Nigerian Women Agro-entrepreneurship Development: Issues and Challenges

Introduction
            Suleiman (2006) defined entrepreneurship as “the willingness and ability of an individual to seek for investment opportunities to establish and run an enterprise successfully” while Drucker viewed an entrepreneur as a person who perceives business opportunities and takes advantage of the scarce resources and uses them profitably. Entrepreneurs are job creators [...]

Shaheen Women’s Resource and Welfare Organisation – Challenging Patriarchy and Breaking Stereotypes

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.”  -Shirley Chisholm.
In the congested by-lanes of the Old-City around Charminar in Hyderabad, lies Shaheen a Women’s resource and welfare organisation. This is one the few NGO’s in the country that works for Women’s welfare and empowerment. The organisation [...]

WOMENS’ RIGHTS IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE

WOMENS’ RIGHTS IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE
Women’s rights around the world are an important indicator of understanding global well-being. Many may think that women’s rights are only an issue in countries where religion is law, such as many Muslim countries. Or even worse, some may think this is no longer an issue at all.
BACKGROUND

California Women’s Rights Attorney Says Employment Discrimination Lawsuits Under the Fair Pay Act of 2009 Will Finally Get Women Equal Pay

As a result of the first bill signed by President Obama, women finally have a much greater chance of receiving pay that is equal to what men receive for the same work from an employer. However, it is still likely to require the filing of numerous lawsuits before employers come to grips with the [...]

Whist at a Women in Leadership Forum in the Emirates, conference motivational speaker, Carole Spiers detects an abundance of confidence

“It is confirmed by a new forecast by global HR consultants, Mercer, that salaries are predicted to rise by up to 7.5 per cent in the next year, following a separate finding from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, showing that the UAE is now firmly in recovery mode from the global downturn. So [...]