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Direct linkPhilip, Neetha – Support for Learning, 2015
Girls with disabilities from lower economic homes are disadvantaged (in terms of gender, disability and poverty) in India, and are often regarded as useless by their communities. There is a need to improve and provide a chance for self-sufficiency among women with disabilities in India. The purpose of this study was to examine the life-chances…
Descriptors: Poverty, Case Studies, Special Needs Students, Cultural Influences
van Kempen, Luuk – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The paper reports on a field experiment conducted among poor women organized in self-help groups in the north-east of India. The experiment tests in a simple game whether overly optimistic expectations with respect to the benefits of exercising agency reduces one's appreciation of remaining with agency in the future. If so, unrealistic…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Females, Self Help Programs, Foreign Countries
Download full textFortunato, Barbara; De Guzman, Sylvia – Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education, 2011
In the face of compelling challenges, the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), as well as the national education coalitions in Asia, have levelled up efforts in the past five years to advance the right of all citizens to quality education and learning opportunities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advocacy, Sustainable Development, Poverty
Govinda, R.; Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita – Online Submission, 2008
This analytical review aims at exploring trends in educational access and delineating different groups, which are vulnerable to exclusion from educational opportunities at the elementary stage. This review has drawn references from series of analytical papers developed on different themes i.e. regional disparity in education, social equity and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Access to Education
Peer reviewedSingh, Anup K.; Pandey, Janak – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Investigates how poverty, perceived economic status, coping, and defense behaviors interrelate. Asks if social support moderates this relationship, using sample consisting of 150 Indian men. Finds that perceived economic status is dependent on physical environment and income. Concludes that poverty made coping and defense behaviors more difficult,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Science Research, Coping, Defense Mechanisms
Leach, Fiona; Abdulla, Salwa; Appleton, Helen; el-Bushra, Judy; Cardenas, Nora; Kebede, Kibre; Lewis, Viv; Sitaram, Shashikala – 2000
A study investigated the impact of training on women's micro-enterprise development in four programs in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Sudan. Research design was a series of case studies of projects and programs providing training in technical or business skills. Impact of training was measured against these four indicators: income, access to and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Skills, Case Studies, Developing Nations
