Empowerment in action (Record no. 43790)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | DeVries, Kaelyn |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Empowerment in action |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | savings groups improving community water, sanitation, and hy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 34 - 44 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | With 748 million people worldwide lacking adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services (WHO/UNICEF, 2014), increased access to these services is a significant global challenge. Savings groups (SGs) combined with social empowerment strategies can be used to engage communities meaningfully in addressing development challenges such as access to clean water and a functioning latrine. As participants in PCI's SG initiative entitled Women Empowered (WE), women have independently identified WASH needs in their communities and have organized and carried out collective actions to improve their situation. This paper highlights results from a qualitative study in which PCI looked at SGs within two international development programmes in urban and rural Guatemala. The paper explores key opportunities in implementing an integrated, social and economic empowerment strategy and how changes in self-efficacy and leadership can lead to positive community impact. PCI found that participation by women in rural and urban Women Empowered SGs contributes to increased decision-making abilities and leadership, as well as increases in collaborative, collective actions at the community-level.... |
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| Main entry heading | Enterprise Development and Microfinance |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Mar |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Ahmedabad (HO) | Ahmedabad (HO) | 21/06/2016 | Vol. 26, Issue. 1 | 020260 | 21/06/2016 | 21/06/2016 | Articles |