Sign inSubmit
Tips: “quotes” for a phrase · author:Lee · a DOI goes straight to its article

280 results for “Women”
Set a search alert
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleWomen Empowerment through Participation in Microcredit Programme: A Case StudyFerdoushi Ahmed, Chamhuri Siwar, Nor Aini Hj. IdrisProblem statement: Although women constitute almost half of the total population of Bangladesh, they are ascribed a lower status than men. Especially, rural women in Bangladesh experience adverse situations in terms of socio-economic inequality and gender disparity. They are the most deprived of the society and majority of them are extremely poor. Microcredit programme contributes to increase empowerment of rural … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 9 · 1 Aug 2011 · 7,349 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleContribution of Rural Women to Family Income Through Participation in Microcredit: An Empirical AnalysisFerdoushi Ahmed, Chamhuri Siwar, Nor Aini Hj. IdrisProblem statement: Rural women in Bangladesh have a lower socio-economic status and very limited access to income generating activities due to a number of social, cultural and religious barriers. Consequently, they have less opportunity to contribute to their family income. Rural women are economically dependent and vulnerable and socially discriminated. Microcredit programme provides loans to the rural poor women in … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 25 Mar 2011 · 8,688 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleOccupational Stress and Family Difficulties of Working WomenMaryam Zarra-Nezhad, Ali Moazami-Goodarzi, Leila Hasannejad, Khadijeh RoushaniProblem statement: Work and family are the two most important aspects in women’s lives. Balancing work and family roles has become a key personal and family issue for many societies. There are many facets in working mother’s lives that subject to stresses. They deal with home and family issues as well as job stress on a daily basis. Imbalance between … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 31 Dec 2010 · 16,107 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleWomen Empowerment through Participation in Micro-Credit Programme: A Case Study from BangladeshMahmuda Hoque, Yoshihito ItoharaProblem statement: Numerous micro-credit organizations have been emerged as the form of mushroom in Bangladesh in the recent times. All of them are providing micro-credit to the poor women with the view of poverty reduction and empowering the rural women. Thus, the researchers take an attempt to check that to what extent these micro-credit programmes are effective in empowering rural … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 9,036 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleParticipation and Decision Making Role of Rural Women in Economic Activities: A Comparative Study for Members and Non-Members of the Micro-Credit Organizations in BangladeshMahmuda Hoque, Yoshihito ItoharaThe study was aimed to know the present status of rural women's participation and decision making role in economic activities (called EAs from here) in Bangladesh. The sample of the study consisted of 92 farm women from Rampur village of Palashbari upazila under Gaibandha district. Necessary data for the study were collected with questionnaire by personal interviewing of the respondent … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 8,201 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleWomen Leader Construction Procedure in Isan Culture of ThailandK. Wiwattanapathapi, J. Thammawat, S. SrisuntisukThis research aims to study the women leader construction procedure and factors that threatening and encouraging women leader in Isan culture. Analysis subjects were 14 women MP and Senator from Kalasin, Ubon Ratchathani, Maha Sarakham, Sakon Nakhon, Sri Sa Ket and Khon Kaen Provinces. From historical study on women, there was a theoretically argument on women issue which was considered … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,353 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleWomen Empowerment through Participation in Aquaculture: Experience of a Large-scale Technology Demonstration Project in BangladeshM. Hammadur Rahman, Kazi NaorozeThe paper investigated rural women’s empowerment through participation in aquaculture activities within a large scale demonstration project in Bangladesh. The paper is based on farm level data collected from 200 women in two districts of Bangladesh. A questionnaire was used for the purpose of data collection and data gathering spanned a period of four months, (September to December) in 2004. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 8,082 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleHIV Medication Adherence and Substance Use: The Smartest Women’s ProjectEliot Lopez, Deborah L. Jones, Mary Ishii et al.Antiretroviral (ARV) medication for substance users has been a controversial issue with respect to whether current substance users can successfully maintain their medication regimens. This study compared ARV adherence across current substance users, former substance users and those with no history or current use and the relative impact of a medication adherence intervention on all three groups. Of the 481 … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,193 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleMaternal and Fetal Outcome of COVID Positive Antenatal Women Treated With Tocilizumab in a Tertiary Care Center an Observational Cohort StudyJaimie T Jacob, S Lakshmi Vinodh, Aravind R et al.Tocilizumab, an IL-6 receptor inhibitor, halts the inflammatory stage of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, there is little information on Tocilizumab's effects on antenatal women and new born. This study aims to assess the effects of Tocilizumab in treating antenatal women with severe COVID infection. To assess and compare the maternal and fetal outcomes of COVID … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 22, Issue 1 · 14 Sep 2026 · 654 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleGenetic Testing for Inherited Thrombophilia in Women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Prevalence and Risk Assessment of Factor V Leiden, Prothrombin, and MTHFR MutationsLina M. Al Momani, Manal A. AbbasGenetic testing for inherited thrombophilia in women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) may play an important role in detecting high-risk subjects. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. The high pure polymerase chain reaction template preparation kit and Reverse hybridization technique were used to detect the presence of factor V (G1691A, Leiden) (FVL), Factor II (prothrombin, G20210A), and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 25, Issue 4 · 29 Nov 2025 · 2,559 accessesView PDFCite