, a contrapelo de la transmisión vertical del saber y desde la construcción de un archivo de Historia Oral.Palabras clave: Cultura cafetalera, Fotografía, Historia oral, Veracruz Photography and actors of the coffee field in the central region of Veracruz, Mexico: women, children and young people (2011-2012)SummaryThe history of coffee in Veracruz has forged a culture in the inhabitants of the Faja de Oro, generations of coffee-growing families and day laborers sustain the cultivation arrived in Mexico since the end of the 18th century. The Culture team of the FORDECYT project, Café In Red, set out to know and share the lives of these families so that through sight, voice and hearing, without forgetting the aromas and flavors that turn the passionate feelings of coffee, we know who the faces of today's coffee culture are. Social policies hardly incorporate art in the socialization of knowledge, and for Café in Red it has been a challenge to integrate culture into the project of the Institutional Fund for Regional Development for the Innovation, Technological and Scientific Development. We intend to integrate art and social research into community work through a critical look before oneself and others, observing the faces of coffee growers, women and children attentive to a theatrical performance or looking at the photographs exposed on the walls of a social lounge or reading the cards that complement the information. It is a way to transmit knowledge and feed on local knowledge, contrary to the vertical transmission of knowledge and from the construction of an Oral History archive.Keywords: Coffee culture, Photography, Oral history, Veracruz Photographie et acteurs du champ caféier de la région centre de Veracruz, Mexique : femmes, enfants et jeunes (2011-2012)RésuméL’histoire du café à Veracruz a forgé une culture chez les habitants de la Bande d’Or, des générations de familles caféières et journalières soutiennent les semailles du café, arrivé au Mexique à la fin du XVIIIe. siècle. L’équipe de Culture du projet de FORDECYT, Café In Red, s’est proposé de connaître et de partager la vie de ces familles, afin que, à travers la vue, la voix et l’ouïe, sans oublier les arômes et les goûts qui versent les passions du café, nous sachons à qui appartiennent les visages de la caféiculture actuelle. Les politiques sociales incorporent difficilement l’art dans la socialisation de la connaissance et pour Café In Red, il a été un défi le fait d’intégrer la culture dans le projet du Fond Institutionnel Fomento Regional para el Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación. Nous avons l’intention d’intégrer art et recherche sociale dans le travail communautaire à travers un regard critique, face à soi-même et face aux autres, en observant les visages des caféiers, des femmes et des enfants attentifs devant une représentation théâtrale ou en regardant les photographies exposées dans les murs d’une salle de bal ou en lisant les fiches qui complémentent l’information. C’est une forme de transmission des connaissances et de nourrir les savoirs locaux à contre-poil de la transmission verticale du savoir et à partir de la construction d’un dossier d’Histoire Orale.Mots clés: Culture caféière, Photographie, Histoire Orale, Veracruz
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Ruge, Mari Holmboe. "Women, Development and the UN." Forum for Development Studies 32, no. 2 (December 2005): 519–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2005.9666327.
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Sawada, Kenji, and James Otto. "Expanding the mission of the UN Revolving Fund." Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report 13, no. 4 (January 1998): 40–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14041049809409283.
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Ikasu, Esther, and Hadija Matimbwa. "Impact of Women Development Fund in Generating Women Enterpreneurs: Evidence from Mbulu District Council." Turk Turizm Arastirmalari Dergisi 2, no. 6 (July 8, 2019): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.26677/tr1010.2019.142.
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Selome, Joyce, and Nevel Tshuma. "Microfinance and Women Empowerment in Zimbabwe: A Case of Women Development Fund in Umguza District." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 35 (July 2014): 74–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.35.74.
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The gender dimension of poverty focuses on the dilemma of women, their numerous roles as women and their role in dealing with poverty. In many developing countries, women are discriminated upon in terms of their access to capital means of production; basic needs support, employment opportunities and access to credit facilities. In Zimbabwe, like in many developing countries, empowering women through micro-credit finance is viewed as a means of reducing women poverty, empowering them, reducing their vulnerability and improving their well-being especially in the rural areas. This paper discusses the role of the government of Zimbabwe in empowering rural women through the introduction Women Development Fund (WDF). The study was carried out in Umguza district in Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe. The study employed mainly purposive sampling and data was collected using questionnaire, key informant interviews, focus group discussion observation and oral history. Research revealed that WDF as a strategy has made a difference in the livelihoods of the recipients through initiation of income generating projects. However the major handicap with WDF is that the amount of money given are small and that it was employed in isolate hence the need to have complementary initiatives such as capacity building, market networking among others.
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Mrsevic, Zorica. "Gender equality and equal opportunity mechanisms in Italy." Temida 10, no. 3 (2007): 51–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tem0703051m.
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As a country of Southern European mentality Italy may be taken as the nearest-to-the-Balkans model of the gender equality mechanisms and necessity of their existence. Italy also might be taken as a model of domain and methods of functioning of the gender equality mechanisms as well as their connections with the EU development funds. Besides the Italian Ministry for Rights and Equal opportunities and the National Committee, the attention was paid to the whole range of local mechanisms and legal regulations dealing with advancement of women?s employment and counteracting discrimination on the labor market. In the text are analyzed through the five chapters the Italian mechanisms/institutions for gender equality as located within the European institutional environment but also within the context of Italian recent history of struggle against gender based discrimination. It was stressed that the essence of the accumulated European institutional wisdom is in diversity of the gender equality bodies rather then in their uniformity. Although the Italian mechanisms for gender equality are part of the European institutional environment their aim is to meet the internal needs for advancement of gender equality. Besides, the mechanisms also meet the demands of the international standards comprised in the documents issued by the UN and the EU. In European countries these mechanisms are frequently established and function in the domains of the labor and employment regulations, but also are located within the human rights portfolios while somewhere are connected with the minority rights and equal opportunity implementation.
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Smyth, Sophie E. "Agency and Accountability in Multilateral Development Finance: An Agenda for Change." Law and Development Review 4, no. 1 (August 12, 2011): 66–140. http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1943-3867.1113.
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Recent development challenges highlight a pressing need to re-evaluate whether the post-World War II behemoths of multilateral development finance are up to the tasks being demanded of them today. The institutions that dominate the current order, the United Nations (“UN”) and the World Bank, are undergoing a crisis of confidence as the world’s development aid donors engage in an ongoing quest to find alternatives to them. This quest takes the form of setting up numerous funds narrowly tailored to finance specific, narrowly-defined needs. Examples of these funds include the Global Environment Trust Fund (GEF) and the Global Fund to Fight HIV Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis. The Climate Change Fund, proposed in the December 2009 Copenhagen Accord (and recently renamed the Green Climate Fund), is poised to follow this approach. This ad hoc special purpose fund approach lacks a coherent, unifying vision of how to meet today’s development challenges. The funds that have been created fill a need but suffer from several deficits, ranging from governance gaps and lacunae in accountability, to high transaction costs and uncertain status in the international political and legal order. These deficits generate new risks and costs for the international aid architecture. In this Article, I argue that the time has come to re-design the interrelationship between these special purpose funds and the UN and the World Bank so that these funds can operate in sync with these institutions rather than as bypasses of them.
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Sigdel, Minu. "Role of Education in Women Entrepreneurship Development In Nepal." Tribhuvan University Journal 29, no. 1 (March 31, 2016): 111–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/tuj.v29i1.25764.
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Men and women both experience personal problems during the startup of a business but women face more. This is especially true due to the lack of self-confidence and not being taken seriously by the fund providers when applying for funds. Relative to men, women tend to have lower access to land, education and training facilities. Thus, this study aims to study the ground realities of educational status of women entrepreneurs in the Kathmandu valley and to assesses the impact of education on their choice of business, their preferred legal ownership method, their means of obtaining funds and their means of getting support to initiate business.
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Hedfeldt, Mona, and Gun Hedlund. "A Clash between the Business and Political Climates in Sweden – Gender in the European Structural Fund Partnerships." European Spatial Research and Policy 18, no. 1 (June 16, 2011): 53–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10105-011-0004-1.
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In this paper we highlight and discuss a Swedish equality paradox in two different spheres: entrepreneurship and politics. We focus on the EU Structural Funds and women entrepreneurs' access to resources through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Combining human geography and political science, we draw upon network and partnership theory posing questions concerning the room for manoeuvre for women entrepreneurs to gain access to relevant networks, to create new networks in order to establish relations with EU related partnerships, and to gain access to the process of allocating EU structural fund financial resources.
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Siddiqui, Rehana. "Savitri Goonesekere (ed.). Violence, Law and Women’s Rights in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004. 352 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 390.00." Pakistan Development Review 47, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 217–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v47i2pp.217-219.
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The book titled Violence, Law and Women’s Rights in South Asia deals with a critically important issue for all countries, and particularly so for South Asian countries. In the latter, despite socio-cultural similarities, significant differences exist in handling gender-based violence. The issues are linked to the socio-cultural norms of the societies and the legal and institutional set-up prevailing in each country—viz., India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The present study was initiated by United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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MacPhail, Fiona. "Progress of the world’s women 2015–2016: transforming economies, realizing rights, by UN Women." Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement 38, no. 2 (April 3, 2017): 291–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2017.1303366.
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Kushandajani, Kushandajani. "Social and Economic Empowerment for Village Women as a Strategy of Village Development." Indonesian Journal of Planning and Development 4, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijpd.4.1.1-6.
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The issuance of Law No. 6/2014 that is followed with the distribution of village fund has led the rise of program initiatives from village people. One of the crucial elements of development that needs for attention is social and economic development for women. Women's roles in these two areas are significant as compared to the other sectors like politics. Developing women in these two sectors is expected to encourage further development in the village. The research aims to identify the involvement of women in village development, in one village in Central Java, Lerep Village, Ungaran Barat District, Semarang Regency, through two domains: social and economic in 2017. This research is based on qualitative research using first-hand data collected from interviews with selected informants. This research used a case study as an approach and was focused on one village, namely Lerep, Semarang District, Central Java. In Lerep, we can see that the government have strived to a prioritized woman in their empowerment programs. The areas of development include health, education, domestic violence minimization, agriculture, entrepreneurship, and poverty reduction. As a result, women in Lerep could gain more income and enjoy some public facilities provided by the village government, which contribute to the improvement of woman health. In the future, there is a need to encourage woman empowerment as a framework for village development. Therefore, the advantage of the village fund will bring further impacts on society as a whole.
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Kenneth, Rono Kiplangat, and Christopher Omusula. "Youth Radicalization in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Radicalized Groups." Scholedge International Journal of Multidisciplinary & Allied Studies ISSN 2394-336X 3, no. 9 (November 26, 2016): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.19085/journal.sijmas030902.
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A lot of efforts are being exerted by world’s governments and other stakeholders to achieve higher rates of Accessibility to Education. Militia groups the world over have recruited and radicalized the potential school going children into their militant outfits to either fight in battlefields, or use them as spies or suicide bombers denying them opportunities of accessing education that would have been very valuable in their development. These groups abduct torture and kill victims, cause untold sufferings of their captives. In Africa, BokoHaramu in Nigeria opposes modern formal education and hinders the youth from accessing benefits associated with formal education they kidnap students from schools, women from market places, rape and force them into marriages. Mungiki in Kenya has caused school enrolment in central Kenya to drop. Their forced initiations into the groups, doctrines and practice or threat of Female Genital Mutilations, the taking of drugs and the insecurity caused by the sect members are the major challenges the Kenyan Nation is facing as a threat to realization of the objectives of vision 2030 in its former Central Province. The groups, in their teachings, associate formal education with neo-colonialism or western imperialism. Al-Shabab enforces its own harsh interpretation of sharia law, prohibiting various types of entertainment, such as movies and music, the sale of khat, smoking, the shaving of beards, and many other “un-Islamic” activities. This paper examines historical and Philosophical backgrounds of some of the militia groups in Africa such as Al-Shabab in Somalia, Boko Haram in Nigeria and Mungiki in Kenya. Highlighting modes of recruitment, radicalization and how school aged youths are utilized by militia groups. The paper argues that use of strategies such as military force in Nigeria on Boko Haram has failed to bear any fruits. It suggests that skewed distribution of national educational funds could be an impetus to forces of radicalization of youth. Therefore, this paper suggests strategies that can be used to counter the recruitment and radicalization of youths in an effort to improve Educational Access and Equity in Africa.
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Koshulko, Oksana, and Evgenia Makazan. "Exploration of importance of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Prevention of Violence against Women by the Ukrainian Government." Technium Social Sciences Journal 9 (June 19, 2020): 543–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v9i1.953.
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This paper presents the results of research on the importance of ratification by the Ukrainian government of the Convention on Prevention Violence against women. In this paper, primary and secondary data has been analysed. The primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews with Ukrainian women and the secondary data was collected from information on the websites of the United Nations in Ukraine, UN Women, the United Nations Population Fund, ILO and the Council of Europe. The research is significant because the Ukrainian State must use this Convention as a means of reducing domestic violence against women throughout Ukraine
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Kamga, Serges Djoyou. "THE G77 AND THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT." Latin American Report 31, no. 1 (August 4, 2016): 58–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/0256-6060/428.
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Established in 1964, the G77 is the largest intergovernmental organisation representing developing countries in the United Nations. It was established to ensure a just world order and to ensure the realisation of the controversial right to development (RTD). The aim of this article is to explore the role of the G77 in fostering this realisation. To this end, it examines the platforms on which the G77 operates at the UN and beyond to explore the likelihood to lead to the achievement of the RTD. It finds that the UN Second, Third and Fourth Committees provide opportunities where the G77 can use its number to vote on various issues related to the realisation of the RTD. However, the G77 faces challenges related to the non-binding feature of the right, the constant opposition of many powerful Western countries that take important RTD decisions away from the UN, such as the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund and the G8 and the G20. To mitigate these challenges, the article calls on China’s influence in these fora to claim the RTD.
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Putri, Sherly Mega, and Elisabeth Adyiningtyas Satya Dewi. "Eliminating Violence against Women in Pacific through Multi-Track Diplomacy." Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional 14, no. 2 (December 31, 2018): 203–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.26593/jihi.v14i2.2986.203-215.
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Humanitarian issue that often raised as a problem for developing countries, is often likely linked to gender issue. Having labeled as a region with the highest violence data prevalence, Pacific Islands countries possess assorted factors that tolerates the practice of gender dominance and discrimination amongst their societies. Responding this phenomenon, the governments in Pacific Islands countries are oftentimes receiving assistance from other international relations actors, in which one of them is UN Women. With the support from Australian government, this UN body assist numerous institutions from various level in making the effort to eliminate violence against women as the most protrude form of gender based discrimination in Pacific. Involvement of other parties from diverse groups indicates the relations between actors of Multi-Track Diplomacy with the program initiated by UN Women. Using theory of Multi-Track Diplomacy and concept of Gender-Based Violence, this research identifies the participation and contribution made by a total of nine tracks in responding to violence against women issue in the Pacific. Such response itself is one of the world peace endeavors, which is also the ultimate purpose of Multi-Track Diplomacy. Result of this response shaped in their participation and contribution within variety of programs under Pacific Fund. Keywords: Pacific, gender equality, foreign aids, Multi-Track Diplomacy, peacemaking.
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Abhilash, Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil. "Restoring the Unrestored: Strategies for Restoring Global Land during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN-DER)." Land 10, no. 2 (February 17, 2021): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10020201.
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Restoring the health of degraded land is critical for overall human development as land is a vital life-supporting system, directly or indirectly influencing the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). However, more than 33% of the global land is degraded and thereby affecting the livelihood of billions of people worldwide. Realizing this fact, the 73rd session of the UN Assembly has formally adopted a resolution to celebrate 2021–2030 as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN-DER), for preventing, halting, and reversing degradation of ecosystems worldwide. While this move is historic and beneficial for both people and the planet, restoration of degraded land at different scales and levels requires a paradigm shift in existing restoration approaches, fueled by the application of applied science to citizen/community-based science, and tapping of indigenous and local knowledge to advanced technological breakthroughs. In addition, there is a need of strong political will and positive behavioral changes to strengthen restoration initiatives at the grassroot level and involvement of people from all walks of life (i.e., from politicians to peasants and social workers to scientists) are essential for achieving the targets of the UN-DER. Similarly, financing restoration on the ground by the collective contribution of individuals (crowd funding) and institutions (institutional funding) are critical for maintaining the momentum. Private companies can earmark lion-share of their corporate social responsibility fund (CSR fund) exclusively for restoration. The adoption of suitable bioeconomy models is crucial for maintaining the perpetuity of the restoration by exploring co-benefits, and also for ensuring stakeholder involvements during and after the restoration. This review underpins various challenges and plausible solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse global land degradation as envisioned during the UN-DER, while fulfilling the objectives of other ongoing initiatives like the Bonn Challenge and the UN-SDGs.
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Njoroge, George W. W., and Dr Jagongo Ambrose. "EFFECT OF WOMEN ENTERPRISE FUND MANAGEMENT TRAINING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTERPRISES IN EMBU COUNTY." International Journal of Business Strategies 1, no. 1 (October 17, 2016): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/ijbs.52.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of WEF management training on women owned enterprise performance in Kenya.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive study design. The population of interest in this study consisted of four hundred and seventeen (417) Women Owned Enterprises registered and operating SMEs in Embu County as provided by the Department for Gender and Social Development. The sample size was 201 Women Owned SMEs. The information sources used during this study was primary data, comprising of a questionnaire with closed statements. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistic measures of central tendency, correlation analysis. The results were presented using tables.Results: Findings revealed that women owned enterprises performed poorly as far as businesses sales, profits, assets and workforce were concerned. The poor performance may have been caused by the level of training specifically; the results indicated that the majority of respondents lacked entrepreneurship training and also that there existed a significant relationship between Entrepreneurial Management Training and women enterprises performance. Descriptive findings revealed that majority of respondents had not been trained on human resource skills and inferential results indicated a significant relationship between Human Resource Management Training and Women Enterprise Performance. The majority had not been trained on product marketing skills. Inferential results indicated that there is a significant relationship between Training in Product Marketing and Women Owned Enterprise Performance.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It is recommended that women owned enterprises should encourage training specifically, on financial management, entrepreneur, human resource and how to market their products. Training curriculum should be particularly designed to meet the subject standards for women owned enterprises especially new entrants.
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Sabouri, Mohammad Sadegh, Mahnaz Saberiyan, and Mohammad Bagher Arayesh. "The Role of Socio-economical Factors of Micro-credit Funds in Improving Rural Women Entrepreneurship Development." Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 5 (September 27, 2016): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v9n5p187.
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<p>This study tries to identify the individual, social and economical role of rural women’s micro-credit funds of Semnan city, in developing the entrepreneurship of women. To achieve this goal, 170 women of four funds of Semnan villages were selected. Independent variable factors including economical, social and cultural factors via funds in to dependent variable that is women’s entrepreneurship developing and itself classifies to and entrepreneurs characteristics (risk, internal, control focus, opportunism, ambiguity tolerance, innovation) were studied. The study uses the correlation methodology and the type of selection is sampling (N=170). The questionnaire was used as a tool of gathering information. For a descriptive evaluation, the questionnaire has been answered by supervisors, experts and consultants in agricultural extension and education field who are responsible for Semnan credit funds. For the reliability of the results, 300 questionnaires were filled out by 30 female members of the funds other than Semnan town funds. (Om abeha) rural women funds of Darjazin. Filled out questionnaires were calculated by SPSS software and kronbakh alpha coefficient. krnbakh alpha of 88.5% show the extend of which different parts of the question are reliable and validity. The results of multi – regression show that (satisfaction of presented activities and self confidence) that are cultural- social factors of fund, and (scale of income from plan and theory than marketing and market survey and sale) that are economical factors of fund, have important and basic role in women entrepreneurship developing.</p>
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Monica, Yunita Farah, and Luluk Fauziah. "Partisipasi Perempuan dalam Pembangunan Desa di Kecamatan Candi." JKMP (Jurnal Kebijakan dan Manajemen Publik) 5, no. 2 (January 29, 2019): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.21070/jkmp.v5i2.1314.
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This study aimed to describe women's participation in rural development and constraints of women's participation in rural development in Jambangan Village, Candi District, Sidoarjo Regency. This research used descriptive qualitative research method. The data used came from primary and secondary data. Informants were categorized into two that were key informant and informant. The techniques of data collection were observation, documentation and interview toward related parties; that werepublic figures community, especially women, village head, apparatuses and BPD. The result was the woman’s participationand involvement in planning and implementation of development in Jambangan were substantial even though there were no women in the organizational structure. The form of woman’s participation were mind, fund, vitality, self-help, etc. The participation included physical development, social activities, economics and religious. In evaluating and monitoring rural development, woman’s participation and involvement were not maximal yet even they had a means of complain in each sub region but until the day suggestion and critics were deficient. The obstacles of woman’s participation were time, fund, and self-knowledge of the woman.
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Kotsur, Andrii, and Viktor Ostroverkhov. "FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PENSION INSURANCE." Regional’ni aspekti rozvitku produktivnih sil Ukraїni, no. 23 (2018): 126–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/rarrpsu2018.23.126.
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The article clarifies the peculiarities of the development of the pension system over the last decades and highlights the key stages of its reform. The main stages of the formation of a modern system of pensions are related to the adoption of legislative acts that deal with its improvement. The modern pension system of Ukraine is characterized by a number of negative phenomena: low level of pensions; a significant deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, which is covered from the state budget, the availability of "special" pensions, negative trends in demographic development. Over the past five years, pensions remained virtually unchanged. If the amount of wages has doubled, then the amount of pensions increased by 30%. It should also be borne in mind that the military aggression against Ukraine has caused a high level of inflation and devaluation of the national currency during this period. Thus, the level of material support for Ukrainian pensioners is extremely unsatisfactory. Reforms of the pension system, which were carried out during the last decade, were also aimed at overcoming the budget deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine. To this end, the rates of a single social contribution were reduced in order to «withdraw» wages from the «shadow»; increased retirement age for women; Some «corruption" pension provisions for certain categories of population were canceled. However, the budget deficit of the Pension Fund has not only decreased, but also increased. Negative trends in demographic development add a particular danger to the functioning of the pension system. In recent years, the number of people of retirement age has not changed, but the number of young people and the number of children has decreased by 10 million people. In order to stabilize the pension system it is expedient to: refuse to put into effect the accumulative level of the pension system, which may lead to the final collapse of the joint system and is aimed at preserving income for top managers of state enterprises and high-level officials; increase the rate of the single social contribution for self-employed persons; to expand the scope of collecting fees to the Pension Fund of Ukraine; to carry out gradual updating of the size of the pension provision in accordance with the requirements of the International Labor Organization.
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Dutt, Amitava Krishna, and Kajal Mukhopadhyay. "International institutions, globalization and the inequality among nations." Progress in Development Studies 9, no. 4 (October 2009): 323–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499340900900406.
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In the 1950s, Gunnar Myrdal pointed out that while inequality between regions within many economically advanced countries was falling due to the policies of national government, inequality between countries was growing, given the absence of anything resembling a world government. Since then, international institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have grown in size and scope. This paper uses econometric techniques to argue that these institutions, by liberalizing and increasing international trade and capital flows, have not had the effect of reducing inequality across nations and may, in fact, have exacerbated it.
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Pariangu, Umbu TW. "Inklusivitas Pengelolaan Alokasi Dana Desa (ADD) Berbasis Partisipasi Masyarakat di Desa Air Mata, Kabupaten Kupang." JAP UNWIRA 1, no. 1 (March 6, 2020): 70–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.30822/jap.v1i1.427.
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Community participation in the management of village allocation fund in the Village of Mata Air is still far from the requiredstandards. At the planning stage, the management of the fund is deemed as too “technocratic” in which only village elites areinvolved, while the poor segment of the village residents as well as women are not involved. At the implementation stage, thefund management has neither been institutionalized nor determined by the mobilization of government instruments andvillage administrative personnel. So far the community participation only goes in a spontaneous way and as such has reducedthe degree of inclusiveness. As a result, the continuity of villagers’ initiatives is cut off and therefore it does not nurture thesense of belonging in the whole village development. At the supervision level, the fund is controlled in a structural-hierarchicalway without involving the village residents. The residents are not given access to the village fund management. The villagehead, village finance technical executive, and the village treasurer are still considered the most responsible persons in themanagement of village allocation fund.
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Kamanza, Rashid Mwatemo. "Causes of Default on Micro - Credit among Women Micro - Entrepreneurs in Kenya. A Case Study of Women Enterprise Development Fund (Wedf) Msambweni Constituency." IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance 3, no. 6 (2014): 32–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/5933-0363247.
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Yeung, Shirley, and David Chui. "Commitment for sustainable development and UN initiatives - returns and performance shown." Corporate Ownership and Control 15 (2017): 360–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv15i1c2p5.
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The purpose of this paper is to reflect the commitment of organizations in ESR reporting and explore ways to integrate ISO 26000 CSR Guidelines, ESG Reporting, and UN Sustainable Development Goals for innovations in CSR performance, focusing participation of women in the workforce and CSR training provided to employees. Based on quantitative ESG data* from Bloomberg database on the selected organizations’ qualitative information of China and Germany that are signatory member of UN Global Compact, it is observed that when comparing China and Germany, Germany in general has a higher ESG disclosure score, higher level of women participation, and a longer ESG reporting practice. In order to increase commitment of CSR and UN SDG, complying with ESR reporting guidelines is not sufficient. It is suggested to integrate the 17 SD Goals of United Nations to empower women with decent jobs for economic and social impacts, to link up ISO 26000 CSR guidelines to inclusion. This research is managerially and strategically relevant and topical. However, more practical innovations and sustainability-related education and business practices from the social perspective are required not only to improve the ESR disclosure score and economic impacts but also to generate a mindset of sustainability.
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Safa, Helen I. "Women, Development, and the UN: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice." Feminist Economics 13, no. 1 (January 2007): 141–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545700601075211.
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AMAECHI, DR (MRS ). LOUISA N. "Women Empowerment And Sustainable Development In Nigeria." International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention 6, no. 11 (November 8, 2019): 5711–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsshi/v6i11.04.
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A nation that cannot feed her citizens effectively is facing a very big global economic challenge. This was one of the reasons why UN inculcated food security measure as one of the 2003 MDG goals for the developing countries before 2015 target years. Nigerians economic down turn started when agricultural economy was neglected and attention was given to crude oil economy as the major export of the country’s economy. The neglect export of the country’s economy. This neglect of the country’s agric economy gave rise to the present social and economic challenges such as poverty, unemployment, food security, low agric export system, youths restiveness, social insecurity and the general infrastructural decay and decay in other systems. Therefore one of the striking measures to address the countries economic system is through the revival of agriculture with particular reference to women empowerment.
The paper therefore discussed women empowerment, importance of agriculture to Nigerian economy and the need for women empowerment in agriculture. The paper also highlighted strategies for women empowerment, demerits of not empowering women and challenges confronting women farmers in Nigeria.
The paper recommends an immediate action to empower women farm with enough financial and material support for women farmers in Nigeria
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Pracha, Maheen. "Book Review: International Conference on Islamic Laws and Women in the Modern World, GIANT Forum." LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 3, no. 2 (July 1, 1998): 157–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.35536/lje.1998.v3.i2.a10.
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The particular volume is a compilation of the material presented at the three day international conference on “Islamic Laws and Women in the Modern World”, held in Islamabad in December 1996, and organised by the Global Issues Awareness for National Thrust Forum in collaboration with the Women’s Development Fund CIDA Islamabad. It contains the panel discussions held between members of the nine participating countries, a series of country reports, and several background papers on specific topics.
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Chun, Jahyun. "Social Divisions and International Reconciliation: Domestic Backlash against Foreign Policymaking between Japan and South Korea." International Studies Perspectives 20, no. 4 (September 5, 2019): 373–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekz013.
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Abstract The so-called “Comfort Women” Agreement, ratified in December 2015, was intended to bring closure to South Korea's historic grievances against Japan regarding the issue of wartime sexual slavery. However, tensions were reignited when the process and content of the deal were heavily criticized, exacerbating the strained relations between the two countries, as well as divisions within them. Little attention has been given to what happened after the Asian Women's Fund was established in 1995, how bilateral relations shifted, and how the politics changed within South Korea and Japan. This study examines the domestic divisions and conflicts in Japan and South Korea following the introduction of institutions intended to achieve reconciliation. More specifically, it analyzes the factors underlying these divisions and suggests some solutions. In order to do so, this study studies the 1995 Asian Women's Fund and the 2015 “Comfort Women” Agreement, analyzing the implications of these cases in the domestic politics of and bilateral relationship between Japan and South Korea.
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Bamidele Fakoya, Michael, and Segopotje Evonia Malatji. "Integrating ESG factors in investment decisions by mutual fund managers: a case of selected Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed companies." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 17, no. 4 (December 7, 2020): 258–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.17(4).2020.23.
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This paper examines whether mutual fund managers incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when deciding which sector to invest on behalf of their trustees. In doing this, the top 20 South African mutual fund companies (asset managers) listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) were selected. The paper identified the top 30 JSE listed companies (in the large industrial, equipment, and machinery sectors, excluding unlisted and service-oriented companies) where trustees’ funds were invested (with a total of 28 companies between 2007 and 2017) from the mutual fund companies’ Equity Fund Fact Sheets 2017 (representing recent investment focus). ESG data were collected from the integrated and sustainability reports at the sampled companies’ websites, and financial data were sourced from the IRESS database. This study adopted the panel data analysis. The results show an insignificant negative relationship between the ESG proxies (water usage, employee health and safety cost [number of work-related fatalities], percentage of women on corporate board) and return on equity (ROE). This means that the sampled companies disregard the United Nations Principle of Responsible Investment (UN PRI) guideline, suggesting that asset managers focus on increasing returns on shareholders’ investment without considering ESG issues. The paper concludes that the disregard for responsible investment guidelines does not encourage companies to improve their unsustainable business practices.
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Skard, Torild. "Promoting the Status of Women in the UN System: Experiences from an Inside Journey." Forum for Development Studies 35, no. 2 (December 2008): 279–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2008.9666412.
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Juanita, Safitri, Reva Ragam Santika, Muhammad Anif, and Dolly Virgian Shaka Yudha Sakti. "THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH BUSINESS BLOG TRAINING." ICCD 1, no. 1 (December 12, 2018): 241–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.33068/iccd.vol1.iss1.37.
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Based on projected population growth, Ministry of National Development PlanningRepublic of Indonesia, The Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics and United Nations Population Fund, Indonesia's population reached 265 million in 2018 out of which 131.88 million population is female gender. According to the Head of Indonesian Creative Economy Agency Triawan Munaf, more than 30% of creative economy entrepreneurs in Indonesia are millennial generation and 55% of creative economy entrepreneurs are woman. According to the Minister of manpower and transmigration Republic of Indonesia Hanif Dhakiri revealed that women entrepreneurs in Indonesia increased from 14.3 million to 16.3 million in 2017. Beside that the growth of E-Commerce sector is quite good in 2017, making this sector still a prima donna. investors in 2018. The Investment Coordinating Board Of The Republic Of Indonesia (BKPM) revealed that the investment value in the E-Commerce sector in 2017 reached more than USD 5 billion.This makes E-Commerce the most strategic economic sector today. Seeing these opportunities, it is necessary to build community capacity for women entrepreneurs, especially taking advantage of opportunities brought by '' Information Technology '' Businesses use IT to share information by utilizing blogs as free online stores through training in creating business blogs.The method that we used for computer training are giving theory with learning module and practicum modules, then participants will follow the instructions by creating their own blog and trainer will give task to participants and we will give training evaluation by giving a questionnaire to get feedback from the participants. The conclusion of this research paper is based on the activities that aredevelopment community capacity for woman enterprenuership with business blog training has proceeded according to plan,it can be seen from the results of the evaluation that most participants understand the material of training and can practice on easilyand get the benefits from the training conducted.
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Nahmad, Salomón. "El Proyecto del Fondo Mundial para la Proteccion del Medio Ambiente (Gef) en Cuatro Areas Naturales Protegidas de Mexico y su Impacto Social." Journal of Political Ecology 7, no. 1 (December 1, 2000): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/v7i1.21545.
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Este papel evalúa el proyecto del World Wildfile Fund con el gobierno Mexicano para crear reservas de naturaleza en cuatro comunidades indígenas. Examina los métodos de WWF para asegurar la amplia participación de los sectores locales—comunidades indígenas, ejidos, y terratenientes privados. Mientras que los fines técnicos de este proyecto son claros y precisaos, el desafío es cómo traducirlos a discurso local de modo que los grupos sociales locales se apropien de ellas y los hagan parte de sus acciones diarias. Estas cuatro reservas ofrecen un panorama de los complejos problemas sociales, políticos, y económicos que enfrentan este ambicioso proyecto.Palabras claves: México, conservación, reservas ecológicas, comunidades indígenas, impactos sociales, proyecto de la World Wildlife Fund, ecología política.
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Bashir, Mohammed Bawuro, Augustine Anthony Ndaghu, Nakwe Stephen Haruna Gbana, Mark Tikwe Kyaru, and Rubang Tari Samuel. "Factors Influencing Adoption of Groundnut Production Technologies Among Women Farmers in Gassol Local Government Area, Taraba State." Journal of Agricultural Extension 25, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 104–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v25i1.9s.
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The various groundnut production technologies considered were pesticides, processing and packaging, tillage, storage, improved seeds, seed treatment, weeding, transportation, spacing and planting date, fertilizer application and harvesting. Constraints include inadequate fund (2.7), followed by high cost of farm inputs (2.6) and inadequate storage facilities (2.6) were found to alter the adoption of groundnut production technologies among women farmers. Government should help link women farmers with improved groundnut production technologies (improved seeds, farm tools and machine, pesticides, and storage facilities) in order to attain a peak groundnut production in the state at large.
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Mohamed, Ayat, M. Yehia, Jacinthe Rihan, and Zeinb Abd-Elrahman. "ROLE OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN: CASE STUDY IN "TAHLA”, BANHA DISTRICT, QALUBIA GOVERNORATE." Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences 26, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 1403–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ajs.2018.34122.
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Et. al., Shahnaz Shahizan,. "Malaysia’s strength in women leadership: success factor in localising the United Nations sustainable development goals." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 2 (April 11, 2021): 604–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.914.
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Countries worldwide pledged to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) introduced by the United Nation (UN) by the year 2030. Malaysia, amongst other developing countries, may need to focus on the localisation of the UN SDG led by women representatives, to ensure its success. This research aims to illustrate some of the many strengths that this country has, in achieving the successful localisation of the SDG, which is the existing knowledge of the SDG, and evidence of exhibited commitments to SDG related activities by selected women in focus group studies. Findings from a questionnaire distributed to 628 women representatives in Malaysia suggests substantiated SDG localisation efforts and prioritised goals according to the locality. With further examination on other strengths and weaknesses in the future, this research justifies reasons in entrusting women local leaders to ensure the successful implementation of the UN SDG in Malaysia and to be made a model for similar developing nations of the world.
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Bano, Nafisa, and Naheed Abrar. "IMF Conditionalties And Feminization Of Poverty." Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies 4, no. 1 (August 8, 2010): 61–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjgs.v4i1.379.
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When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established as a part of United Nations (UN) System, it aroused hopes for the futures. The developed world in general and developing world in particular expected that the IMF would come for rescue during crisis times. However hopes turned into disillusionment, when IMF offered its conditionalities along with monetary help and assistance. Soon after, critical studies regarding IMF Conditionalities and their impact upon the receiving states proliferated all around. Unfortunately, the global debate about IMF Conditionalities neglected the effect of such conditionalities upon the women and it is only recently that the issue has been taken up for research and study. Clearly, need for serious and scholarly works is there. Keeping in view, this paper focuses on the impact of IMF Conditionalities on women. It, however, also deals with a related issue: Do the countries have to accept such conditionalities which might affect the women adversely?
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de Malherbe, Etienne. "MODELING PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS AND PRIVATE EQUITY COLLATERALISED FUND OBLIGATIONS." International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance 07, no. 03 (May 2004): 193–230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219024904002359.
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The recent development of the securitisation of funds of private equity funds poses the question of the individual and joint modelling of the underlying funds. Private equity funds are different from other managed funds because of their particular bounded life cycle: when the fund starts, the investment partners make an initial capital commitment, the fund managers gradually draw down the committed capital into investments, returns and proceeds are distributed as the investments are realised and the fund is eventually liquidated as the final investment horizon is reached. Modelling private equity funds therefore requires three stages: the modelling of the commitment drawdowns, the modelling of the investment value and the modelling of the return repayments. A standard lognormal process is utilised for the dynamics of the investment value. Squared Bessel processes are utilised for the dynamics of the rates of drawdowns and repayments. Résumé: Le récent développement de la titrisation de fonds de fonds de placements privés pose la question de la modélisation individuelle et jointe des fonds sous-jacents. Les fonds de placements privés sont différents des autres sociétés d'investissement à cause de leur cycle de vie particulier et limité: au démarrage du fonds, les associés s'engagent sur un apport initial en capital; puis les gérants du fonds opèrent des tirages progressifs sur le capital apporté pour procéder à des investissements; les revenus et les profits sont distribués à mesure que les investissements sont réalisés; enfin, le fonds est liquidé lorsque l'horizon d'investissement est atteint. La modélisation d'un fonds doit donc se faire en trois étapes: la modélisation des tirages sur l'apport en capital, la modélisation de la valeur des investissements et enfin la modélisation des paiements et remboursements des dividendes et retours sur investissements. Un processus lognormal standard est utilisé pour la dynamique de la valeur des investissements. Des processus de Bessel carré sont utilisés pour la dynamique des taux de tirage et de remboursement.
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Cameron, Erinn C., Samantha L. Hemingway, Janine M. Ray, Fiona J. Cunningham, and Kristine M. Jacquin. "COVID-19 and Women." International Perspectives in Psychology 10, no. 3 (July 2021): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000019.
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Abstract. Modern slavery is a significant global human rights crisis that disproportionately affects women and girls, and research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities to exploitation. Early evidence suggests that the pandemic has disproportionately affected women and girls, including an increase in lack of access to family planning and adequate sexual and reproductive care and an increase in maternal mortality rates. Additionally, the pandemic has instigated a reduction in economic opportunities and access to education for women and girls and increased violence against women. For this study, regression analysis was used to examine country-level data from 197 UN member countries. Predictor variables included indicators reflecting key areas addressed by UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG-5): gender inequality, educational and economic opportunities for females, women's leadership, gendered violence, and women's health. SDG-5 calls for gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. The criterion variable was the estimated prevalence of modern slavery across UN countries. Regression analysis revealed significant results across all models. Literacy rates and expected years of schooling for females, femicide, lifetime prevalence of violence, and several indicators of women's health were found to be strongly and significantly related to increased estimated prevalence of modern slavery. Furthermore, we propose that the pandemic has increased vulnerability to exploitation for women and girls by regressing progress across all areas addressed by SDG-5.
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Vahedi, Luissa, Heather Stuart, Stéphanie Etienne, Sabine Lee, and Susan A. Bartels. "Gender-Stratified Analysis of Haitian Perceptions Related to Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Perpetrated by UN Peacekeepers during MINUSTAH." Sexes 2, no. 2 (June 15, 2021): 216–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sexes2020019.
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Feminist scholarship has analyzed the gendered dynamics of national- and international-level risk factors for peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA); however, the gendered dynamics within the host country have not been adequately considered. Using the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) as a case study, this research analyzes gender differences within community-level perceptions of SEA. Using SenseMaker® as a data collection tool, cross-sectional qualitative and quantitative data were collected by Haitian research assistants over an 8-week period in 2017. Participants first shared a narrative in relation to MINUSTAH and then self-interpreted their narratives by noting their perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs on a variety of questions. The self-coded perceptions were analyzed quantitatively to determine patterns, and this was complemented with a qualitative analysis of the narratives. Women/girls were more likely to perceive the sexual interactions as “relationships” compared to Haitian men/boys. Furthermore, women/girls were more likely to perceive the peacekeeper as “supportive”, whereas men/boys conceptualized the peacekeeper as “authoritative”. SEA-related policies/programs, such as the UN Trust Fund in Support for Victims of SEA, should engage with local Haitian actors and consider such nuanced and gendered perceptions to maximize community trust and program efficacy.
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Alshebami, Ali Saleh, and D. M. Khandare. "The Role of Microfinance for Empowerment of Poor Women in Yemen." International Journal of Social Work 2, no. 1 (June 4, 2015): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijsw.v2i1.7752.
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<p>The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges facing the empowerment of women in Yemen. This paper is mainly based on the secondary data collected from the records of the Yemeni Government programmes viz., Social Fund for Development, Microfinance books, websites, official reports and other sources related to the research subject. The mentioned study covers the period from 1997 to 2013 and the area for the study is Yemen. The result of the study reported that there are multiple factors affecting the empowerment of women in Yemen through microfinance such as customs and traditions, high interest rate, financial literacy, wrong religious perceptions, demanded collaterals. However, despite the difficulties and challenges facing women empowerment in Yemen, it is believed that women who are connected to microfinance programs have been positively affected with their households in various aspects as many studies revealed that.</p>
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Wolfe, Melissa Joy, and Genine A. Hook. "Waving not drowning – The joyous feminist possibilities of single (un)becoming women." Women's Studies International Forum 76 (September 2019): 102269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2019.102269.
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Dhar, Suneeta. "Gender and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 25, no. 1 (January 15, 2018): 47–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971521517738451.
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This paper briefly highlights key challenges faced in advancing women’s rights in the last two decades. It draws attention to ‘gains and gaps’ in the implementation of the UN Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000). It marks the evolution of a new compact on women’s human rights and gender equality through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that has been universally endorsed by governments, donors, women’s movements, civil society and other stakeholders. Women’s groups have consistently been raising critical questions of how equality, inclusion and participation would be embedded in a world structured around grave inequalities and exclusions. While the framework of the paper is global, it throws light on two critical areas in India—the economic empowerment of women and ending violence against women—with pointers regarding how these commitments could be better realised in the implementation of the SDGs, especially SDG Goal 5. The paper concludes by sharing information on how some countries are developing mechanisms to advance SDG 5 and draws attention to the lack of data and monitoring measures for gender equality. It emphasises that for transformative changes, governments need to engage with women’s organisations for policy development and implementation.
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Smilga, Mārtiņš. "Latvijas valsts finanšu sistēmas drošība – starptautiskā finanšu sadarbībā." SOCRATES. Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls / SOCRATES. Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Law Electronic Scientific Journal of Law 2, no. 2 (2015): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.25143/socr.02.2015.2.45-54.
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Pēc Latvijas neatkarības atjaunošanas, lai garantētu valsts finanšu plūsmu un drošību, Latvija iestājās vairākās starptautiskajās finanšu institūcijās – Starptautiskajā Valūtas fondā, Eiropas Rekonstrukcijas un attīstības bankā, kā arī Pasaules Bankas organizācijās. Darbā tiks apskatītas šīs finanšu institūcijas, kuru dalībvalsts ir Latvija, Latvijas valsts statuss tajās, sadarbība, kā arī šo starptautisko finanšu institūciju darbības principi. Tiks secināts, cik lielu finanšu sistēmas drošību Latvijas valstij garantē dalība šajās organizācijās un vai tā ir pietiekama. After regaining independence, in order to insure national cash flow, Latvia joined a number of international finance institutions, namely, the International Monetary Fund, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and other World Bank organisations. This article examines these financial institutions, their main principles, collaborations, and the role of Latvia in them. Conclusions are made as to whether the security of the financial system due to membership in these organisations is sufficient.
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Kebede, Wassie, and Alice K. Butterfield. "Social networks among poor women in Ethiopia." International Social Work 52, no. 3 (May 2009): 357–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872808102069.
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English Social networks are social capital for poor women living in a slum neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Based on neighborhood, friendship, kinship, gender and ethnic ties, informal networks provide social, emotional and financial support. Social network analysis is a promising method for community development and participatory social work in Africa. French Les réseaux sociaux représentent un capital social pour les femmes pauvres qui vivent dans les bidonvilles à Addis-Abeba, en Ethiopie. Basés sur des liens de voisinage, d’amitié, de parenté, de genre et de culture, les réseaux informels apportent un soutien social, affectif et financier. L’analyse du réseau social est une méthode prometteuse pour le développement communautaire et le travail social participatif en Afrique. Spanish Las redes sociales son de suma importancia para las mujeres pobres que viven en los barrios de pocos recursos de Addis Abeba, Etiopía. Basadas en barrios, amistades, relaciones, géneros y lazos étnicos, las redes informales proveen ayuda social, emocional y financiera. El análisis de las redes sociales es un método promisorio para el desarrollo de las comunidades y el trabajo social participativo en África.
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Nisar, R. D. "Impact of UNDP’s Initiated Projects on Socio-Economic Development of Women: A Study of Rural Punjab, Pakistan." RUDN Journal of Public Administration 7, no. 3 (December 15, 2020): 272–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8313-2020-7-3-272-284.
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Women are half of the worlds total population. Their condition around the globe is drastic. Womens empowerment is much underscore issue of the 21st century. The West, which got phenomenal prosperity, is a direct result of empowering their women. It is a proven fact that without empowering the half of the population, a country cannot achieve prosperity in any field. Several governmental and non-governmental organizations are working intensively on womens empowerment issue, but the United Nations (UN) contributions are above all, as its charter ensures the basic rights of women. During the last two decades, the UN has held many conferences, seminars and workshops on women rights to launch a global strive. A number of the UN agencies are working on this issue, but most effective work on womens empowerment has been carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). It works throughout the world by advocacy, partnerships, and provides technical support and financial aid to government and non-governmental organizations. In Pakistan, women are 51.73 percent of the total population. The condition of female population specifically in rural areas is adverse. Women are deprived of their basic human rights, and the literacy ratio among women is also alarmingly low. Being a developing state, Pakistan depends upon financial aid and technical support from international agencies. After the 18th amendment to the Constitution, provinces receive all sorts of aid directly from the donor agencies. The UNDP operates throughout the country known as the UNDP Pakistan. Because of dire situation in rural areas, the UNDP is working for rural uplift. This study has highlighted the socio-economic impacts of UNDP initial program on women in detail.
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Sutiyo, Andi Pitono, Tri Raharjanto, and Jona Bungaran Basuki Sinaga. "Woman Microfinance in Indonesia: Present Status and Future Direction." International Journal of Rural Management 16, no. 1 (February 9, 2020): 105–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973005219898922.
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Microfinance has broadly been used to alleviate poverty and empower women in Indonesia. Many studies have already examined the microfinance performance but mostly on the basis of a client versus non-client comparative method. In this study, we measure the outreach of and impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation through random sampling of poor households. A case study was conducted at the district of Purbalingga to assess the most widespread woman microfinance in Indonesia, Savings and Loans for Women ( Simpan Pinjam Perempuan, SPP). While the SPP has a good repayment rate and asset growth, its performance in poverty alleviation is low. Only 18 per cent of the respondents ever benefitted from the SPP, which indicates low outreach to the poor. The impact on income generation and development of social capital as well as empowerment of the poor is weak. The causes are limited fund, lack of prioritisation to the poor and inexistence of assistance to loan utilisation. Institutionally, the SPP is not connected to the local government. These create a low sense of belonging and fund allocation from the local authorities. The continuity of the SPP requires a closer institutional linkage with the local government and bank institutions in order to have better assistance and budgeting while maintaining informality of loan disbursement.