Theme :- ‘Buddhism Past and Present’ Sub-theme :- “Women Empowerment through Buddhism”. Author name :-AshwiniSudhakarShirsath Address :-VanitaVihar ‚AGC‚Karve Rd‚Pune-4 Mobile no.:-8983462187 Email :-asvinetu39@gmail.com Abstract ------------------------------------------------- In the present paper the following points are discussed:- ------------------------------------------------- Introduction-“If by strength is meant moral power‚ then woman is immeasurably man’s superior”. Mahatma
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‘Micro Finance and Women Empowerment ’ By Ms. Varsha Parikh Lecturer Department of Extension and Communication Faculty of Family and Community Sciences The M.S.University of Baroda Vadodara 390002‚Gujarat‚ India E-mail : vbparikh@rediff.com Micro Finance and Women Empowerment By Ms. Varsha Parikh ABSTRACT Self-help groups intermediated by microcredit have been shown to have positive effects on women. Micro finance refers to small savings
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compared to the actual behaviors of the female characters in the story. In the Elizabethan era there was clear expectations for women of all social status. Women of a higher class‚ like Desdemona were only sometimes given the chance to have an education. Girls from noble families were taught by tutors from ages five or younger. The curriculum they were taught
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Discrimination and empowerment in mental health In the essay I will be exploring elements of discrimination and empowerment. I will be starting by unraveling what is meant by discrimination and the effects it has on the individual or group‚ their culture‚ society and the possible structural implications. As this is an extensive area of study I will be looking at discrimination and empowerment in the context of mental health. Defining discrimination can lead to many difficulties; even when naming
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Myths of Aging Leslie L. Sanderford GRO320 Instructor Peggy Allen June 13‚ 2011 Largest among the growing populations is the age group 65 and older. This course required us to complete Dr. Woolf’s myths of aging quiz. This quiz has 25 questions all about aging issues. In our textbook‚ “Adult Development and Aging‚” Cavanaugh and Blanchard-Fields (2011) state‚ “Everyone does not grow old in the same way. Whereas most people tend to show usual patterns of aging that reflect
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DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT Introduction “When women move forward‚ the family moves‚ the village moves and the nation moves. Those‚ who will understand‚ will lay foundation of a great nation.” Indeed‚ History suggest this as well that western societies which promoted women’s rights‚ freedom‚ self-reliance and fraternity among its citizens have progressed ahead of their time leaving behind the rest of the world drowned in prejudices. In India‚ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was one of the men
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Research and Literature Review Assignment 8th Semester Department of Family Medicine Scoring the Third Goal A commentary on Nepal’s efforts to promote gender equality and empower women Posan Samser Limbu R. N. 593 MBBS‚ 2005 BPKIHS The once mystical women have fallen from being worshipped as goddesses and possessors of the mystery of child birth1 to mere child bearers. If females are the oppressed among humans‚ perhaps they can take heart from the fact that failing to escape after mating‚ the
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NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (2001) | IntroductionThe principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble‚ Fundamental Rights‚ Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women‚ but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women.Within the framework of a democratic polity‚ our laws‚ development policies‚ Plans and programmes have aimed at women’s advancement in
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income‚ no health care and no security. It added that women have limited opportunities owing to isolation‚ exclusion from decision-making processes‚ low mobility‚ overwork and violence (UNHDI‚ 2000). In a 2007 report of CARE International on Women Empowerment‚ the organisation noted that‚ of the 1.3 billion people who live in absolute poverty around the globe‚ 70 percent are women. It asserts that‚ for these women‚ poverty doesn’t just mean scarcity and want. It means rights denied‚ opportunities curtailed
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resource explosion‚ a food explosion‚ an information explosion‚ a communications explosion‚ a science explosion‚ and a medical explosion‚” wrote community development specialist Abid Ullah Jan in an article published in 2003 called “Overpopulation: Myths‚ Facts‚ and Politics.” Poverty‚ too‚ is not the
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