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03234aam a2200469 i 4500 001 A5D67226FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 181116s2018 ce ad b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018305844 020 $a 9555802173 020 $a 9789555802178 035 $a (OCoLC)1074288714 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DKAGE $d UBC $d OCLCF $d DLC $d OCLCO $d CLU $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc $a pcc 043 $a a-ce--- 050 00 $a HQ1240.5.S72 $b E97 2018 082 04 $a 305.42095493 $2 23 245 00 $a Exploring women's empowerment / $c edited by Ranmini Vithanagama. 264 1 $a Colombo, Sri Lanka : $b International Centre for Ethnic Studies, $c February 2018. 300 $a xvii, 557 pages : $b color illustrations, charts ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "This research has set out to understand how these initiatives have changed the economic landscape for women in the North. More specifically, it explores the economic opportunities that have been created for womens advancement and empowerment in the post-war North. By employing a multi-disciplinary approach, the different studies in this book have been able to uncover not just economic factors, but also cultural, social and psychosocial reasons associated with womenâs decisions to work, their livelihood outcomes and their state of economic empowerment." --cover page [4]. 500 $a "The research is based on field work undertaken in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka during 2015 and 2016"--Page 4 of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Exploring women's empowerment: experience from Sri Lanka's North -- Women's economic empowerment: a literature review -- Women's labour market outcomes and livelihood interventions in Sri Lanka's North after the war -- Post-war realities: barriers to female economic empowerment -- Doing this and that: self-employment and economic survival of women heads of households in Mullaitivu -- Impact of intimate relationships on livelihood activities of women affected by war in Northern Sri Lanka -- War and recovery: psychosocial challenges in Northern Sri Lanka. 650 0 $a Women in development $z Northern Province. $z Northern Province. 650 0 $a Women $z Northern Province $z Northern Province $x Economic conditions. 650 0 $a Women $z Northern Province $z Northern Province $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Women $x Employment $z Northern Province. $z Northern Province. 650 7 $a Women in development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177865 651 7 $a Sri Lanka. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208730 655 7 $a Technical reports. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Informational works. $2 lcgft 710 2 $a International Centre for Ethnic Studies, $e copyright holder. $e copyright holder. 710 2 $a Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women, $e sponsor. 710 1 $a Great Britain. $b Department for International Development, $e sponsor. 710 2 $a William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, $e sponsor. 710 2 $a International Development Research Centre (Canada), $e sponsor. 700 1 $a Vithanagama, Ranmini, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015642.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5D67226FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search