Facts
and Figures: Economic Empowerment
Benefits of economic empowerment
Women’s economic empowerment is central to realizing
women’s rights and gender equality. Women’s
economic empowerment includes women’s ability to
participate equally in existing markets; their access
to and control over productive resources, access to decent
work, control over their own time, lives and bodies; and
increased voice, agency and meaningful participation in
economic decision-making at all levels from the household
to international institutions.
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What
is an income generation approach?
Income generation focuses on building a portfolio of investments
that aim to pay a monthly income. Selecting dividend stocks
and bonds that increase faster than the rate of inflation,
can potentially provide investors with regular income,
which can help pay for everyday commodities including
household bills, food expenses, healthcare, tuition, and
holidays. We believe, however, that it is important to
combine this with a capital growth strategy, which aims
to build capital over the long-term.
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Studying
at-home income generation: Issues and methods
Methods used to locate and study 899 home-based workers
and their households in nine states are described in detail,
with emphasis on the rationale behind the decisions about
the definition of home-based work, sampling, the development
of the interview schedule, data collection procedures,
and data preparation. More than 10% of all households
in the nine states include someone who is engaged in home-based
work;...
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Employment
and Income Generation
Job creation is an important component of a country’s
economic development and the social and political stability
that come with it. Governments and organizations around
the world turn to NORC to help them develop and evaluate
job training, microenterprise, and other programs meant
to drive entrepreneurship, expand employment opportunities,
and enhance earning power.
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