Background
Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a major global priority. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Building the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Burkina Faso (BRB) project, an agricultural development program, improved women’s empowerment, as measured by the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI).
Methods
This study used a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study design. Participants included both treatment and comparison groups (total N = 751) comprising female members of savings groups and their husbands or main male household member in Burkina Faso. All participants completed the pro-WEAI questionnaire at both baseline and endline. The treatment group received a comprehensive intervention package consisting of agriculture loans and services, microenterprise loans, and education, nutrition education, and women’s empowerment programs including gender-based discussions designed to facilitate p
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Globally, societies are assessed through indicators that measure economic aspects, intellectual progress, social conditions, living standards and other factors to determine how human beings fare. The Human Development Index (HDI) is one indicator that measures health, education and income levels in all countries. An adjustment for gender inequality, measuring health, empowerment and labour market for both women and men produces the Gender Inequality Index (GII).
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te Minister, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Preschools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services, Shiranthi Beatrice - Chairperson, National Committee on Women, Kumari Jayaseke } >Sri Lanka ranks 90 out of 189 in the Gender Inequality Index (2019). Over the years, significant strides have been made to create equal opportunities for women, particularly in terms of free and equal access to education and healthcare. However, in the face of structural barriers and harmful societal norms that perpetuates gender stereotypes - while gender inequalities can affect anyone - evidence points to women facing the most discrimination particularly in their own homes and social spheres.
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange has vowed to prioritise the inclusion of women on the board positions of its demutualised entities.
Chief Executive Officer of the NSE, Oscar Onyema, made the vow on Monday during the commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2021 hosted virtually in collaboration with United Nations Global Compact, UN Women, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, International Finance Corporation, World Federation of Exchanges and Women in ETFs.
The NSE had recently announced that under the demutualisation plan, a new non-operating holding company, the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, had been created, with three operating subsidiaries – Nigerian Exchange Limited, the operating exchange; NGX Regulation Limited, the independent regulatory arm; and NGX Real Estate Limited, the real estate company.