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Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty

Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty

Ladislaus M. Semali
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522575108|ISBN10: 1522575103|EISBN13: 9781522575115
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch002
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Semali, Ladislaus M. "Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty." Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 31-55. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch002

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Semali, L. M. (2019). Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 31-55). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch002

Chicago

Semali, Ladislaus M. "Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty." In Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 31-55. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch002

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Abstract

This study examines the roles African women played in reducing household poverty through local enterprises that resulted in feeding their families, sending their children to school and contributing to community development. Their determination was to implement and invest in self-help enterprises in order to counter the incidence of household poverty and eventually bring about social change. A literature review section distinguishes theoretical from empirical approaches to study poverty and leads this study to some important conclusions. The results paint a picture that explains a world in which women live in poverty as they face gross inequalities and injustices from birth to death—from poor education, poor nutrition, vulnerable and low-pay employment, and acts of discrimination that women are likely to suffer throughout their entire life.

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