The Challenges of Women Leaders of Business Organizations in Addis Ababa, Eth…

Women’s leadership significantly contributes to building high-performing organizations. However, challenges with balancing work and family responsibilities are inhibiting them from exerting their…

Economic Empowerment of Women in Contemporary Uganda: The Case of Income-Gene…

Throughout history, different feminist researchers, scholars and academicians have argued that women have been socially, politically and economically subordinate to men. Their subordination can be …

The Millennium Development Goals (MD Goal 3) Brochure

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Affirmative Action as a Strategy for Promoting Women’s Participation in Pol…

While the use of affirmative action to increase women’s political participation in societies where socio-cultural factors militate against women’s political interests, popular measures do not g…

Women and Liberal Peacebuilding in Post- Conflict Northern Uganda: community …

This paper examines women’s participation in post-conflict peacebuilding activities within the neo-liberal peace theory and framework. Using qualitative approach, the study gathered information f…

Women·s Empowerment and Achievement of Desired Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Previous studies, conducted mainly in Asian countries, have shown that women's empowerment is associated with contraceptive use, lower fertility, and longer birth intervals. Yet little is known abo…

Women's Knowledge and Food Security in Kenya

This paper discusses the major challenges women in Kenya face as they try to ensure and maintain food security at the household level. The paper demonstrates that women in Kenya lack land ownership…

The International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development I…

In March 2009, the first ever International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, Peace and Security took place in Monrovia, Liberia. Hosted by Her Excellency Ellen Johnson-Sir…

Women Collective actions and Empowerment in Agricultural Value Chains in Sima…

Women face many barriers in accessing markets for their agricultural products. Collective action (CA) has been identified as a potential option to overcome such barriers and empower them. As such, …

Women's Knowledge and Food Security

Women play a vital role in the production of food. Most importantly, they are critical in the storage, processing as well as the provision of food at the household level. It is also a fact that as …