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Women Empowerment in Oman: A study based on Women Empowerment Index

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  • Dr.Thresiamma Varghese

    (Faculty of business, Sohar University, P.O.Box.44 Postal Code-311 Sultanate of Oman)

Abstract

Women's empowerment is ?a process whereby women become able to organize themselves to increase their own self-reliance, to assert their independent right to make choices and to control resources which will assist in challenging and eliminating their own subordination"......

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  • Dr.Thresiamma Varghese, 2011. "Women Empowerment in Oman: A study based on Women Empowerment Index," Far East Journal of Psychology and Business, Far East Research Centre, vol. 2(3), pages 37-53, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:fej:articl:v:2b:y:2011:i:3:p:37-53
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    2. Amjad Ali & Marc Audi & Chan Bibi & Yannick Roussel, 2021. "The Impact of Gender Inequality and Environmental Degradation on Human Well-being in the Case of Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 11(2), pages 92-99.
    3. Eugenie Samier & Eman ElKaleh, 2021. "Towards a Model of Muslim Women’s Management Empowerment: Philosophical and Historical Evidence and Critical Approaches," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-24, April.
    4. Jaime De Pablo Valenciano & Juan Milán-García & Juan Uribe-Toril & María Angustias Guerrero-Villalba, 2021. "Rural Development from a Gender Perspective: The Case of Women Farmers in Southern Spain," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, January.
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    6. Han, Wenjing & Zhang, Xiaoling & Zhang, Zhengfeng, 2019. "The role of land tenure security in promoting rural women’s empowerment: Empirical evidence from rural China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 280-289.
    7. Ragui Assaad & Hanan Nazier & Rasha Ramadan, 2015. "Empowerment is a Community Affair: Community Level Determinants of Married Women's Empowerment in Egypt," Working Papers 959, Economic Research Forum, revised Oct 2015.
    8. PERVIN, Shahida & KHAN, Md. Azam & SHAH, Md. Mahmud Hasan, 2014. "Household-level Analysis ofWomen’s Power Practice in Old Dhaka City, Bangladesh," MPRA Paper 61144, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Ali Hamid Irhoumah Nisser & Abdullah Mohammad Ahmed Ayedh, 2017. "Micro nance and Women's Empowerment in Egypt," International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA), Sana N. Maswadeh, vol. 2(1), pages 52-58.
    10. PERVIN, Shahida & KHAN, Md. Azam & SHAH, Md. Mahmud Hasan, 2014. "Household-level Analysis ofWomen’s Power Practice in Old Dhaka City, Bangladesh," MPRA Paper 62833, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Ragui Assaad & Hanan Nazier & Racha Ramadan, 2014. "Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt," Working Papers 867, Economic Research Forum, revised Nov 2014.
    12. Rasa, Mohammad Mirwais & Sharifi, Mujeeb, 2021. "Nexus between Women Empowerment, Poverty Reduction, and Relevance with Trade: A Case Study of Afghanistan," MPRA Paper 122574, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 13 Apr 2022.
    13. Elwasila S. E. Mohamed, 2022. "Female Human Capital and Economic Growth in Sudan: Empirical Evidence for Women’s Empowerment," Merits, MDPI, vol. 2(3), pages 1-23, August.
    14. Komal Urooj & Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad & Muhammad Azhar Bhatti & Altaf Hussain, 2022. "Women Empowerment in Pakistan: Multilevel Measurements, Spatial Differences, and Contributing Factors," iRASD Journal of Economics, International Research Alliance for Sustainable Development (iRASD), vol. 4(3), pages 480-499, September.

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    Keywords

    Women empowerment; Economic development; Human development; Women empowerment Indices; Gender issues;
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    JEL classification:

    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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