"The research is based on field work undertaken in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka during 2015 and 2016"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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 women’s decisions to work, their livelihood outcomes and their state of economic empowerment." --cover page [4].
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