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Search for category 'Women and development'    8 resources found

Is land just for men? : Critiquing discriminatory laws, regulations and administrative practices relating to land and property rights of women in Sri Lanka
2010 | Ed. By, Jayawardena, K.P. et.al.

This study examines a range of issues that impact women’s land and property rights with national and provincial laws, regulations and administrative practices in Sri Lanka. Since gender discrimi..
    

Rights, remittances and reintegration
2011 | Ed. by. Skanthakumar, B.

The women migrant works contribute to the national economy in a large way and it is the island’s biggest single source of external revenue. In spite of this contribution, they face social, ..
    

Microfinance and women's empowerment
2010 | Gunatilaka, Ramani and De Silva, Dulan

In a situation where grants are being cut down, forcing microfinance institutes to emphasize on profits and growth, this study looks at the impact of women’s ownership of microfinance loans on t..
    

The Law and the Economic Status of Women
1990 | Savitri Goonesekere

The data on Sri Lanka indicates that the position of the Sri Lankan woman is, in many respects, more advanced than that of her South Asian sisters. It also indicates that the majority of women work ..
    

The why and how of gender-sensitive indicators: a project level handbook.
1996 | Canadian International Development Agency

The Guide to gender-sensitive indicators and the Project-level handbook are the final products of a 14 month research project completed with the Division for Women in Development and Gender Equity in ..
    

Changing role of women in Sri Lanka
1997 | Department of Census and Statistics

This booklet focuses on critical gender disparities prevalent in the social and economic spheres and analyses changing trends in the status and role of women in Sri Lanka in addition to the portrayal ..
    

North-East women of war: Victims or victors?
2004 | Anita Nesiah

The objective of this paper is to challenge groups/agencies and the state to address the role of women caught up in the war.  This research is a qualitative one and has been done taking rand..
    

Impact on poverty and conflict transformation of the PLA program and lessons learned
2008 | Donald Curtis

The Participatory Learning and Action Program (PLA) is a component of the Food Security and Conflict Transformation (FSCT) project based in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Taking inspiration from similar progr..
    

 

 
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