A Study on Gender-Based Violence Conducted in Selected Rural Districts of Nepal
This study aims to fill evidence gaps by quantifying the levels and consequences of violence against women (VAW) and cataloging women's experiences in seeking help. The study also assesses knowledge and attitudes amongst a wide range of stakeholders regarding policies and services that seek to address VAW in Nepal.
<a href="https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/OPMCMGECUGBVResearchFinal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://asiafoundation.org/resources/pdfs/OPMCMGECUGBVResearchFinal.pdf</a>
Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
2012
English
Feminist Perspectives towards Transforming Economic Power: Agroecology
A study that examines the relationship between agroecology and feminism in Brazil and shows agroecology to be an essential tool that can advance the empowerment of rural women.
Ana Paula Lopes and Emilia Jomalinis, Action Aid Brazil
<a href="https://www.awid.org/publications/feminist-perspectives-towards-transforming-economic-power-agroecology" title="https://www.awid.org/publications/feminist-perspectives-towards-transforming-economic-power-agroecology" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.awid.org/publications/feminist-perspectives-towards-transforming-economic-power-agroecology</a>
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
2012
English
A tale of triple disadvantages: disability and poverty dynamics among women in rural Bangladesh
The focus of the paper is on persistently poor women with disabilities in Bangladesh. It seeks to contribute to the disability and chronic poverty policy discourse and work towards developing effective poverty reduction measures by investigating daily activities and coping strategies of poor persons with disabilities.
Vidya Diwakar
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN)
April 2017
English