Browsing by Subject "women empowerment"
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Investigating the use of e-commerce to empower South African women
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)South Africa is falling behind its African counterparts with a decreasing GDP and ascending unemployment rate. Almost a third of South African women were unemployed in 2013. Even though the female population exceeds the ... -
Trends and drivers of skilled birth attendant use in Nigeria (1990-2013): policy implications for child and maternal health
(Dove Medical Press, 2017)ntroduction: While Nigeria accounts for only 2% of the world population, it regrettably shares 14% of global maternal death burden. Whether its reported increase in antenatal care utilization is accompanied by increased ... -
Unpaid care work and women empowerment in Uganda : the case of Kampala city
(North-West University, 2018)Women all over have been stereotypically known to perform unpaid care work tasks that were allocated to them by culture and tradition. This perpetuation of gender stereotypes, resonates with the devaluation theory which ...