this study has investigated the effects of ict to increase efficiency and empowerment of rural women using data envelopment analysis (dea) to investigate the mechanism of effectiveness of information technology (ict) on the efficiency and empowerment of rural women in the village of gharn abad, golestan province. in this study, using survey methods, 38 users and 25 non-users of technology (cont...

Mothers’ empowerment is thought to have considerable impact on children’s health and schooling. But the evidence for developing countries of the magnitudes of such effects, how they differ between urban and rural areas, whether they differ for daughters versus sons and whether they are changing over time is limited, particularly for countries that are characterized as having relatively great ge...

Moderate undernutrition continues to affect 46 per cent of children under 5 years of age and 47 per cent of rural women in India. Women’s lack of empowerment is believed to be an important factor in the persistent prevalence of undernutrition. In India, women’s empowerment often varies by community, with tribes sometimes being the most progressive. This paper explores the relationship between w...

Most of the studies on the family of psychotic illness focus on the negative sides of family life, such as high expressed emotion, family burden and stigma. Very few studies look at the positive aspects of the family such as empowerment and resilience. This study aims at investigating the role of family‟s empowerment, and well-being on predicting the recovery of the patients. Ninety nine famili...

The Information and Communication Technologies usage among rural communities can be promoted through community telecentres. To date, there is a lack of adequate knowledge in terms of civic participation and empowerment that are related to ICT programs evaluations. This paper proposes a conceptual model for evaluating psychological empowerment of telecentres users based on review of literature. ...

Participatory Geographic Information and Multimedia Systems (PGIMSs) were developed and used by two rural communities in Indonesia. This paper reports on the empowerment impacts that resulted from this development project. Empowerment related to PGIMS is examined using a two-dimensional analytical framework that explores the phenomenon at two social scales (individual and community), and is rel...

Microcredit scheme is an important poverty alleviation method that facilitates the development of rural communities by creating and developing income-generating activities, especially for low-income women. The present study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of the microcredit fund scheme on the economic empowerment of rural women in Tehran Province, Iran. It was carried out by a survey met...