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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Introduction Nowadays，the insurance industry has become an important part in our daily life.It is reported by Carow(2010) that nearly 70% people have bought certain kinds of insurance. Bancassurance‚as an newly developed branch of insurance‚ is a collaboration between a commercial bank and an insurance company‚ aiming at selling insurance business to the bank’s clients. In recent years‚ Bancassurance has become an indispensable part of the modern life for British people. It is reported that Bancassurance
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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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1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours but yet earn only 10 percent of the world’s income. They constitute two-thirds of the world’s population but own less than 1 percent of the world’s property and make up two-thirds of the estimated 876 million adults worldwide who cannot read or write (UNDP‚ 2008). Kamara (2012) is of the opinion that rural women make up 43% of the agricultural labour force worldwide. According to the Austrian Development Cooperation
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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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business. Empowerment of women entrepreneur is an new mantra for development of economy. The present paper focuses mainly women entrepreneur ‚they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs. It is observed that women entrepreneur networks are major sources of knowledge about women’s entrepreneurship and they are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for its development and promotion. Of the 1.3 billion people who live in absolute poverty around the globe‚ 70 percent are women work two-thirds
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Introduction Disney is a famous international company around the world. Not only for the production of cartoon and Disneyland‚ but also the effort that it have made in sustainable development. Disney has made high efficiency collaboration with Nature Conservancy-a famous environmental protection organization. They have worked closely with each other for decades to create the Disney Wilderness Preserve (DWP) in central Florida (“Working with Companies”‚ n.d.). Their collaboration was a success (“Florida
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EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN INDIA India‚ our country‚ is well known for its cultural heritage‚ civilisation‚ religion and its geographical features. Moreover‚India is also popularly dubbed as a malechauvinistic nation. We proudly portray our nation as “Bharat-Mata” and raise slogans in praise of our unity‚ integrity and dignity. While doing so‚ we fail to realise that “Bharat-Mata” means mother to every Indian. Even after six and a half decades of Independence‚ women in our country continue to be helpless
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION *Rashmi Joshi ** Laxmi shree mishra WOMEN EMPOWERMENT is a global issue and discussion on women political right are at the fore front of many formal and informal campaigns world wide. The concept of women empowerment was introduced at the international women conference at NAROIBI in 1985. Education is milestone of women empowerment because it enables them to responds to the challenges ‚ to confront their traditional role and change their life . So that we
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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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