Pathways to empowerment?: dynamics of women's participation in Global Value Chains

Said-Allsopp, Muhaimina; Tallontire, Anne

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“…Empowerment was defined by Allsopp and Tallontire (2015) as process that follows a series of steps sequentially in which ownership of one type of power increases the ability to exercise other forms of power. This creates a positive ‗power spiral'.…”

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“…Past research on women's empowerment has focused on several aspects of empowerment such as household decision-making and self-esteem (e.g; (Kishor and Subaiya, 2008;Mahmud and Tasneem, 2014). In the enforcement process, some studies have looked the women's access to labor force and finance (e.g; (Allsopp and Tallontire, 2015;Ganle et al, 2015)). Therefore, there are various definitions and dimensions of women empowerment.…”

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Microcredit Could Influence Empowerment of Women. A Quantitative Study in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Tabassum

Singh

2018

International Journal of Asian Social Science

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Article HistoryThis paper will explore some of the ways in which microcredit have improved the empowerment of women in Chittagong, Bangladesh in terms of change in annual family income, change in health conditions change in decision-making ability and change in purchasing capacity. This was a quantitative research and using a survey method. Data was collected from a sample of 113 borrowers of microcredit loans. The AMOS software developed for analyzing the Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) and SPSS was used. The findings revealed that decision making capacity and family income have a significant impact towards empowerment of women. The findings supported the results from some earlier studies and also bring out several new ideas such as the importance of family income. The findings have significantly contributed to the advancement of knowledge in the empowerment of women borrowers in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The implications were in the areas of encouraging poor women to increase their self-esteem and self-worth, and thereby empower them. It is recommended that microcredit lending be continued and suitable policies and legislation be implemented to ensure successful implementation. The results of this study will add to the current body of knowledge as well as assist in creating foundational solutions to ensure successful outcomes arising from microcredit loans in Bangladesh.Contribution/ Originality: The paper's primary contribution is finding that decision making capacity and change in family income of rural women have a significant impact on empowerment of women in Bangladesh. This paper argues that despite the inconsistencies in research, microcredit can be a useful empowerment tool and still continues to play a vital role in Bangladesh.

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Section: The Conceptualization Of Women Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microcredit Could Influence Empowerment of Women. A Quantitative Study in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Tabassum

Singh

2018

International Journal of Asian Social Science

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“…Empowerment is a continuous, phased and relational process that occurs across scales and pathways (Goldman and Little, 2014). Allsopp and Tallontire (2014) define empowerment as a dynamic process that follows a series of sequential steps in which ownership of one type of power increases the likelihood and the ability to exercise other forms of power thus creating a positive 'power spiral'. Kabeer (2005) views the empowerment concept as revolving around the idea of power to make a choice and conceptualizes disempowerment as the denial of the possibility of making a choice by people who deserve to.…”

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“…While a great deal of previous literature on women's empowerment focused on what determines two indicators of their --household decision-making and self-esteem (ElHalawany, 2009;Ghuman et al, 2004;Kishor, 2000;Kishor and Subaiya, 2008;Mahmud and Tasmeen, 2014;Mahmud et al, 2012;Malhotra and Mather, 1997;and Sado et al, 2014) --other studies have described the role of women's access to finance and labor force participation in the empowerment process (Ali et al, 2013;Allendorf, 2007;Allsopp and Tallontire, 2014;Faridi et al, 2009;Ganle et al, 2015;and Naqvi and Shahnaz, 2002). Together these studies provide evidence that measurement issues still exist in the process of translating 'evidence of empowerment' and 'access to sources of empowerment' into agency especially using cross-sectional survey data (Kishor and Subaiya, 2008) and thus highlight the need for going beyond structural and merely simplistic factors (family, social and economic) to be able to measure women's empowerment in a comprehensive way (Malhotra and Mather, 1997).…”

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Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda

Musonera¹,

Heshmati

2017

Frontiers in African Business Research

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S Measuring Women's Empowerment in Rwanda ABSTRACT Measuring Women's Empowerment in RwandaThis study examines the determinants of women's empowerment in Rwanda using data obtained from DHS 2010. A regression analysis is used to investigate the association between women's empowerment and its covariates. The study also uses a multinomial logistic regression to assess what determines households' decision-making and attitudes towards physical abuse of spouses. Variables of sources of empowerment such as education and media exposure were found to have a net positive association with women's empowerment while other variables such as residence and the age at first marriage were negatively associated with women's empowerment. Further analysis showed that the effects of education, age of the respondent, wealth and the number of children ever born remained strong conditions which effected households' decision-making and attitudes about physical abuse. In general, therefore, it seems that for women to fully realize their potential and rights, specific emphasis should be put on variables that increase their access to resources and knowledge such as education, employment for cash and media exposure but variables that are negatively associated with women's empowerment such as higher age at first marriage should also be taken into account.JEL Classification: D63, D91, I15, I25, J12

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“…As indicated in Figure 2, it is evident though that the majority of rural communities have access to feature phones. Access to DTs is providing an opportunity to empower womenthus ability to makes choice and also, having the choice available to them (Said-Allsopp & Tallontire, 2015).…”

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Digital Technologies and Sustainable Livestock Systems in Rural Communities

Gwaka

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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The 43 rd Committee on World Food Security (CFS) convention reiterated the importance of livestock towards eliminating food insecurity across the globe. Livestock provides extensive services and products which are critical in addressing the issues of hunger, malnutrition, health and diseases. However, despite such importance, livestock systems across the globe continue to face the challenge of sustainability. In this research article, using ethnographic research techniques, we examine the Beitbridge livestock systems to understand the vulnerabilities within the system and current efforts to overcome. The article identifies that the Beitbridge livestock system, similar to many others, faces numerous socio-ecological and political economy challenges. Also, in the past engagement of the author and the community, it emerged that there was limited use of digital technologies within the community. Therefore, this study explore whether digital technologies can contribute towards sustainability of livestock and if so, how. The major findings of the study are that, DTs have affordances which can be exploited to contribute towards the sustainability of the livestock system. However, in order for this to happen, there is need for convergence of conditions e.g. presence of supporting institutions and improvement of digital infrastructure. These findings confirm the need for context based studies on DTs. The findings of the study provide practitioners and policy makers 'something to think about' in the development of DTs and supporting systems.

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Pathways to empowerment?: dynamics of women's participation in Global Value Chains

Cited by 63 publications

References 36 publications

Microcredit Could Influence Empowerment of Women. A Quantitative Study in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Microcredit Could Influence Empowerment of Women. A Quantitative Study in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda

Digital Technologies and Sustainable Livestock Systems in Rural Communities

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