The purpose of this study was to examine the female-headed household empowerment based on social-cognitive career counseling and its impact on promoting their career self-efficacy and future orientation (time perspective, anticipation of future consequences, planning ahead). This quasi-experimental research had a pretest-posttest control group follow-up design. The statistical population of the...

Te le u se @ B O P 4 Abstract: This paper considers a unique proposition; that given the evidence of women, with little access to formal finance, have been found to be much better at managing micro-enterprises and repayment when given the opportunity of microfinance at the emerging Asian bottom of the pyramid (BOP), whether the use of mobile phones and more-than-voice services could be used to ...

One direct way in which agricultural input subsidies can provide social protection to the poor is by targeting the poor with very high subsidies to ensure that they are able to access inputs. Although the Malawi Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (MAISP) generally targets resource-poor households, the targeting guidelines also accord special consideration to vulnerable groups such as child-he...

the sudden transfer of guardianship, from husband to wife, causing a string of insecurity and additional duties for women. the phenomenon of woman-headed households is increasing for different reasons in the world. studies indicate that, householder women are facing social and economic challenges and constraints. the aim of this study is pathology of social interactions women-headed households ...

in recent years we have witnessed a growing trend of women in his life to bear alone responsible. and as women are heads of households in the community. statistical indicators show that growth in our country women who are also on the rise. the purpose of this paper is to examine the role of social anxiety and self-confidence of female-headed households is entrepreneurship. applied research is r...

the study on gender and net farm income of cassava-based farmers under individual land tenure system was done in abia state of nigeria. the main objective was to determine the net farm income (nfi) and the benefit cost ratio (bcr) of the cassava farmers by gender vis-aviz their income levels as well as food security in the state. a multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted while data we...

This article examines the effects of education on the magnitude of poverty among female-headed households in Yathui and Central Divisions of Machakos District, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive and cross-sectional study design. The study was based on a sample size of 80 female-headed households, five key informants, four focused group discussions, six case studies and secondary data. Strat...

Attaining economic parity and reducing poverty between the genders are critical steps toward attaining United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Despite progress, women in US still earn USD 0.83 for every 1.00 that a man earns. With rising shares of single/female-headed households with children American society recent years, such gaps earnings exacerbate misery living households. In 2019, ...

"Twenty-five Caribbean and Latin American nations were examined to determine the relationship between potential female headed families and other social indicators. Regression analysis reveals that women's labor market participation is associated with the proportion of families potentially headed by women. The share of girls in secondary school is also associated with the dependent variable. ...