LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR: EMPOWERING INFORMAL BUSINESSES IN ZAMBIA By Silane K Mwenechanya (Dr)1 An Issue Paper prepared for the UNDP – Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor October‚ 2007 1 All comments should be addressed to Dr SK Mwenechanya at skmwene@zamnet.zm. The author is a business consultant with a special interest in private sector development. He is based in Lusaka‚ Zambia. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES.............................
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JUDICIAL ACTIVISM and EMPOWERMENT OF INDIAN WOMEN – TOWARDS EQUALITY WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT – HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Women’s empowerment is a noted concept in social change‚ which is much discussed‚ often elusive and sometimes abused. Yet in the context of development‚ women’s leadership and agency in social change have been levers for women’s empowerment within communities. Women have sought to fight entrenched interests for community benefits‚ and have garnered through their collective strength
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Dennis Covington writes about the snake handling rituals that go on in Scottsboro‚ Alabama‚ in March on 1992. While going to the services held at the churches‚ Covington realizes that he is not only doing a story on other people’s religions‚ but that he is also discovering his own religion. Covington creates feelings of sympathy and disgust for me while he talks about snake handling in southern churches. Through Covington’s eyes I was exposed to his spiritual journey‚ family‚ and southern beliefs
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com ISSN: 2159-5852 (Print) ISSN:2159-5860 (Online) Iranian Agricultural Academic Staff’s Organizational Culture and their Psychological Empowerment Ehsan Gholifar 1‚ Hesamedin Gholami 2* and Mehrdad Pouya 3 Abstract Keywords: Organizational culture‚ Psychological empowerment‚ Iran agricultural college faculties 1 aculties’ empowerment is one of the effective tools for increasing productivity and optimum use of their individual and group abilities and capacities to reach organizational
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the articles that was given to us for reading. That article is “The road to empowerment: Seven Questions Every leader should consider.” I would be discussing this article with reference to Chapters on Motivation and Empowerment from the textbook and also‚ with extra information that I have garnered from external sources. First‚ I would like to comment on the notion of mechanistic and organic approach towards empowerment. This notion reminds me of “The Burns and Stalker Study” . The study was an
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lives‚ and they work with and strengthen local institutions; (3) they carry out projects at lower costs and more efficiently than the government agencies and (4) they have promoted sustainable development. According to Friedman (1992)‚ promoting empowerment is of particular interest to some NGOs working with poor women. Although four decades of development (1950-90) yielded important benefits to women‚ significant gender gaps still remain. Improvements in women’s
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Research Paper Role of Education in Women Empowerment with special reference to the Economy of Assam NAZRUL ISLAM Asstt. Professor & HoD‚ Economics‚ Dalgoma Anchalik College‚ Matia‚ Goalpara -783125 (Assam) ABSTRACT: Women’s contribution to the economy of Assam cannot be ignored. From household activities to economic activities out of the household have been performed successfully by the women of Assam. Women constitute almost half of the population in the state; though a large
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William Norman Lancaster ENGL- 1301 18 September‚ 2012 A Response to “Hip Hop: A Roadblock or pathway to Black Empowerment” Geoffrey Bennett’s article Hip Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment illustrates the influence hip hop and rap music has had on not only the music industry but mainstream culture‚ African Americans to be specific. Geoffrey Bennett‚ a senior English Major from Voorhees‚ New Jersey goes over many aspects of how hip hop came to be “the forefront of American attention
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The term "Empowerment" can be interpreted in different ways for different individuals‚ and as a result‚ can create confusion as to what the actual definition is. Frequently‚ it is defined as means of “giving power” to people‚ which can be mistaken in a literal way. “Empowerment can be defined as helping people gain greater control over their lives and circumstances.” (Thompson‚ 2007) It is the process where disadvantaged individuals liaise together with professionals to take control over their own
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increasingly expanded to other places in the United States prior to his calling for Black Power. While some SNCC leaders had already forged international alliances and travelled to several countries in Africa and other places‚ the idea of Black empowerment‚ as defined by Stokely and other more radical members of SNCC‚ focused mainly on the United States. Hence‚ unlike Malcolm‚ Stokely turned to Pan-Africanism at a time when it became clear that the divergent organizations that operated under the
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