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Provision of social protection services by non-state actors in Nyanza Region Kenya : assessing women empowerment
Partnership for African Social and Governance Research, 2015In Kenya, women are more likely than men to suffer poverty and its associated vulnerabilities, mainly because they are excluded from decision-making on economic issues, they have limited access to the factors of production, particularly land, and traditional customs allocate them undervalued roles and constrain their voice and mobility.DocumentEffects of gender based discriminatory practices on poverty reduction and women empowerment in Ngor-Okpala area of Imo State, Nigeria.
International Journal of Development and Emerging Economics, 2015In south-western Nigeria, a number of traditional and social beliefs and norms work to inhibit women's participation in agricultural activities. As in many places throughout Africa, there has traditionally been a strict gendered division of labour in agriculture, with many communities regarding women as being responsible for crops marked for family consumption.DocumentRural Poverty Portal Nigeria
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2016Despite Nigeria's plentiful agricultural resources and oil wealth, poverty is widespread in the country and has increased since the late 1990s. Some 70 per cent of Nigerians live on less than US$1.25 a day. Poverty is especially severe in rural areas, where up to 80 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line, and social services and infrastructure are limited.DocumentSME toolkit Nigeria
Pan Atlantic University, 2016A program of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Enterprise Development Services (EDS), an initiative of Pan-African University located at the Lekki Campus of Lagos Business School, SME Toolkit Nigeria offers free business management information and training for small businesses / small and medium enterprises (SMEs).DocumentWomen in agriculture: a toolkit for mobile services practitioners
GSMA, 2014Agriculture is a major source of livelihood for most resource-poor populations in developing regions. Women play a core role in agriculture, but underperform in terms of productivity largely because they lack access to resources such as finance, skills training, and information services.DocumentTool: integrating women’s economic empowerment into M4P approaches
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2013Part of SIDA's Women's Economic Empowerment Series, this brief explains how to integrate women's economic empowerment into approaches that are seeking to make markets work for the poor (M4P). M4P is an economic development strategy focused on making market systems work more efficiently, sustainably, and to the benefit of the poor as a way to reduce poverty for a large number of women and men.DocumentGender: a precursor for discriminating against women in paid employment in Nigeria
American Journal of Business and Management, 2014When the UN declared 1975 - 1985 the ‘decade for women’, they did not know it was to serve asDocumentTrading up, crowded out: ensuring economic diversification works for women
ActionAid International, 2016This ActionAid UK briefing explores the relationship between gender inequality and economic dDocumentSmall and medium scale enterprises in African setting: the place of women
International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2016Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) are a major driver of economic growth in developingDocumentEntrepreneurship and poverty status among female household participants in small and medium scale enterprises in Lagos State, Nigeria
Journal of Business Administration and Management Sciences Research, 2016Despite being a country rich in resources, both human and natural, many Nigerians remain poorPages