Author: Vanita Viswanath Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429714718 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 165
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In recent years scholars have paid increasing attention to the role of women in development and to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as effective vehicles for change. Although there are a great many published studies dealing with each of these subjects separately there are few on NGOs and their work with women. Studies that combine a theoreti
Author: Femida Handy Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 248
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Extrait de la couverture : " Based on empirical evidence from first-hand interactions with 20 Indian women founders of NGOs, this book presents a theoretical understanding of the role and impact of NGOs in women's development. It looks at what motivates and facilitates female entrepreneurship in NGOs, the structures that evolve based on their feminist ideologies, the services they provide and the social impact of these NGOs in promoting the empowerment of women."
Author: Patrick Kilby Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136907769 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 161
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"By examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000's, this book discusses the challenges faced by small, local NGOs in the uncertain times of changing aid dynamics. The key findings focus on what empowerment means for Indian women, and how NGO accountability to these groups is an important part of the empowerment being realised. The notion of community empowerment, in which the 'solidarity' of a group can be a path to individual empowerment, is discussed, as well as analysing how empowerment can be a useful concept in development. Based on case studies of 15 NGOs as well as in-depth interviews with 80 women's self-help groups, the book highlights the key features of effective empowerment programs. The author uses innovative statistical analysis tools to show how a key factor in empowerment of marginalised women is the accountability relationship between themselves and the supporting NGO. The book goes on to discuss the ways that NGOs can work with communities in the future, and recognises the limitations of a donor-centric accountability framework. It provides a useful contribution to studies on South Asia as well as Gender and Development Studies. Introduction 1. Non-Governmental Organisations in India 2. The work of NGOs in India - SHGs and Women's Empowerment 3. Rural NGOs 4. Pune Waste-picker program 5. Measuring Women's Empowerment 6. NGO Accountability 7. Conclusion"--Publisher's description.
Author: Asok Kumar Sarkar Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 9811675384 Category : Electronic books Languages : en Pages : 262
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This book unravels the juggernaut of academic and civil society perspectives and issues relating to women's empowerment. Drawing upon contributions from serving and retired academics with substantial experience of NGO-run women's care and justice activities, it seeks to generate new ideas and insights on the problematic of a knowledge enterprise involving several hugely intractable entitlements and violations South Asian women have experienced in historical and contemporary times. The book aims to generate substantial intellectual resources for yet another stimulating churning of interest and enthusiasm among policy makers, academics, social activists, development functionaries, students and inclined laypersons concerned with women's studies in general and the multifaceted ordeal of women's empowerment in particular.
Author: Kumar, Neha Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 53
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Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) have increasingly been used as a vehicle for social, political, and economic empowerment as well as a platform for service delivery. Although a growing body of literature shows evidence of positive impacts of SHGs on various measures of empowerment, our understanding of ways in which SHGs improve awareness and use of public services is limited. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper first examines how SHG membership is associated with political participation, awareness, and use of government entitlement schemes. It further examines the effect of SHG membership on various measures of social networks and mobility. Using data collected in 2015 across five Indian states and matching methods to correct for endogeneity of SHG membership, we find that SHG members are more politically engaged. We also find that SHG members are not only more likely to know of certain public entitlements than non-members, they are significantly more likely to avail of a greater number of public entitlement schemes. Additionally, SHG members have wider social networks and greater mobility as compared to non-members. Our results suggest that SHGs have the potential to increase their members’ ability to hold public entities accountable and demand what is rightfully theirs. An important insight, however, is that the SHGs themselves cannot be expected to increase knowledge of public entitlement schemes in absence of a deliberate effort to do so by an external agency.
Author: Joel S. G. R. Bhose Publisher: Concept Publishing Company ISBN: 9788170227328 Category : Non Government organisations Languages : en Pages : 240
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This Book Attempts To Examine The Role Of Ngos In Rural Development.
Author: Vimala Parthasarathy Publisher: Partridge Publishing ISBN: 1482836750 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 181
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Improving the health and living conditions of rural people in developing countries and building their income earning capacity for a dignified life of self- reliance are the central concern of governments. The effort calls for enormous resources and expertise affording enough opportunity for the emergence of the voluntary sector, comprising non-government organizations, to bring in funds, expertise and commitment. Increasing role of the sector has also thrown up many issues and challenges concerning its usefulness. The book, based on an in-depth study of select NGOs in South India, covers several aspects survey of the sectors role, relevance of marketing practices for social development, accountability issues, importance of relationships with stakeholders, performance measurement complexities, policy environment, success and failure cases and models. The Annex contains two practical tools - social marketing model of practices and a Rating Guide for NGOs. From specific experiences lessons are drawn for strengthening the sector so that it could contribute to development to the fullness of its potential. The book may be of practical use to NGOs, especially the smaller ones operating closer to communities and to policy makers, funding agencies and students of marketing. . a timely focus on the issues and challenges presently confronted by the Voluntary Sector in developing countries. Critical issues addressed with remarkable clarity and directness. .. commend it to NGOs, policy makers and funding agencies .. Jos V. Machado Former FAO Senior Officer and Regional Officer for Africa With meticulous research and convincing examples the author urges the NGO sector to employ social marketing practices to enhance the impact of rural development programs. She has highlighted critical issues that the sector has to resolve to prove worthy of its role in developing economies. The book is most timely. T S Nagarajan Retired Managing Director, Brooke Bond India Ltd.
Author: Malapit, Hazel J. Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 68
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In this paper, the authors describe the adaptation and validation of a project-level WEAI (or pro-WEAI) that agricultural development projects can use to identify key areas of women’s (and men’s) disempowerment, design appropriate strategies to address identified deficiencies, and monitor project outcomes related to women’s empowerment. The 12 pro-WEAI indicators are mapped to three domains: intrinsic agency (power within), instrumental agency (power to), and collective agency (power with). A gender parity index compares the empowerment scores of men and women in the same household. The authors describe the development of pro-WEAI, including: (1) pro-WEAI’s distinctiveness from other versions of the WEAI; (2) the process of piloting pro-WEAI in 13 agricultural development projects during the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, phase 2 (GAAP2); (3) analysis of quantitative data from the GAAP2 projects, including intrahousehold patterns of empowerment; and (4) a summary of the findings from the qualitative work exploring concepts of women’s empowerment in the project sites. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from pro-WEAI and possibilities for further development of empowerment metrics.
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Author: Malapit, Hazel J.